The Umbrella Story
...He’s someone she once knew. He’s the reason she loves the rain and why she finds herself always waiting for the next storm. The bigger the storm, the more she remembers, sitting on the back porch at ...
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Categories:
without thinking, childhood, deep, feelings, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
i miss when i didnt have to worry,
...i miss when i didn’t have to worry.
when getting dressed was about color and comfort,
not fear.
not calculating how much skin was too much.
not wondering if someone would call me a ****
just for...
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Categories:
without thinking, body, girl,
Form: Free verse
MAGA Make America Gentle Again
...I like the heroic America of World War II;...
The America champion of good technology...
The America that freed us from the damned little mustache...
The America of Hollywood, of cinema,
Of black...
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Categories:
without thinking, allusion, analogy, creation, perspective,
Form: Prose Poetry
Just a tad more than nothing
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I think I am.
I think, therefore I am.
I think I can.
I think I can, without thinking.
I can't empty my mind.
Why would it ever be vacuum within -
floating, mindless, selfless, ego-less, e...
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Categories:
without thinking, meaningful, self,
Form: Free verse
The Doors Of Memories
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Wandering in the corridors of my heart
Somewhere in a mystical part
I came across a curious door
But It felt like the life's core
It was decorated with joyful lights
Which had bright...
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Categories:
without thinking, appreciation, care, character, child,
Form: Rhyme
Eternal bliss
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Trapped in the illusion of temporary gratification,
No one looks in the mirror for clarification.
Delighted with just inappreciable things,
Who knows? The soul seeks eternal bliss.
Im...
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Categories:
without thinking, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
The Wolf
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after The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
The mist fell over the lake like a grey blanket.
Only the sound similar to a ranket.
The water still and lifeless, not a ripple to be seen...
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Categories:
without thinking, animal,
Form: Rhyme
The Doors Of Memories
...Wandering in the corridors of my heart
Somewhere in a mystical part
I came across a curious door
But It felt like the life's core
It was decorated with joyful lights
Which had brighten my ...
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Categories:
without thinking, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
You
...Many years have slipped beneath the tide of time, yet still I remember.
I was just a youth, standing high above the world from Ocean Towers in Downtown Kingston, gazing out toward the pier, when m...
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Categories:
without thinking, betrayal, blessing, celebration, confidence,
Form: Free verse
The Man and his Dog
...They walked very slowly,
The man and his pet;
The dog, with a harness,
Was ailing and yet
Each morning I’d see them,
Both inching along,
The limbs maybe weak
But the life force still strong....
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Categories:
without thinking, dog, today,
Form: Rhyme
What The Fire Didn’t Take
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The power of grief can consume you—?not all at once,?
but like water swelling inside a sinking ship.
?Quiet at first,?
until you're drowning in the silence.
It doesn’t ask permission.
?It wr...
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Categories:
without thinking, dark, emotions, grief, journey,
Form: Free verse
No Turning Back
...Quiet weep
This inspiring song strongly reinforces our global beliefs, originating from the depths of Africa. The chorus has gained considerable popularity online. While some may argue that it is ...
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Categories:
without thinking, addiction, africa, angel, anti
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Bird Who Lost it's Song
...Once, I sang without thinking—
notes spilling like sunlight
through trembling leaves,
a language woven from breath and wind,
a melody that painted the endless sky,
dancing on the morning breeze,...
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Categories:
without thinking, bird, nature,
Form: Free verse
MATTER ARISING
...Do you ever
Do to yourself
What you've done to others
So you know the pains
That comes with it
It's so crazy
Very lazy acting without thinking.
I just hope
You get
What you
Wish on ...
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Categories:
without thinking, africa, children, christian, community,
Form: Didactic
He Grew Old
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When he was young. I thought he was old. It never occurred to me that I might be wrong. That old wouldn’t show up for years and years, decades even. He wasn’t tall like my grandfather. But he was...
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Categories:
without thinking, appreciation, father, father daughter,
Form: Haibun
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