Short Emmett Poems

Lingering on my lips
Overtaking my thoughts
Very fulfilling
Emmett...

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Five lines can make poem.
Lines should not be vile
Can it bring a smile?
Make it simple, wholesome.
Poem is evocative, not a fake’s wile.
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Tears embedded
  three ring delight
Star-crossed harlequins 
pigmented fright
Echoes of laughter
masking false smiles
Greasepainted fantasy
—clowns in denial

(The New Room: July, 2022)...

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Here lies Emmett Kermit Lavender
Whose time was summarily cut short
When he insulted his English professor
With an unnecessarily caustic retort 

written April 26, 2022...

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Toady sang a silly song
Sang it underneath the oak
A song to kill, old Toady joked
Silly as the day was long
Song was over, Toady croaked

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Another Emmett: an abbab quintain using the 5 words from the first line...

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The senseless, brutal murder of Emmett Till
       In 1955 haunts America's consciousness, still.

        He's a catalyst for the Civil Rights movement.
His casket left open, a horrific sight; watershed moment....

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i stand for what you don't cause what i want..i stand for a consciousness of peace and be still when i think of emmett till..i stand for what you don't cause that's what i won't stand for but for a consciousness of peace and be still when i think of emmett till...

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Talking to my friend Tom.
To tell him I found this emmet form.
My, it is only five words, not the norm.
Friend, it makes mine look like a marathon
Tom as you can see, similar my thoughts, torn!


The form can be checked out here http://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/emmett/...

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Premiered at Fitzwater Station,
Port Providence, PA - 8/31/2020

HARD ROAD TO EASYVILLE
HOT IN A CARELESS WAY
MISTRESS OF DARKNESS
SEMI DIVORCED
SCEILP LEVEL
THE HUMAN RACE
ONE CLICK CLOSER
BELLS OF SAINT MARY’S
AIRY AND EMMETT STREET 
HIGH CLOUDS OVER PHILLY 
RAY CHARLES ON A LONELY NIGHT
VIRGINIA NEVER HAD A FAVORITE LOVER...

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an interesting form for sure
interesting and confused
form a quintain from the first line used
for those who like meter, impure
sure to keep me amused

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The Emmett has 3 rules:
1. the first line is 5 words
2. in order, each word from the first line becomes the first word of the subsequent lines, producing a quintain
3. the rhyme scheme is abbab, with no requirements concerning meter...

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“F Bomb”
By Nate Spears

I got the heart of a man name Malcolm
The visions of Martin Luther
The tongue of Emmett Till
The brains of Medgar Evers

Can I get a window seat
Away from defeat
Can I get park for the kids to play
Next to the spot
Where Rosa refused her seat

Langston in my pen
Proud, young, and free
Handsome and intelligent
The government targets me
First,
In a second
My history is a blessing
The court system in racist
Society shows the traces....

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I hate knowing you won't be with us much longer.
For our bond has only grown stronger.

Your siblings for Heaven now have depart.
They will forever be in my heart.

I know now it was your disease
That took your siblings with such ease.

Feline leukemia is killing you
And real soon again I will be blue.

In the space of just one week
Death in this house has not been meek.

So my dear Emmett how do I let you go?
More heartache and  pain is coming this I know...

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MOORLAND
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Moorland, wilderness, natural beauty, Nature!
Wilderness, from barren to verdant glory.
Natural, prime, if untouched, an untold story.
Beauty, as perceived by human-nature.
Nature, its larder for all and sundry!
                                   Mick E Talbot 2018...
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#moorland #verdant #wilderness #glory #untouched...

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