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Upbringings
Upbringings Poems - Poems about Upbringings
The Pretty Boy Paradox
...Vexation seeps through sighs As the pen finds comfort Sharing the same story Nonsensical pretty boys With smoke cloud habits And bloodshot ponderings Vaunting on their Newsworthy deli......
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Ali Lynn
Categories:
upbringings,
break up, emo, growth,
Form:
Free verse
The Forgiven
...I’ve been forgiven by God’s grace I’ve been unforgotten in His race I am the FORGIVEN and only one Who has won this depression wars and I welcome the sun I welcome the sun This depression wars w......
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J.W. Earnings
Categories:
upbringings,
angst, beauty, courage,
Form:
Free verse
The Case For Traditional Values Part Three
...Having and holding onto a Godly nuclear family today is becoming increasingly difficult to do so! If you can home school your children. Find a good Christ-centered Christian school either on-line or ......
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Roxanne Dubarry
Categories:
upbringings,
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Back To the Beach
...I lay my back upon the sand and gently press into the shoreline My lids shut, shielding me from the setting sun, open other senses to the brush of waves at my spine, My ears, my toes; wherever the ......
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Suz Fyodorov
Categories:
upbringings,
celebration, childhood, growing up,
Form:
Free verse
My Face, My Secrets
...There’s one thing that bonds animal to man, That unites the wild with the caged, Those captivated within bondage and those roaming free; disengaged. At a first wandering gaze or slinking inquisiti......
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Emily Backoo
Categories:
upbringings,
11th grade, childhood, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
There Is Only One You
...You are your actions, your thoughts, your ideas, your beliefs, your understandings, and your misunderstandings. It is okay to own yourself, it is even more okay to be open to changes and new idea......
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Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
upbringings,
perspective, self,
Form:
Free verse
The Lives of a Million People
...I want you and your beautiful spirit I want your fruitful bliss - I want all of it I've never been so moved before you came around But, my heart has been put into the lost and found The nourish......
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J.W. Earnings
Categories:
upbringings,
dark, deep, emotions, encouraging,
Form:
Lyric
Rubina
...Rubina You are the red frilly gal Latin from the past with red stained recollections You have your seekers All ladies of the night do Christians by day Stalkers by night You talk the talk S......
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Arthur Vaso
Categories:
upbringings,
allusion, change, christian, city,
Form:
Free verse
Pseudo Criminal
...Pseudo Criminal Spic and span Washing laundry like dirty guacamole cash In Miami sand..... buried hidden Latin trash Hurray for the tango so grand Pseudo criminals holding poetic book Whe......
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Arthur Vaso
Categories:
upbringings,
character, humorous, imagery, music,
Form:
Light Verse
Into You
...Cohabitating with your floral penance, I slow grind With Memories All metaphorical bets, Off Jumping head first Another solemn wish Unto you To caress my smile Another didac......
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Poet Tacito
Categories:
upbringings,
feelings, life,
Form:
Free verse
Birds In Flight
...I watched three birds of mine take flight One right after the other Each following a different path Although their upbringings were much the same They tested their wings in flight While living......
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Joe Flach
Categories:
upbringings,
allegory, introspection, life, hope,
Form:
Free verse
The Vernacular
...The vernacular language that I use Slips into my writing also and can confuse Those from other countries and regions Sometimes my language is macabre For I slaughter the English language Fro......
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Sara Kendrick
Categories:
upbringings,
introspection, lifelanguage, language,
Form:
Free verse
Bandits
...I used to steal to make a living Now I catch those with horrible upbringings I was a legend in my neighborhood until high school Then I was taught that stealing and mischief was not cool I......
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David Welch
Categories:
upbringings,
life, loss, people, school,
Form:
Rhyme