Plans We Never Got to Keep
...We hadn’t talked in years,
not really.
Not since childhood,
when grass stains
and ghost stories
bound us like magic.
Cousins,
but closer than that —
best friends
before the world grew quie...
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Categories:
worksheet, 9th grade, cousin, death,
Form: Free verse
Renates Death
...My t-shirts were smelling across my room,
spider nets on ground if you zoom.
But I didn't care about the boom,
since it was my room; and my parents didn't let out a groom.
I was trying, wri...
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Categories:
worksheet, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Plight-----Fight-----Shine
...Am I looking for a medal
or a golden star on my worksheet,
when its just a duty to be done
with mindfulness and diligence.
A warm smile will suffice
or pat on the back or just
two words..wil...
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Categories:
worksheet, self,
Form: Free verse
Por-Bazhyn's Sward
...Church and fortress of clay that shone bright with might
Monastery of the faith of light
Though brief like a small spark stored
Earth quaked and flames roared
Dragons stared
Sward
Angels ca...
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Categories:
worksheet, community, culture, endurance, history,
Form: Rhyme
Reptile Ate Worksheet
...I admit that I won’t hand in my homework before the deadline
but time is a difficult concept when you are covered in scales
that weigh you down and you are a perfectionist procrastinator
you...
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Categories:
worksheet, confidence,
Form: Free verse
Melodies
...I’ve been hearing melodies
You’re always chiming when you lie
And your muffling is on repeat
Repeat, repeat
And when you’re gone I feel redundant
Repeat, repeat.
Entrapping at night
Feelin...
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Categories:
worksheet, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
Let the Drums Speak
...Listen the drums are rumbling and the pots are bubbling
Listen, the drums are rolling and pretty girls are dancing
Listen the drums are speaking and my heart is singing
Listen the drums are beatin...
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Categories:
worksheet, africa, age, business, education,
Form: Narrative
No Title
...I have slept but I have not slept
I have not slept but I have slept
For the first time in two years
I slept without a word of care
No codes, no crossroads
No railroads, no shiploads
No lizards ...
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Categories:
worksheet, america, betrayal, character, emotions,
Form: Narrative
And People Ask Why I Don'T Take a Class
...My vacant stare was sure to be
a giveaway to anyone that saw . . .
I was a Pilgrim there to the land of techno-jargon,
of icons, Help instructions meaning nothing,
and a world of young and savvy...
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Categories:
worksheet, computer-internetwords, teacher, teacher,
Form: Narrative