If our hair was on trial
If our hair was on trial
And it was called to testify
And tell the truth
Of what the world put it through
It tells the stories
Of all the hairstyles
That it was
It starts with when it was cornrows
It takes the jury back to the fields
Where the blistering heat
Sucked the life out of it
But it tells us a secret
Kept hidden
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Categories:
verdict, color, hair, history, judgement,
Form: Free verse
THE VERDICT
The Feds loomed, a shadow long,
· "Guilty," the verdict, a chilling song.
· Life in prison, the sentence decreed,
· Attorney's plea, a desperate seed.
· But fate's cruel hand, a twisted game,
· Life behind bars, forever the same.
· Plea bargained hope, a fleeting sigh,
· Replaced by chains, beneath a somber sky.
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Categories:
verdict, best friend, emotions,
Form: Free verse
No Jail Time
We all saw it
We all heard it
We all read it
And smelled it.
Meanwhile Deedeepee is rotting in jail
For probably having committed a similar crime
Some do the crime and others don’t do the time
Similarly, some go to Heaven and others go to Hell.
The world smelled it
The world read it
The world heard it
And we saw it.
Some people are
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Categories:
verdict, america, bible, christian, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
The Scientist's Verdict
The One who made this Earth
llooks upon my devices with a flavorful derision.
A reaction I perceived to be fear,
which could very well be an illusion
just like the remainder of all physical truths.
The structure itself is impressive in it's design,
but lacks any real stability or constant.
And so it falls into a domino chain that spans from
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Categories:
verdict, science,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Verdict
“Guilty as charged!” came the jurors’ report,
Reflecting that justice was served.
The law of the land says to follow the court,
So the verdict was what was deserved.
The defendant, of course, didn’t seem to agree
But instead of accepting the news,
He disparaged the judge and the system so we
Might accept all his nasty, warped views.
When our country was
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Categories:
verdict, america, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
God's Verdict On Man And His Sin - Romans 1: 21-25
Man thinks He knows God
at the same time they honour Him not
for their hearts fools darkness
reveals their futility in life so sought
They make such lavish claims
of real wisdom but become fools
this God has always known
living their man made rules
So God gave them up to sin
following their lustful willing heart
exchanging God's glory for their own
rejects the
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Categories:
verdict, god, judgement, sin,
Form: Rhyme
Verdict
VERDICT
Is it from a past memory that one learns
The thing that someone once did, or said to you
It is as if one’s heart and brain each take turns
To reconcile recollections that accrue
After all this time, that angry flame still burns
And I still wonder what really can be true
That word that affects me to this very
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Categories:
verdict, sorrow, spoken word,
Form: Rispetto
When the Verdict Is Wrong
A Jewish woman, accused of being an adulteress
The determination: a gruesome, stressful test
Yet something somehow seems awfully wrong
A verdict of guilty cannot possibly belong
in a case where an adulteress is seen to be insane
where a 'spirit of
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Categories:
verdict, bible, evil, health, jewish,
Form: Couplet
Verdict of Firmament
VERDICT OF FIRMAMENT
Firmament addressed clouds asking
not to assemble in platoon
and alarmed aggressive adamant arrogant tempest
not to be tempted to attack,
but allowing welcoming gentle zephyr to blow.
Ablaze Sun got astonished but felt ashamed.
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Categories:
verdict, appreciation, longing, nature,
Form: Alliteration
Valentines Verdict
they fall into my lap, unresistant.
chocolate, the size of a silver dollar.
sensation of mint betwixt my fingers.
I bite into each one, its cool breath
second to none. Godiva
ceased production of these tongue trinkets.
love pales with petals and Russell Stover…
my husband and I hold hands,
press our temples together and sigh
with the sprightly rush of memory.
Mrs. Field’s
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Categories:
verdict, valentines day,
Form: Free verse
Verdict For Szymborska-Lot's Wife
Even though you had some reasons
to see who checked your backs
Stone-
Against God executed orders
Stone-
Why didn't you hold Lot's hand?
Stone-
Why didn't you throw your sandal-
Whose wrap you trie to tie?
stone-
And hung on Lot's shoulders?
Imagine-
Staring at Your husband's neck
The neck-
Which you've touched all along
Imagine-
Romancing before a blaze!
Rock-
God's mind never changes
Stone-
Your bundle, distance the Torpor
Setting the bundle down
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Categories:
verdict, allegory, anniversary, betrayal, bible,
Form: Narrative
The Guilty Verdict Attacks Rightly So
You have a choice of an opinion as do I
wisely taken one would rather be a child than a fool
lowering the bar with sub standards
This name calling is the challenging as if to alter my mind set
casting truth to one side to justify an argument lets spin
in calling me ignorant my ignorance
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Categories:
verdict, blessing, conflict, courage, thanksgiving,
Form: Free verse
Justice of Verdict
J-ustice
O-f
V-erdict
I-s
T-he
E-quity
S-o
P-eople
A-ccept
N-iceness
O-f
L-aw
Topic: Birthday of Jovit Español (January 28)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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Categories:
verdict, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
The Verdict
Three days before the end,he lay quite still
Could barely speak nor breathe not eat nor smile
I sat alone and swollen was my heart
I knew by inward feelings, soon we ‘d part
At home were waiting frozen ready meals
Quite suitable to my own freezing feel
He gazed at me and tried to speak some
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Categories:
verdict, 8th grade, absence, dedication,
Form: Sonnet
Verdict
Here knows now
Not just how
Words endow
Thought frames plot
Heed sweet spot
In blind lot
Time moves rhyme
See brave mime
In sad chime
Space keeps pace
Sense bright grace
In mood trace
Feel joy feed
A clear need
As touch speeds
Just in case
Watch time ace
In dream space
Faith finds hope
Wise tact copes
Love now scopes
Juice fond blend
In crisp trend
Cast you send
Leon Enriquez
19 August 2018
Singapore
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Categories:
verdict, allegory,
Form: Rhyme
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