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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:
women, 12th grade, abuse, africa,
Form: Free verse
She's my sunShe is distant but warm,
She doesn’t need to be spoken to,
or be touched to be known.
I’ve travelled great distances in my life,
But she’s the only constant I’ve known.
I see her everyday through all...
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Categories:
women, appreciation, beautiful, sun, sunshine,
Form: Free verse
TV Shows back in the SixtiesIn most of the movies back in the day.,.
women of the sixties wore glasses, so they could be smart
Women without glasses were thought to have empty non-thinking heads
In the sixties TV shows, all librarians wore...
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Categories:
nostalgia, women,
Form: Free verse
Quiet thingsIt's those quiet things that no one else will ever know
Feelings for only you, I will never cease to show
When I'm with you, my heart thumps out of my chest, like the rhythms that great...
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Categories:
women, devotion, for her, love,
Form: Couplet
Mom, did you cry on your wedding night?Althroughout childhood, you would talk about your love story
how when you’re older
“you just know! you just know!”
but when I told you I was engaged,
the story changed
it wasn’t love...
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Categories:
women, anger, confusion, cry, deep,
Form: Prose
Family Reunion Breast beat for her I doubt you fathom crude
Understand thus gravitas of thy actions true
This must entrust you knot the thread bear
Bang thy drum roll knees follow you we share
Needless pain inflicted as I stroked...
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Categories:
women, crazy, dark, daughter, death,
Form: Prose
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:
women, abuse, anxiety, beauty, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Amethyst Floral WomanAmethyst floral woman glided into the valley on Monday
We had heard she was coming two weeks ago Sunday.
Fragrance she brought with her was a wonderful scent.
We liked everything about her, her ambiance was an event....
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Categories:
women,
Form: Couplet
You know I'll be long gone by then"Leave her alone
She doesn't know
How to appreciate help
King of her throne
Put's on a show
Lost in the depths of her own hell
She doesn't think
She's falling to drinks
Don't you know you're someones daughter?
Get her a shrink
Because she...
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Categories:
anger, women,
Form: I do not know?
BetweenSometimes it takes some time to recognize the difference between
What you say and what you mean the things you want and the things you need
Not everything is black and white, even though that's how...
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Categories:
women, conflict, for teens, heart,
Form: Rhyme
HAPPY WOMEN'S DAYTo the women who;
Endure pain to bring life to earth;
Carry empty bellies, pale skins and heavy hearts,
To fill their little ones’ stomachs.
Conceal their fears, consume big lumps of anger,
To make smiles and share joy with...
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Categories:
women,
Form: Free verse
SHE IS A LEADERSteady as a rock, firm faith she carries
The embodiment of strength, girl power!
She reads out her mind like a political novel
Confidence is her hidden name and she lives it
For she believes it.
She is the epitome...
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Categories:
leadership, woman, women,
Form: Free verse
SILENT DEATHSilent tears filled her broken heart
Her emotions and feelings were torn apart
She could have become more
Yet society and its notions forbid her from making the move.
She could have done better,
But gender roles set her limits,...
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Categories:
mental health, women,
Form: Free verse
Dove of Freedomshe could see in their eyes
they looked at her , as if she was a Dove.
she was the freedom
they wanted to capture ,
they wanted to hide her,
to encage her
to keep her only, only...
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Categories:
women, anxiety, desire, destiny, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Belongingdo you think i belong here?
so close to you, so near
oh Penelope did you hear?
she wants me right there..
but I am lost in deep mess
in a pit, a fissure, an Abyss
oh canopy of tall...
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Categories:
women, 12th grade, best friend,
Form: Couplet
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