The Demise of jim crow in Minneapolis
...Fifty years ago...the age of self-reflection
Hollow crumbs, shadows of proud vestiges
As minneapolis' jim crow vanished slowly,
Painfully, no longer admired at country club
Cocktail parties cel...
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Categories:
witherspoon, racism,
Form: Narrative
32 Bar Blues: A Spoken Word Poem
...32 Bar Blues: A Spoken Word Poem
In the shadow of the neon’s dusty glow, Oh, the blues, got me cryin’/echoes of Otis Span whisper, “Why?” Champion Jack Dupree, a voice so true, I’m lost in the Bad ...
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Categories:
witherspoon, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
I Feel So Little Send Me what you heard around the worlds said It is Good It feels Like Good Energy
...United States (US):
United Kingdom (UK):
Australia (AU):
Germany (DE):
France (FR
Spain (ES):
Italy (IT):
Netherlands (NL)
Poland (PL):
Sweden (SE):
Japan (JP):
Canada (CA):
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Categories:
witherspoon, adventure, america, analogy, beauty,
Form: Free verse
a modern girls delay
...(a disastrous morning Sonnet)
I am the very model of a girl who’s late for morning meal,
my charger failed, the printer jammed, the morning’s start has been surreal
I lost a scrunchy an...
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Categories:
witherspoon, angst, emotions, endurance, humor,
Form: Sonnet
Wasteline
...Cal Flitter dumps litter in haste,
Ms Witherspoon savors the taste
of fast food, she'll throw
trash out her window.
Cal or Reese are just bad for the waste.
Written 23 Nov 2020...
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Categories:
witherspoon, humor,
Form: Limerick
Life
...Life
Life is hard
Life is not fair
Life is bad you may say
Even I have a bad day
Come to be nice and be fair
Even if you don't care
You should love life I do
But peop...
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Categories:
witherspoon, life,
Form: Free verse
Life With Trump Xii
...Trump hates hearing from CIA
Can’t stand the things they have to say
So news he'll filter
To keep us off kilter
By singing, "It's a Perfect Day."
Author's note: The new national anthem lyric...
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Categories:
witherspoon, imagination, music, political, song,
Form: Limerick
Life
...Many days have gone by getting stronger or weaker
Loving with care or not
You may look at something but not really see it see it
You may here something but not listen
Comi...
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Categories:
witherspoon, care,
Form: Free verse
Just Like Me
...If in fact we are the same,
then there really is no one to blame.
You are like me,
I am like you.
We are as one,
just made up of two.
Inside of you,
I can see myself.
All my imperfections...
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Categories:
witherspoon, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Holly Would
...Miss Reese Witherspoon
Has now turned her life around
Got rid of the clown!...
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Categories:
witherspoon, life
Form: Haiku