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The man who brought me brown rosesHe came home from a late night run to the grocery store,
Bearing wilted flowers, roses once but not quite now.
I’m an orchid kind of girl, but I put them in a vase just the same
And...
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Categories:
humanity, true love,
Form: Free verse
CursedAs a societal pariah,
am I not deserving a grand denouement?
When my tale reaches zenith,
will I be shackled,
by the abhorrent atrocities,
your accursed kind has wrought,
upon my tempestuous form?
Light my pyre,
I need a tan....
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Categories:
humanity, anti bullying, dark, gothic,
Form: Free verse
What Am I?It is a Flame so brilliant I dare not grow close
But still, I fear it may Burn me
So I Smother it. I throw upon it layers of hatred, isolation, vitriolic disgust. I Curse its name...
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Categories:
corruption, hate, humanity, riddle,
Form: Free verse
His Name is Not Superman
He jumps into his pants
gulps down an espresso
Fairly flies out the door
caught up in the flow
...
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Categories:
business, humanity, irony, power,
Form: Rhyme
Tears in GazaThe wives wail for their fallen husbands' embrace,
The children's tears fall on their mothers' lifeless face,
Men beg for mercy from soldiers in the fray,
I weep, powerless to save them from this dismay.
Displaced and far from...
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Categories:
faith, freedom, grief, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
If Only You KnewIf only you knew the feel of a zephyr,
With its current swooping around hillsides
Ruffling the spruce trees everywhere,
Or descend downwards towards verdant vales
Where flowers bloom all through the year.
If only you knew what the oceans...
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Categories:
abuse, food, humanity, ocean,
Form: Free verse
The Burden of Being
All day the wind
has tormented the trees,
causing branches to whip
and bend. There is an anger
let loose, loud in its haste
to rip and destroy
what is vulnerable.
Spider webs woven last night
are torn, flowers are plucked
of petals...
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Categories:
humanity, life, self, storm,
Form: Free verse
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Categories:
change, community, emotions, humanity,
Form: Ottava rima
Donald Trump and the Republican Party's Plutocratic Subversion of the American Republic
Denying the Moral Efficacy Of Democracy; the unalienable rights of the INDIVIDUAL and subplanting it with the power of the Republican Partys' Plutocratic Initiative, reveals the nature of the dialectical conflict and threat to the...
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Categories:
humanity, racism,
Form: Political Verse
DarkDark is the light in us all
Death destruction and poverty consumes all
But there is a light
A light so bright
A light in us all
In a world full of complexities
The light seems to fade
Humanity in...
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Categories:
humanity, mystery, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
Love, Heart, and GoldYou are the person of virtuous devotion
The world has beaten you down and taken what you love
Yet you never slayed by your emotion
You took pity on those like you and with your wings showed...
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Categories:
character, courage, growth, humanity,
Form: I do not know?
Future ShockReliving every moment since it started,
the good, the bad, the downright pitiful mistakes
made by yours truly, wiser with age
through the journey of discovery.
Sadly, the other bearing the brunt of it,
no one is to blame if...
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Categories:
city, dark, humanity, political,
Form: Free verse
WE AREWe are stupid
smart
We are weak
strong
We are ugly
beautiful
We are ignorant
informed
We are discriminative
understanding
WE ARE HUMAN...
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Categories:
humanity,
Form: Free verse
Boy With An EyeBetwixt the vibrant threads of a busy bazaar,
A foreigner's gaze seize on a singular star,
A boy with one eye, an enigma raid,
Their dialogue begins, a journey to trade.
"Your salesmanship shines," the foreigner inquires,
"Does schooling attend...
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Categories:
humanity, boy, child abuse, courage,
Form: Epic
The Wake-up Call
"The Wake-up Call"
some of us woke up far too late;
we were too concerned
about ourselves
and The Great Escape
Candide Diderot. ‘24
...
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Categories:
humanity, lost, nature, sorrow,
Form: Narrative
Specific Types of Humanity Poems
Definition | What is Humanity in Poetry?
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