Let Haiti Be Absolutely Free
...Let Haiti be absolutely free
Haiti is the father of Freedom and Liberty
Haiti is the first nation to forever ban or abolish slavery
And the slave trade in the western hemisphere
And in the world
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Categories:
underwhelm, africa, america, black african
Form: Rhyme
When Last the Lilacs Blossomed There
...When last the lilacs blossomed there
Outside my childhood home
The losses I would come to bear
Were hitherto unknown
When last the lilacs blossomed there
Beneath the shady elm
To sweet star ...
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Categories:
underwhelm, childhood, flower, garden, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Should You Leave Me
...For Timothy Lee, the best of me
You are the curve starting my smile,
the infectiousness in my laughter,
the glint in my fulfilled eyes and
the wonder that turns me littl...
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Categories:
underwhelm, angst, break up, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Blame It On Youth
...his appalling stupidity
never ceases to overwhelm
underwhelm in fact
truth be told
he's a buffoon
disguised as youth
I shake my head
incredulous
it's somehow
gotten him
this far
in life
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Categories:
underwhelm, youth,
Form: Verse
Crumbs of Deception
......A poem dedicated to a character named Koreen Mae Garson (a lady, not a man)...
Your love smokes me like a worn-out cigarette
Your love blemishes me with bite marks
You brush aside the ...
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Categories:
underwhelm, allegory, angst, confusion, death,
Form: Rhyme