ALUTA CONTINUA
...ALUTA CONTINUA : FORCED REMOVALS
( Poet’s Note : I’m posting this poem here as a South African history student recently asked to interview poet on Forced Removals. I read this poem which he enjoy...
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Categories:
unquestioningly, 12th grade, change, courage,
Form: Free verse
More n nine months on
...More'n nine months on...
and still I feel infuriated at myself
concerning squandered funds
passively, senselessly, and willingly
surrendered nest egg
to computer hackers
(imposters, jackknifi...
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Categories:
unquestioningly, abuse, anger, angst, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Innocence
...Why, as we grow older
do we lose the innocence of youth
are ageing and innocence mutually exclusive
is it because innocence affords us no protection
leaving us defenceless
easy victims
and so w...
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Categories:
unquestioningly, innocence,
Form: Prose Poetry
Being Good
...Purely innocent
Completely tolerant
Unconditionally loving
Totally understanding
Overtly gullible
Unobtrusively humble
Intimately sympathetic
Thoroughly empathetic
Throughout caring
Never ...
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Categories:
unquestioningly, betrayal, trust, truth,
Form: Free verse
If I Offend
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If I offend,
let the reason be pure
Should my presence spoil your thoughts,
let not a shadow of doubt
be cast secular
When I move against the status quo grain,
fermented feelings...
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Categories:
unquestioningly, perspective, society, truth, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Yami On This Site
...y am.i. On this site???
to bask
in offline and/or
online friendship
like quaffing from flask
with no deliberate intent
to antagonize nor mask
any hidden agenda -
quite ch...
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Categories:
unquestioningly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Why Part One
...this got written x years ago
behoves this update version of a bozo
christened sans parents
playing eeny meeny miny moe,
yet upon tiring of game with a no
nonsense attitude
eventually...
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Categories:
unquestioningly, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Choice
...Choice?
There is no choice
We just follow
We shuffle on.
If we stop
We die.
We sell ourselves to servitude
We thrive on meaningless slogans
We stock the tables of those who shatter our hope...
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Categories:
unquestioningly, emotions, introspection, philosophy,
Form: Blank verse
That Burning Fiery Love
...I'd give anything today,
Anything to feel that burning fiery love
The kind that'll make any woman swoon,
The kind that portals her straight to the moon
I'd give anything today,
Anything t...
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Categories:
unquestioningly, love,
Form: Free verse
Torn Heart
...Even now, my precious Lord,
I’m fully aware of the spiritual bleed
emanating from the wounds of my heart;
despite the ongoing pain, I’ve experienced
that genuine explosion of Your holy seed…
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Categories:
unquestioningly, christian, inspirational, religious, uplifting,
Form: I do not know?