Remembering The Fallen Heroes
...I was only about four years old when I saw my mother crying
Two soldiers at our front door said something about him dying
When they left mom took me to one side and she said to me
"Daddy's nev...
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Categories:
woman of the street, america, death, father, funeral,
Form: Rhyme
I Used To Be
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Can I allay man's acceptance
of poverty which was not a dire circumstance before?
On those past days of summer the stale from bread crumbs fell
onto the lidless eyes of each child, woman on th...
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Categories:
woman of the street, poverty,
Form: Prose Poetry
Maybe Tomorrow
..."it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" Luke 18:25
How rich must I be to give all that I can?
To help ease the suffering...
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Categories:
woman of the street, humanity,
Form: Quatrain
Outside the Window
...Outside the window,
I looked out of the window
and saw a man hitting a woman on the street.
It reminded me about a forgotten scene
of a man who slapped his pregnant wife
and died after some...
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Categories:
woman of the street, emotions, feelings, life,
Form: Free verse
Unwritten
...Unwritten actions, seen by eyes , heard
by ears but missed ink to write down. "
Quote by poet.
My pen writes this
Unwritten truth to you
Men and ...
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Categories:
woman of the street, 12th grade, bible, boyfriend,
Form: Free verse
Breaking News
...People around the world receive genuine hugs from their siblings
Two strangers most of us "Don't Know" swap wedding rings
A child is born- OMG...it's twins!
Somewhere at this moment a "New Li...
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Categories:
woman of the street, emotions,
Form: Couplet
Tombs
...Women lie in tombs.
No smiles, no dancing, no talk.
In a big hurry they rushed out.
Now? Not a sound leaves their mouth!
Still as the harsh winter ground.
As silent as Democratic prosecutors.
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Categories:
woman of the street, death, emotions, murder, women,
Form: Rhyme
Fear Or Embrace
...Fear or embrace? What you don’t understand. The man or woman, on the street, tasked to protect our meat, wear stars to proclaim their feat. They don’t have the time to decide what they see, is a thre...
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Categories:
woman of the street, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
God Is Good All the Time
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When I see a woman on the street
Pale, sad and looking at me
With a ghost of a prayer in dull eyes
That have lost their shine
I am reminded of her
The lovely black lady I met there
On...
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Categories:
woman of the street, appreciation, blessing, giving, god,
Form: Free verse
I Am Glad You Called
...I am glad you called, the neighbor gossip said.
You know our friend who had a heart attack?
The one next door? Yes. She has had a brain bleed.
That sounds horrible.
And the woman across the str...
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Categories:
woman of the street, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Light Verse
My Country Is My Sorrow
...My country is a woman on the street
Birthing whore children
My country is a song
Bustle to choke my melodies
Her woes - lyrics & whore styles
Spray over my eyelids
Where in abject pover...
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Categories:
woman of the street, 1st grade, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Of Ivory and Glass
...Of Ivory and Glass
What do I care about politics and politicians for?
They live in their Ivory Towers and Glass Houses.
Making up their damn laws to rule over me.
And should I care about the rest...
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Categories:
woman of the street, anger, evil, political,
Form: Verse
My Mouth Went Running Off Today
...My mouth went running off today, I watched her sprint through the
Yard, scaring a butterfly.
There was a bunny, who did not notice.
She summersalted six or eight times, tumbling
In an exuberant w...
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Categories:
woman of the street, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Enforced Stupor and Torpor
...A coterie of unschooled children in tow
A blind woman shambles from street to street
Stretching an emaciated hand in a row
Hoping a coin her kitty will greet
From impoverished passersby
Who ti...
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Categories:
woman of the street, poems,
Form: Free verse
Woman of the Street
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From being mocked at for being a virgin,
To the eagerness for removing this shame.
From making love to her boyfriend to prove her trust,
To the innumerable one night stands.
She was a free spirit.
But first forced by the society,
And then named "WOMAN OF THE STREET"....
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Categories:
woman of the street, women,
Form: Free verse
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