THE WEIGHT OF MY FREEDOM
...I’m judged without them knowing what I go through.
Whatever I do, judgment always falls.
The venomous tongues never fail.
That’s why, no matter what I do, I don’t care about their opinions.
I don...
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Categories:
without emotion, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Night of Tragedy
...The incentive to write the following verses came from my thoughts
at the moment the 'president' addressed the country about the
tragedy that took place over DC.
The night many witnessed a co...
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Categories:
without emotion, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Lessons From a Cat
...(Oso on a Purrrsian rug)
Lessons From a Cat
It’s okay to be independent
It’s okay to expect the best
It’s okay to simply sit and watch
Clear eyed, without emotion
As all around othe...
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Categories:
without emotion, cat, perspective, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
A Recurring Dream
...("Dreaming Gaia", 2020, original encaustic)
A Recurring Dream
Thirty plus years ago
After a decade and half together
My first love left me
We kept in touch by mail
But never met ag...
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Categories:
without emotion, dream, life, loss, soulmate,
Form: Narrative
Masterpiece
...I see the disappointment smeared across your face
as you strike a piece of black coal
across the surface of that lonely canvas .
The love you once felt.
Fracturing into tiny sharp shards.
I...
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Categories:
without emotion, anger, anxiety, dark, death,
Form: Free verse
Post-Mortem
...Their hands glide across his skin like death
The coolness of hands, without emotion, felt by none
'It burns, it freezes, it hurts so much, make it stop'
Is what he would say had he one breath of l...
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Categories:
without emotion, anxiety, dark, death, deep,
Form: Free verse
A Winter Storm
...This winter storm comes
Without emotion, intellect, or care
Blowing its dry freezing air
Puffs up fallen leaves
Floats them up into the gray sky
Will it leave death in its turbulence
Tree...
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Categories:
without emotion, introspection,
Form: Imagism
Djissenou Daughter- I Am Your Mother
...DJISSENOU DAUGHTER
I AM YOUR MOTHER
Twit the crevices tween my thighs;
You burst unto this world
I AM YOUR MOTHER
AND YOU ARE MY GIRL(S)
From the seed of your earthen father,...
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Categories:
without emotion, analogy, appreciation, black love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Last Phase
...The Last Phase
The sun was blazing
gently parting the puffy clouds
winking to the whistling wind
oblivious of the ominous presence
springing up a pungent finish
The end was...
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Categories:
without emotion, deep, emotions, loss,
Form: Narrative
What a Girl Mustn'T
...One day, she had found herself old enough to hold her dad's pen,
And scribble onto a piece of paper, as her dad had done so.
But as she began, and to say it was her first time, her hand moved uncon...
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Categories:
without emotion, allegory, allusion, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Portal of the Mind
...There is a portal of the mind,
an open door where dreams surprise;
of absinthe illumination.
A vector of cosmic adventures;
a monumental, ethereal tome,
drifting in super conscious ...
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Categories:
without emotion, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Walking Through Life
...So often we are just walking through the motions,
Like our daily grind without emotion
Or thought actually,
What a pity
You should start a day with good intent,
To be aware and cognizant
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Categories:
without emotion, confidence, encouraging, motivation, strength,
Form: Rhyme
What a Girl Musnt
...One day, she had found herself old enough to hold her dad's pen,
And scribble onto a piece of paper, as her dad had done so.
But as she began, and to say it was her first time, her hand moved uncon...
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Categories:
without emotion, corruption, dad, passion, women,
Form: Free verse
And I Will Say Into the End By Bella Akhmadulina
...And I will say into the end
Farewell, don't promise love forever
I'm going mad or I ascend
to madness in its highest level.
How did you feel? - You had a deal
with ruin, but it's not about it...
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Categories:
without emotion, depression, emotions, farewell, feelings,
Form: Lyric
Human Tribulation
...Scream burn in the corded bridge
take me as I am or not at all.
I am sick, demented
what is, insane?
Super nova burst and created monsters
I am only one.
This world vomits pain and in it I find...
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Categories:
without emotion, deep, imagery, lonely,
Form: I do not know?
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