Self Destruction
...Leaders are worshiped,
Armies are much hailed,
Weapons are much praised,
And innocent creatures are,
Killed in the streets, in the
Homes, while they are working,
While they are sleeping,
The ...
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Categories:
worrier, america, angst, bangla, baptism,
Form: Free verse
Bricklayer
...Bricklayer
No crime in hard work.
I earned it.
Always worth it.
I’m a bricklayer.
Stack the weights.
Never show up late.
Put on the music.
Get to work.
Don’t put down the weights.
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Categories:
worrier, motivation,
Form: Rhyme
Tomorrow's just another day
...Why worry about what the future brings?
Tomorrow's just another day, they say,
No need to pout, and pule, and pine away.
Instead, I'll relish this day's offerings,
Anticipate tomorrow's profferin...
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Categories:
worrier, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet
Worry Wort Nancy
...Nancy was a professional worrier, afraid of what the wind might be bringing
She worried the oak tree limb might fall down while we were swinging
She feared that if she stopped holding the ceiling, ...
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Categories:
worrier, woman,
Form: Rhyme
Something About This Boy
...There is something about this boy;
Something my grandma once said,
I would find in only one man in a million.
Something so mysterious; like difficult to understand;
Like tricky to figure out lik...
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Categories:
worrier, boy, love,
Form: Free verse
The Recantation of Foolishness
...Before I became a worrier, a rebel, a Spartacus:
I remember listening to an orator on a city bus:
he criticized and enraged some arrogant characters;
he shouted harsh words to the deceiving charl...
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Categories:
worrier, allusion, conflict, culture, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
Ghetto Angel
...GHETTO ANGEL
I'm always at peace yet I stick to my guns.
Its paradoxical for my traits to take turns.
Decipher the oxymoron in a peaceful worrier,
No harmony or truce without wagging war.
Peac...
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Categories:
worrier, 1st grade, angel,
Form: Rhyme
Hedging My Bet
...I've never been much of a worrier,
Others do that far better than I,
Nor am I renowned as a scurrier,
Which is not to imply I don't try.
My small circle of close friends and loved ones
Is dimini...
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Categories:
worrier, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
A True Poet Never Forgotten
...You wrote lines placing them in my memory,
Your life cut short was a tragedy,
Lips with words of comedy,
With love and true harmony,
Your wings had fallen yet you were,
A king,
I had become you...
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Categories:
worrier, loss, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn Years - 2
...I’ve come to my autumn years
While my heart falls silent
Trembling with its gentle tears
Reflecting on the former things
Some hopes and other fears
I’ve come to my ending days
When my soul ye...
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Categories:
worrier, age, appreciation, autumn, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Treasured Trust
...TREASURED TRUST
O My friend, well-wisher and guide
I never leave him, when I feel tired
Surrounding smile at critical situations
Expressing Tears at Most Happiest times!
Oh, Trust is like a wa...
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Categories:
worrier, best friend, faith, motivation,
Form: Sonnet
Worriers Sink Warriors Shine
...Worriers Sink, Warriors Shine
- By Aare Tunde Dawood-Akerele
Let's exempt the death
Worry is for the living
Who has cases to win
Challenges to surmount
Fears to conquer
Aspirations to achiev...
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Categories:
worrier, analogy, courage, death, fear,
Form: Free verse
'worrier' Vs 'Warrior'
...A worrier cannot help but stress, when put to the test; A warrior delights in trials, that allow them to give their best; A worrier has self doubt and denies God's full control; A warrior submits to ...
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Categories:
worrier, christian, destiny, god, gospel,
Form: Rhyme
Heavy Feather
...Heavy Feather
Life is on top of me, eating my soul.
Whatever happened to all the hope?
People come and people go.
Why am I unable to just say no?
I am weak in a world of warriors.
Feebl...
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Categories:
worrier, depression, hope, life, loss,
Form: Bio
Youth's Sweet Friendship Fragments
..."Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces"
John Ruskin, 1853
I think of youth’s sweet friendships when I was learning how to form bonds with people outside ...
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Categories:
worrier, friendship,
Form: Prose
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