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Untitled SonnetI'm coming as storm shadowing your grief,
The atmosphere bursting where you need me;
We're in the middle of the push of rain
That is streaked between inches of our pain.
A whirring draft of the glass on our...
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Categories:
angst, dark, identity, innocence,
Form: Sonnet
SunSun. sun. sun.
Shining brighter than the moon
The very thing I have always hidden behind
always longing to be as, bright as, shone as, loved as, longed for and exposed
I let him touch me a...
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Categories:
identity, analogy, courage, deep, freedom,
Form: Prose
The kings Ding Ditch
The peasants english
Classy ya classless dou-gee
Border leaks appetitè¹
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NOTES:
1. French so it may be misspelled or improper emphasis (see symbol: " è "). They're known periodically to trash their language so . . . better...
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Categories:
discrimination, howl, humor, identity,
Form: Haiku
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:
identity, character, courage, growth, humanity,
Form: I do not know?
Sozinho no mar alheioSozinho no mar alheio,
Numa modesta canoa a remar,
A dar volta ao mundo inteiro
À procura de uma terra para ficar,
No meio de tempestades,
Ondas e abanões,
Tive tantas dificuldades,
Porém não cai por meros trovões,
Mas no fim...
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Categories:
identity, adventure, boat, for teens,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
identity, change, courage, growing up,
Form: Cinquain
Your Greatest VictoryWhen it all comes down to where you want to fit in
Is it worth all the pain
Is it worth all the lies
Is it worth all the conspiracies
Is it worth all the self doubt
Is it...
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Categories:
character, confidence, freedom, identity,
Form: Free verse
VoicesMom, Dad, I hope you are doing well.
Because honestly I am going through hell.
And I don't expect you to understand.
Because NOBODY else can.
I can't even say that I'm fine.
Because honestly that's another line.
Another line that...
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Categories:
identity, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Awaiting a growth spurt that never happenedAwaiting a growth spurt that never happened
When a boy,
I wanted to be as tall as my father
(he passed away October seventh
two thousand and twenty
linkedin to congestive heart failure),
who stood at his prime
about six feet and...
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Categories:
identity, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Hidden TalentHidden talent
Creative mind
Scared to talk
But tucked away
So much to invent
But how do I vent?
Unmotivated, uninspired all it went
I'm not poetic
I hope you can relax
Knowing fully well
This boy will flex
Don't believe in me
I...
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Categories:
identity, anxiety, beauty, deep, desire,
Form: Free verse
As Time Goes ByHome Again reprise:
We and Time started
out together but somewhere
Time left us behind
The home of childhood -
a house now owned by others -
resides in the past
When the blush of youth
has matured into wise years,
memories remain
Life's path...
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Categories:
change, destiny, growth, identity,
Form: Senryu
Categories:
identity,
Form: Free verse
Terrestrial Head ContortionMy hands are sutured
behind my head.
I lie like a fallen yield sign
on the side of the road.
My path is yellow and humble.
My hands separate. Pull.
And split open the...
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Categories:
identity,
Form: Free verse
The MirorErrant knight vacillates at dawn
following the figure of the swan.
Elect the bright heroic craze
that leads you down an endless maze.
Winter sings its song into
the virgin landscapes brightest hue.
I want for you to join me now
and...
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Categories:
identity,
Form: Rhyme
Mein kampf synonymous as a blooperMein kampf synonymous as a blooper
Writer of these words,
a former Lower Providence inhabitant,
who dwelled within darkest depths
of Dante Alighieri's inferno
for most of his outlandish, impish,
and devilish growing up years
witnessed microscopic scrimmage,
where spermatozoan with most forcefulness
muscled...
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Categories:
identity, 12th grade, abuse, adventure,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Identity Poems
Definition | What is Identity in Poetry?
Poems Related to Identity
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