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Notes App PoetryNotes app poetry
Easy to write at 3 AM in bed
With a bowl of Cheetos balancing on my stomach
Notes app poetry
Harder to convey
And say
Your juvenile heartbreak
In a way that lets others respect...
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Categories:
angst, spoken word, teen,
Form: Free verse
Why I don't like therapyOne person once asked,
"Why don't you like considering therapy"
and this is my answer:
What I feel does not have a schedule to pop out,
And I don't bottle things up until the next hour.
so, please don't tell...
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Categories:
spoken word, dedication, emotions, encouraging, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Mr Brian StrandImagist poet
Prolific blogger
Father of footles
Contest creator
Emagi guru
Aural art form
‘As is moment’
“ichthyschiro”
YouTube poet
For he’s a
most jolly
good fellow
So say
all of
Us...
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Categories:
spoken word, appreciation, art, friend, integrity,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
DependenceTo lay beside you in the grave,
The pleasure will all be mine
To leave the laughter and crave
For the fading sunshine,
For what I am without you,
For what I am without you.
To...
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Categories:
love hurts, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme
JESUS The time
Now is the time
The right time
Souls are being saved.
JESUS Saves.
Eternal life
JESUS Saves.
Amazing Grace.
...
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Categories:
spoken word,
Form: Free verse
Dear meYou...
You are my first love,
The love I will always embrace.
The love I will never replace.
Beautiful is an understatement.
You are terrific.
no misstatements,
you are a decent soul.
you blaze like a sun on Christmas morning.
Warming hearts with your...
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Categories:
spoken word, appreciation, blessing, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Smokey Filled Speak Easy
In the dim-lit alley of the soul's bazaar,
Were jazz and jive spill from ajar,
We tap our feet, snap fingers, under stars,
And speak in verses, raw and without pause.
The city breathes, a living, pulsing beat,
Its heart...
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Categories:
spoken word, 6th grade, anxiety, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Dear Ex-LoverDear Ex-Lover,
Receive my apology,
I am not sure what for.
But this letter will give you a brief.
I understand the taste of me,
it's like something out of the ordinary.
I understand it may even be harder to bury...
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Categories:
spoken word, conflict, courage, dedication, deep,
Form: Free verse
WordsSo many words are spoken by people every single day
Try to use them positively, being careful what you say
Words have been used to start many different wars
Insult someone in a bar you just may end...
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Categories:
spoken word,
Form: Rhyme
Story StructureStory Structure
Some writers leave a story at the climax,
like an adolescent male leaving the reader not totally satisfied.
Other writers never bring the reader the climax, of their story.
Good writers take the reader...
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Categories:
spoken word, beautiful, desire, emotions, sexy,
Form: Free verse
My World Is Pure EmotionMy world is pure emotion.
I spend my days crying to the people about things that are out of their control,
My nights crying to the universe as if it would listen and take any pity upon...
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Categories:
spoken word, emotions, feelings, how i
Form: Free verse
Of East Asian Call Centers
There’s something to be said
for the local practitioner
Whose phone is not answered
by an East Asian call center
It’s nice knowing...
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Categories:
business, giggle, spoken word,
Form: Rhyme
A Hooked Fish
Nervous I sat,
waiting to be called.
I wasn’t sure what it was he said,
but it meant a lot to me.
Then I realized,
he was not talking to me.
Oh well,
I will be next....
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Categories:
me, scary, spoken word,
Form: Free verse
My PainHey dear friend!
In the truth you know, that I've shared with you.
Don't you dare lie,
and tell me that you understand my pain.
Course truthfully, YOU DON'T!!!
Please tell me it's gonna be okay,
NOT "I know how you...
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Categories:
spoken word, emotions, encouraging, fate, love
Form: Free verse
WANNABE ACE ROTHSTEIN THE CARNIVAL BOSSYOU CLAIM TO BE ACE ROTHSTEIN A BOSS
COMMITING HIEST ON DISABLED ELDERLY
PERSONS BREAKING INTO MOBLE HOME
GOLF CARTS AND MEDICATION BOXES
RETRIEVING ANTIDEPRESSANTS HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINES HEART
MEDICINES AND VIAGRA PUSHING THESE
MEDICATIONS...
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Categories:
spoken word, freedom, remembrance day, spoken
Form: Free verse
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