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A Pretty Image Easily ErasedCan I admire your beauty and be still charmed?
Jealousy was restlessness when a guy asked
you to dance with him, I watched you two fliting;
do I look so sincere in spite of my crazy cheating?
I can...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, conflict, crush,
Form: Lyric
SOMEWHERESomewhere in the land of "riches"
Near the birthplace of God
A young girl is in bondage
Mothering at an early age.
Taken from somewhere in Africa
Near the birthplace of despair
Lured by promises of a well-paying job
A lucrative opportunity,...
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Categories:
12th grade, abuse, africa,
Form: Free verse
Impoverished courtesy scam artists Harvey SpecterImpoverished courtesy scam artists Harvey Specter
Entrapment videre licet fiendish
gnarly hustling scheme erector -
sent me to the poor house, where alms
not forthcoming to ease financial affliction,
where yours truly money matters still stymies
ways and means to relocate
to...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
LilithHawaii Nei, bidst Aloha, inoa Pelekane ke'o ke'o, Lilith.
(The islands of Hawaii welcomes the English/white named, Lilith)
A name that disguises
intrigue amongst the
native population who
shares a knowledge of
deep ancient traditions
as Hawaiian Mythology.
Lili'uokalani, Hawaii's
last reigning monarch
was overthrown...
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Categories:
abuse, america, betrayal, bible,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Kessi Awendo, Certain Affairs Fay, Charms street AffairA breeze of super heated love the ancients called it
At the forth angle trumped up charges bemoan you
Twas a case of of an eagle eating a chic..... cry folly
Cry folly for Roy was as is...
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Categories:
child abuse, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Young OneIn my mind
There lives a child
Scared, trembling
Wounds still bleeding
Young one, I did not wish this fate on you
But the world is cruel
There is no safe place to hide
They will always find you
Young one, do not...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Rotten Fruitlet
Fruitlet is dangling on branches of trees.
Trees’ branches bearing leaves.
Leaves, green, yellow or brown dwindling.
Dwindling due to vicious strong winds raging.
At the tree’s foot, rotten leaves and fruit snooze.
Leaves snoozing dead fertilize the earth.
Earth to...
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Categories:
abuse, death, environment, natural
Form: Free verse
Women’s rightsMy childhood was meant for innocent adventures,
Climbing trees and chasing dreams, not living traumatic ventures.
But you stole that blissful promise with your heinous deeds,
Planting seeds of fear only a shattered soul...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, beauty, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
A dogs unconditional loveMy childhood was meant for innocent adventures,
Climbing trees and chasing dreams, not living traumatic ventures.
But you stole that blissful promise with your heinous deeds,
Planting seeds of fear only a shattered soul...
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Categories:
abuse, bereavement, betrayal, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
An ode to a wounded childO tender soul, o innocence defiled,
What cruelties did your youth upend?
Tormented by she who should cherish her child,
Instead her addictions made her your fiend.
Those eyes that should have beamed with a mother's love,
Grew cold and...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Sean CombsIf you live inside a glass house then don't throw stones
or put cameras in your home when you live like Sean Combs
some people got it backwards catch him operating drones
filming all their parties should be...
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Categories:
abuse, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
sykehusSykehus
The old hospital in the town center
stark and unpainted
Dotted about in the near vicinity
Funeral homes look like pearls
around an elderly lady's neck
at every election cycle the promise
was to build a new Krankenhause
in a rural environment...
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Categories:
absence, abuse, age, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
MUTTERED VESSEL IN A GLASS SUIT-In my heart it sees presently
My eyes beat silently;
My brain energy;
My soul cries, laugh ps and sighs
I mutter by
Vessel encased in a glass suit
5.28/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2024...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, confusion, life,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Whole AgainYou broke my love, my loyalty, my confidence and mind,
You left invisible wounds, broken, trauma and anxiety,
You told me I was imagining all the things you did, that it was my fault, I was to...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, feelings, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Here I Go AgainHere I go again
broken deep inside
Try to run from my past
and still got nowhere to hide
Having nightmares
all over again
Waking up gasping for air
wishing this would end
I no longer...
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Categories:
abuse, anxiety, feelings, leaving,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Abuse Poems
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