Poetry is my passion
...Poetry is my passion,
Empathy is part of my job; it is a deliberate choice.
We just must tell the stories of others
Who can’t defend themselves?
He is an unpopular character, this old man, ...
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Categories:
write out, 10th grade, allegory, anger,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Love poems
...I want to write love poems
About what i feel inside
But every instinct i have
Just tells me to hide
I bleed on paper
I write out my blues
So how can i change
And write happy things too?
I...
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Categories:
write out, anxiety, crush, longing, love,
Form: Quatrain
Political Foolishness!
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Democrat/Republican? USA can't you see?
God is saying "Look up! and pay attention to me!"
They are only humans and both full of flaws!
Puffed up with ego's while creating man's laws.
I am Creat...
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Categories:
write out, 12th grade, confusion, hate,
Form: Rhyme
The Color way
...The shifting color-way of the sea,
from comfortable to extreme in dress.
Trash is not carried fashionably,
do not slap on this trend of distress.
There’s an image we strive to maintain,
I prom...
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Categories:
write out, earth, earth day, emotions,
Form: Free verse
GIRLCROOSH: INSTRUCTIONS ON FINALLY FEELING OKAY
...Try to get out of bed early, try to make your bed. Inhale.
Your off-white bedsheets haven’t been washed in a month.
Try purchasing a new detergent, one of those that’s petal-scented:
2 in 1 ...
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Categories:
write out, bereavement, depression, endurance, hyperbole,
Form: Free verse
Be Set Free
..."Be Set Free"
Oh The wonders that thrive inside my mind
Anyone doubting me, I will leave far behind
Come along I promise you an adventure
Happiness is the only well known fixture
Every mea...
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Categories:
write out, books, education, inspiration,
Form: Couplet
Skies of Gray
...I'm lonely driving all these miles
The clouds take on a darkened hue
Full of raindrops, like my eyes
Full of tears that cry for you
Moments come where I'm so sad
But then they pass, it's not ...
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Categories:
write out, i love you, i
Form: Rhyme
The Invitation
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(A seductive voice whispers as incense fills the air)
Sat within here
A discarded loop in time and space
Within this room
I see you all in the distance
Shimmering through
Like brig...
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Categories:
write out, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
A Brush with Blush
...This is where I hide,
A secret garden
Cool and quiet-
Where words rest
in safe space.
Here I can write out
those wary, hidden thoughts
That come out with insight-
Aware, half awake, they fl...
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Categories:
write out, emotions, encouraging, fear, heart,
Form: Free verse
The Negotiator
...She walks in the room with courage swinging in her bag, she looked so cool and had nothing significant to lose, her high heels made her look proud and she weather the storm without a doubt she just h...
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Categories:
write out, america, blessing, celebration, community,
Form: Narrative
That burning fire
...Sometimes the silence that is all around
Leaves in my head a buzzing sound
After awhile
I lose my smile
I sit here
Sometimes I feel fear
No other human voice
But it is my own choice
Still
Ag...
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Categories:
write out, 3rd grade, angel, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Jacqueline Trestrail
...On this day 40 years ago in 1978 my mother, Jacqueline Anne Trestrail, left this world after a relatively short battle with cancer - she was 46. Jimmy Carter was President and Annie Hall won best...
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Categories:
write out, mother, tribute,
Form: Prose
And, If This Was the Last Time
...And, if it was the last time…
When do we ever think it will be,
The last smile, the last touch, the last kiss
The last time we whisper in an ear,
The last time we smile into another’s eyes,
Th...
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Categories:
write out, appreciation, blessing, christian, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Fifty-Two Dollars
...Fifty-two dollars
Oh how I wish I had fifty-two dollars
to cover the cost of a four-dollar meal,
and pay for an outfit that’s much more in style,
on sale, half the price, is considered ...
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Categories:
write out, love, money,
Form: Rhyme
He Is Dead
...Hear them pray for the last time,
their leather boots no protection still.
Listen to the church bell chime.
Hear the men ordering to kill.
Turn off the radio.
Stop the birds sing.
Let her kno...
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Categories:
write out, death, goodbye, hero, holocaust,
Form: Free verse
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