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Uproot Poems - Poems about Uproot

Premium Member Today I will smash the old computer and count the air between us
...Today I will smash the old computer and count the air between us, I will burn the books for warmth, letting the ashes paint my glasses with memories, and I will uproot the withered plant, sowing it......

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Categories: uproot, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Vision impairment
...GOD We look and we listen While liars try to prove contradictions In your words that have been written Via arguing bout religion JESUS people say they are GOD Since we're created in GOD'S i......

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Categories: uproot, god,
Form: Rhyme



Leverage
...I am the wrench in the clockwork, a tiny twist in the gears of a universe too vast to notice my pinch, yet enough to reroute the cascade— leverage, a quiet conspiracy of small forces. Like a c......

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Categories: uproot, life,
Form: Free verse
Words From the Grave
..."It's all going to be okay" he would say, with no scent of doubt in his breath, even as its aroma reeked from mine, as I'd blurt out "how can you be so sure?" I never figured out what......

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Categories: uproot, dad, death, grave, grief,
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member A BRIEF POETIC SIMMER
...once again the warmth of sunshine showered my being awakening the inkwell of mind overflowing in musing contemplations of allegorical messages of a fertile womb of mind se......

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Categories: uproot, allegory,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member In a world of shadows and dancing lights
...In a world of shadows and dancing lights, A woman remains a woman, even when the sky sighs. Voices intertwine with silence in whispers, Her steps carry her through dreams, on untamed and ripe path......

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Categories: uproot, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I carry within me the rhythm of a winding road
...I carry within me the rhythm of a winding road, a dance of freedom and longing, how to resign myself to being constrained within the limits of an infinite world, rows of poplars as pillars sustain ......

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Categories: uproot, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Undergrowth with Two Figures - Van Gogh
...I have the rhythm of a winding road how do I consign myself to being confined rows of poplar pillars prop the rendezvous canopy beneath we meet —I self-cajole on ooh-la-la afternoon yellow ey......

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Categories: uproot, angst, conflict, endurance, engagement,
Form: Free verse
I CHOSE
...I chose to write, For all those torn-off branches, For all those scarred backs, For all those dehumanized bodies, For all those centuries of persecution. I chose to read, To decon......

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Categories: uproot, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Stronger Than The Storm
... Buckets of rain, boisterous as thunder, wrecked September’s farewell, flooding the mountains, the hills, the rivers and creeks. Wild and livid, coloring the air in streaming tears, erasing th......

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Categories: uproot, horror, rain, seasons, september,
Form: Haibun
Horizon of Comprehension
...A simple misconception, Can lead to endless argumentation. Once it started its initiation, It'll always have a continuation. The tension escalates, While the calmness disintegrates. How can y......

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Categories: uproot, devotion, emotions, encouraging, feelings,
Form: Spoken Word
IT GOES AROUND AND COMES AROUND
...Don't give it out What you don't want What you're getting You gave time past Your input creates Your output doubled. Galatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived God cannot be mocked A man reaps w......

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Categories: uproot, africa, christian, community, dedication,
Form: Pastoral
EQUITY ON ROCKS
... Eyes draped in black, The Scale of Justice, stark and exact, Struggles with truth and fairness, In a land where might eclipses righteousness. Justice delayed, where should we start? ......

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Categories: uproot, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Stranger in a Strange Land
..."I have been a stranger in a strange land." Bible, Exodus 2:22 The compass whirrs. North toward rock, south toward sand. East toward ice, and west toward river. Like a game of spin the bottl......

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Categories: uproot, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Generational Chains
...A light flickers to start the chain & a spark is born that grows to flame It was conceived to break the chains that plague the line & bring the rain The family trees full of sour fruit have tried......

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Categories: uproot, family, perspective, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme

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