Down And Out Poems - Poems about Down And Out

...The lady with red dreadlocks Toni Townsend Johnson henry she was one rasta Andrews female drug dealer from the devils triangle in Tampa outside USF where I received mental health treatment for ......Read the rest...

...She stands at the window, Looking at the children in the meadow, Playing outdoors is a luxury, She’s saddled with drudgery. She feels the world has no place for her, And emancipation is only a......Read the rest...

...The streams of chameleon cultures wrapped in an unending charade of peace, love and warmth. How I wish we were truly free indeed, not just from the invaders. Free from ourselves, our bonds......Read the rest...

... Not for contest (Kafkaesque) All ill manner of men dances at the bottom of my flowing skirt, A circus of vultures aiming high, playing solitude in the dirt, Trumpeting flames reading Classics,......Read the rest...

...My eyes stare straight, fixated on something in the distance, humming a song that would send chills, if you ever got the chance to listen. A padded cell and a straitjacket, the doctor giving ......Read the rest...

...Get in your room now,” as daddy fashioned a gun. Mom grabbed me and her facial expression was undone, something must be wrong, I ask she looked at me and welts started to run, down we hunkered ......Read the rest...

...The swollen lake had begun to settle again as the brilliant sun seemed to dance between the clouds I’d fondly remember the quiet calming warmth beneath the trunks of big cypress trees morning ......Read the rest...

...Stamp your feet and hold one's hand There's a party on the land Move your hips and shake the ground Men and ladies all around Hear the music, greet the sound Dance with grace like a willow......Read the rest...

...My heart is a drum, it's beating fast A rhythm of rage, a pulse that will last It's pounding in my chest, it's burning my soul I'm fueled by the fire, I'm in control I'm a storm that's brewing,......Read the rest...

...Sugar Maple was a beautiful tree Just as pretty as a tree can be With a solid and straight trunk so strong And reaching ever up with graceful arms Sugar Maple was enjoying some little fame From ......Read the rest...

...I am unravel myself constantly to be everything for everyone. Neglecting who I care about and betrayed by those which were once in their place. I stretch myself to heights I cannot fathom to reac......Read the rest...

... Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety? ~Thomas More She won't let caretakers cut d......Read the rest...

...Maybe it's in the elegance of your hair falling like a gown? Or the majesty of you; invisible, but you do wear a crown A smile like no other, in defiance of every frown Is it just me, or does happ......Read the rest...

...Diaries left open and letters framed, chronological ink waving from a horizon, gone. Clothes hung to recreate a wedding, a dance, a touch – enclosed in glass cases to trap the scent inside. Th......Read the rest...

...THE WEIGHT OF OUR THOUGHTS Mind, the supreme gift to humankind is, Plentiful thoughts criss-crossing whiz; Enchanted spirits gliding high, Success triumph when almost nigh! Gratified the mi......Read the rest...