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The Meaning of a Poet
...In hindsight, I’ve always kept my mind right, I only lose sleep at night over the that I write, it’s like the weight on Atlas’ shoulders, are you hearing what this rap is, a fight against the co......

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Categories: orton, adventure, analogy, anxiety, dark,
Form: Free verse
Care Too Much
...I've been told I bottle everything up and don't share enough I've made myself numb and stopped trying to repair my cuts World on my shoulders, but I still smile and try to help others I've always......

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Categories: orton, deep, emotions, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Free verse



Not Enough Gags
...(On the morning of February 25, 1983, the great dramatist Tennessee Williams was found dead in a New York hotel suite. He had choked on the plastic cap of his eyedrops bottle, which he habituall......

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Categories: orton,
Form: Blank verse
Plantation Visit
...I did not have much of a thing with mosquitoes. That is until we visited a famous plantation home on the Cape Fear river near Wilmington, North Carolina one summer. We were especially excited to v......

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Categories: orton, insect, summer,
Form: Haibun
Sad News From Home
...Brothers Levi, Jordan, Matthews, Joe and Jedden, You were sheer shocked as did Sister Hussein That even this day we can still adjure, argue, advocate, And advance active activism for the rule of ......

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Categories: orton, political, prejudice,
Form: Rhyme



Little Blue House
...Powerful images Of sound mind sanity clear but the body is dying end it here To this end there shall be an end Final thoughts out in the open In a calm submissive place This little blue house ......

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Categories: orton, caregiving, death, dedication, health,
Form: I do not know?
So Untitled
...And I'm shivering for now I'm too cold and I'm feeling I'm already too old this train is going nowhere fast but I can't get off it the sun is burning bright in my eye and I know that all I can do......

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Categories: orton, introspection, life, sad, age,
Form: Rhyme
Wrestling Entertainment
...The news is out, who is doping up I was very shocked it wasn't Batista Matt Hardy and MVP, what a combo They take away the tag team titles from Douche and Domino All those wrestlers busted fo......

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Categories: orton, funny,
Form: ABC

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