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Premium Member Celebrate India Independence Day
...It took us ninety years to get out from under the thumb Of British rule, and many understand where we came from. Mahatma Gandhi joined the fight in 1914 and taught us the way To nonviolently prote......

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Categories: under the thumb, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Dear Wild Child
...Dear wild child society has conditioned us to believe what we hear not what we see, to stay hidden Never to seek ...the truth , a common misconception from redirection its all propaganda believin......

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Categories: under the thumb, change, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Retribution- -
...Speaking to the world up closer never knowing what to say getting far away running from the bulldozers malicious Humanity and when it's all said and done and while I'm still yet......

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Categories: under the thumb, allegory, analogy, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Woman Fight For Your Place In the World
...Be not apologetic if you spend your efforts being happy and kind There's not enough happiness or kindness in the world In preparing for Life it's best to fall in love first to learn its vagaries A......

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Categories: under the thumb, confidence, courage, racism,
Form: Free verse
Under the Thumb
...I’ve been setting up alarm systems in shops along a city mall. It appears a spate of break ins has been the reason for my call. And it was in a jewelers shop, before that day called valentine, ......

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Categories: under the thumb, humor,
Form: Rhyme



No Pink Guitar Strings Allowed
...GOOD OLE NUMBER 659 UNION MEMBERSHIP DRIVE HELD IT'S ANNAUL " LOVERS COUPLING SOCAIL EVENT" IT'S MEMBERSHIP BRAGGS OF HAVING 620 MALE MEMBERS AND 666 FEMALE MEMBERS. DURING THE "PLEDGE DRIVE": 46......

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Categories: under the thumb, music,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member The Question
...I walk alone, into the night, out in the cold, after a fight Oh no, Oh no, It's a desperate world Under the thumb, I feel the pinch, I'm on the spot, this loves not right Oh no, Oh no, It's a desp......

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Categories: under the thumb, anxiety, relationship,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Under the Thumb
...Brainwashed Dreams quashed ---------------- 30 October 2017 For the "One Footle Only" contest, sponsored by Judy Konos. (Honorable Mention, after 3 x podium placements)......

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Categories: under the thumb, abuse, dream, emotions, marriage,
Form: Footle
Premium Member Two English Sonnets - With Apologies To Shakespeare
...WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Jim’s fallen head over heels for a girl, He’s forgotten his mates; they’re in limbo One whiff of her scent, his head’s in a whirl But why did he choo......

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Categories: under the thumb, humorous, love, relationship, romance,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member 01082016
...I want to break free Of all the suppression. Does anyone here Have a thought or suggestion? Why would one stop me From speaking my mind? Of course it sounds crazy Most of the time. I wa......

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Categories: under the thumb, adventure, emotions, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Poetry
...Poetry to me is a very beautiful thing, It’s about your identity and community, About friends, family and kind feeling, And it’s about how you place in society. It reflects upon your sexual......

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Categories: under the thumb, language, people, philosophy, poems,
Form: Quatrain
Money-Love
...money-love, makes a whore of us all I think this ol' story might be yours 'makes me feel like them other freelance outlaws y'know this old story could be yours ......

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Categories: under the thumb, anxiety, confusion, money, society,
Form: Lyric
I Am Not Different
...I am a child who is diabetic and I will not be apologetic I will not be embarrassed or ashamed for I am not to blame I am very brave and take injections everyday always fighting infections a......

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Categories: under the thumb, childhood, children, health, how
Form: Rhyme
Loved Ones the Future Cannot Save
...those of us with parents, grandparents, elder caregivers of one kind or another, may fear on a daily basis that the conversations we have with them might in fact be our last & though this might be ......

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Categories: under the thumb, life,
Form: Free verse
Scared
...Scared So you think YOU are scared You just cant cope, being broke, no hope So you buckle, jump to her word Ditch what you’ve heard All those thoughts that you had When you were feeling so sa......

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Categories: under the thumb, angst, family, fatherfamily, education,
Form: I do not know?

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