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I don't seek your permission... To write about the what, why and how. It could be a haiku or come in the shape of a cow. I don't need your approval... When I don't sound the least bit poetic... In my mismatched metaphors or ill-rhymed acrostic. I'm not asking for your blessing... When I pen down and put up what I think... Be it in cloying cliches or in tear drenched ink. I don't crave for your understanding... When my 10 word poems weren't filtered through your poetic lens, Or if my contributions in collaborations lack in sense. I don't hope for your likes... If my content does not tickle your fancy, Or if my words just rubs you silly. I mean no disrespect... But don't be too quick to click on the 'comment' button. Private messaging has been put there for a reason. I don't mean to cramp your style... You're entitled to your own opinions of course... But if you've got nothing good to say, please save it and shove it up yours.
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Mar 4, 2015
Mar 4, 2015 at 10:43 AM UTC
Save It
If (WO)men are the ones that suffer an exacerbated amount Of the violence, the **** the abuse, and everything that comes with and from struggle and alienation; it is because of their femininity that men at times have come to believe that their contributions soften institutions. That at times throughout history neither capitalism, neoliberalism nor revolutionary experiments like that of Cuba have placed femininity as compatible with progress or resolution. In which case femininity must be hidden, silenced, or displaced with no purpose or place to belong. Thus everyone closely associated with this femininity such as homosexuals, transgendered (WO)men, and "effeminate" males, (ignoring, subverting and negating the lesbian identity because of their gender) have come to be marginalized by a structural system of exclusion. (WO)men carrying the highest burden for originating the associative distinction Homosexuals battling to find love by constantly having to assert their masculinity Transgendered (Wo)men afraid of expressing their through identity. Lesbians fighting to legitimize their own identity separate from the directives ascribed onto them by virtue of being born women. Males who are labeled effeminate because of their sympathy toward those who struggle and are alienated. And every other individual who refuses to deliver to give a marker to their identity and a degree to their femininity. Hold fast in your femininity and embrace the rancor that society grants you As a homosexual I speak with you brother and sister, not for you Realize that our self-ascribed degrees of femininity and identity are as revolutionary and transformative, and thus necessary, as those of Che Guevara, Mohammed Ali, Harriet Tubman, or the Dali Lama. That because we have decided to embrace our degrees of femininity, problematic to any movement, at one point or another, we have inadvertently decided to align our selves with those who are alienated the most by the systems in which they live. So that in this way we must make our struggles deliberate and political. Let our degrees of femininity become legitimizing banners of solidarity for anyone who suffers in any corner of the world.
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Mar 10, 2013
Mar 10, 2013 at 12:48 AM UTC
Revolutionary Solidarity (Embracing Our Femininity)
If (WO)men are the ones that suffer an exacerbated amount Of the violence, the **** the abuse, and everything that comes with and from struggle and alienation; it is because of their femininity that men at times have come to believe that their contributions soften institutions. That at times throughout history neither capitalism, neoliberalism nor revolutionary experiments like that of Cuba have placed femininity as compatible with progress or resolution. In which case femininity must be hidden, silenced, or displaced with no purpose or place to belong. Thus everyone closely associated with this femininity such as homosexuals, transgendered (WO)men, and "effeminate" males, (ignoring, subverting and negating the lesbian identity because of their gender) have come to be marginalized by a structural system of exclusion. (WO)men carrying the highest burden for originating the associative distinction Homosexuals battling to find love by constantly having to assert their masculinity Transgendered (Wo)men afraid of expressing their through identity. Lesbians fighting to legitimize their own identity separate from the directives ascribed onto them by virtue of being born women. Males who are labeled effeminate because of their sympathy toward those who struggle and are alienated. And every other individual who refuses to deliver to give a marker to their identity and a degree to their femininity. Hold fast in your femininity and embrace the rancor that society grants you As a homosexual I speak with you brother and sister, not for you Realize that our self-ascribed degrees of femininity and identity are as revolutionary and transformative, and thus necessary, as those of Che Guevara, Mohammed Ali, Harriet Tubman, or the Dali Lama. That because we have decided to embrace our degrees of femininity, problematic to any movement, at one point or another, we have inadvertently decided to align our selves with those who are alienated the most by the systems in which they live. So that in this way we must make our struggles deliberate and political. Let our degrees of femininity become legitimizing banners of solidarity for anyone who suffers in any corner of the world.
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To know just where your're going You must know where you've been You must respect the history The things others have seen It's true in all things relative Be it music, sports or life If you don't know where you came from You're just dancing on a knife Gherig, Ruth and Robinson May, and Mantle, Seaver too Respect their contributions And don't just say Ruth who? Respect where things have come from And the players of the past Because you learn and make things better It's what makes the **** game last Jimmy Foxx, Bob Gibson, Kaline Nestor Chylak and The Goose They made baseball special They gave the game a little juice Orr, Richard and Gretzky Gordie Howe and Howie Morenz You have to know about them You need the beginning to your ends Bob Baun and Bill Barilko Connie Smythe and yeah...the Chief You have to know their history They're what it is to be a Leaf The game has changed immensely Things can not go back in time But to me...the old alumni Made the game I know as mine Respect the ones before you The ones who laid the groundwork down The ones who made it special The non-pretenders to the crown Elvis, Buddy, Harrison Played the songs inside their heart Lennon, Wilson and the rest They all played a real big part Every single generation should learn from the one before For if they don't know where they've come from Then what has it all been for? Nicklaus, Palmer, Bobby Jones Sarazen and Hogan too They pushed the gameright to it's limits Now the pressure's upon you The new breed are the teachers now They're the ones to lead the way When twenty or so years from now You'll hear somebody say "Respect who came before you The ones who made us so **** proud LIke  Nash and , Perry and  Taylor Hall They played the game so loud Pudge, Jeter, and Verlander they brought it up a notch They were there to stretch the limits Not to just sit by and watch Rory, Justin Rose and Mahan Bubba, Dustin and the rest They are the players of the future They all respected the games best So, to know where you are going You must know where you have been Respect, past through the future And all that's happened in between.
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May 4, 2012
May 4, 2012 at 4:49 PM UTC
Respect The Game
To know just where your're going You must know where you've been You must respect the history The things others have seen It's true in all things relative Be it music, sports or life If you don't know where you came from You're just dancing on a knife Gherig, Ruth and Robinson May, and Mantle, Seaver too Respect their contributions And don't just say Ruth who? Respect where things have come from And the players of the past Because you learn and make things better It's what makes the **** game last Jimmy Foxx, Bob Gibson, Kaline Nestor Chylak and The Goose They made baseball special They gave the game a little juice Orr, Richard and Gretzky Gordie Howe and Howie Morenz You have to know about them You need the beginning to your ends Bob Baun and Bill Barilko Connie Smythe and yeah...the Chief You have to know their history They're what it is to be a Leaf The game has changed immensely Things can not go back in time But to me...the old alumni Made the game I know as mine Respect the ones before you The ones who laid the groundwork down The ones who made it special The non-pretenders to the crown Elvis, Buddy, Harrison Played the songs inside their heart Lennon, Wilson and the rest They all played a real big part Every single generation should learn from the one before For if they don't know where they've come from Then what has it all been for? Nicklaus, Palmer, Bobby Jones Sarazen and Hogan too They pushed the gameright to it's limits Now the pressure's upon you The new breed are the teachers now They're the ones to lead the way When twenty or so years from now You'll hear somebody say "Respect who came before you The ones who made us so **** proud LIke  Nash and , Perry and  Taylor Hall They played the game so loud Pudge, Jeter, and Verlander they brought it up a notch They were there to stretch the limits Not to just sit by and watch Rory, Justin Rose and Mahan Bubba, Dustin and the rest They are the players of the future They all respected the games best So, to know where you are going You must know where you have been Respect, past through the future And all that's happened in between.
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People power people, and pick their equals. Ideas, decisions, and what becomes real. Whether we stand in a line, elections. Decide who continues on, selection. The rich become rich only from people’s contributions. Using their products, services, or through admiration. Social media, likes, comments, a way to get attention. Striving to break from conformity, this world’s automation. Scream, shout, acting strange in public. Shoot, attack, people turn on each other, frantic. People become desperate, run out of options. Detectives try to figure out motives, using caution. Joker said it best, why so serious? Wasting time on the small things, getting furious. When you can turn it around, hear how they feel. Truly care and help them heal. Be a friendlier face, selfless. To those hiding in their shells, helpless. Maybe everything seems right for a while. But this world is in chaos, and in need of smiles. Why so serious? Smile
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Oct 7, 2017
Oct 7, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC
Why so serious?
Softly, gently, I  sipped your red cherry-lip petals patiently, silently, I grabbed your brown nip-let buds deeply, knowingly, I drowned into your blue eye-oceans The feminine body turns to be  a dates garden amidst my own barren desert ! Williamsji Maveli Email: [email protected] * KGA (UAE Chapter) Literary award for Poetry declared for Williamsji Maveli’s   “Arramviralthumbath…” The Kallettumakara Gblobal Association (KGA), UAE Chapter has announced their first poetry award for excellence to Williamsji Maveli's  third  poetry collection   titled as “Arramviralthumbath …”  (On the tip of the 6th finger,  published by H & C Books, Trichur) .The award has been declared  by Mathew David, Chairman of KGA at their Executive Committee meeting held recently in Sharjah Emirate of United Arab Emirates.  The award has  also been considered for his poetic works scattered in his recently published book named  as “Maa Salama."  ( means "With peace"  in Arabic). The poems have been gathered from different desert sketches,  focusing on his real-time life experiences ,while he was working in UAE for more than 30 years.  Williamsji, (Williams George),   former Ras Al Khaimah based Journalist and lyricist of tester-years has been nominated for a literary award for the first time for literature. The Award is being formulated by KGA  (Kallettumkara Global Association, UAE Chapter) for  outstanding contributions to literature  from the native writers  of Kallettumkara,  a village town in Trichur, Kerala in India.  The award will be presented by the KGA’s UAE Chapter on the grand occasion of their 10th anniversary, which is being scheduled to be held during September, this year, according to Mathew David, Chairman of Kallettumkara Global Association.
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Aug 15, 2012
Aug 15, 2012 at 3:09 AM UTC
The Dates Garden
Softly, gently, I  sipped your red cherry-lip petals patiently, silently, I grabbed your brown nip-let buds deeply, knowingly, I drowned into your blue eye-oceans The feminine body turns to be  a dates garden amidst my own barren desert ! Williamsji Maveli Email: [email protected] * KGA (UAE Chapter) Literary award for Poetry declared for Williamsji Maveli’s   “Arramviralthumbath…” The Kallettumakara Gblobal Association (KGA), UAE Chapter has announced their first poetry award for excellence to Williamsji Maveli's  third  poetry collection   titled as “Arramviralthumbath …”  (On the tip of the 6th finger,  published by H & C Books, Trichur) .The award has been declared  by Mathew David, Chairman of KGA at their Executive Committee meeting held recently in Sharjah Emirate of United Arab Emirates.  The award has  also been considered for his poetic works scattered in his recently published book named  as “Maa Salama."  ( means "With peace"  in Arabic). The poems have been gathered from different desert sketches,  focusing on his real-time life experiences ,while he was working in UAE for more than 30 years.  Williamsji, (Williams George),   former Ras Al Khaimah based Journalist and lyricist of tester-years has been nominated for a literary award for the first time for literature. The Award is being formulated by KGA  (Kallettumkara Global Association, UAE Chapter) for  outstanding contributions to literature  from the native writers  of Kallettumkara,  a village town in Trichur, Kerala in India.  The award will be presented by the KGA’s UAE Chapter on the grand occasion of their 10th anniversary, which is being scheduled to be held during September, this year, according to Mathew David, Chairman of Kallettumkara Global Association.
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This weekend, something has awakened inside of me. This weekend I have lost my fear. I have fasted and been patient- I have enjoyed the company of my friends and enhanced in their sadness, their happiness, their contributions to the feeling of “whole”. I have seen human nature and kept to myself. I know that throughout all suffering I always have the peace of myself to return to, the inner quiet that speaks to me at night and envelopes me and tells me it will all be okay. There is beauty in the system, the system that lacks courage and strength, where cowards reside, there is also fault. Excellence and prodigious truth lie within nature, tranquility, the placidity and enjoyment of pedestrian life. Over complication does nothing to enhance life or living, and the creation of problematic situations is meaningless in any circumstance. To live and live in the lives of others is where true value lies, and I am settled, I am content.
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Feb 2, 2012
Feb 2, 2012 at 9:57 AM UTC
Weekend
the Hello Poetry portrait gallery is becoming full of empty frames what individuals had a hand in these harassment games we've been deprived of many talented written contributions the villainous mob most adroit with their unwarranted executions blank boxes tell of an almighty mischief being awfully made by they who are wanting to garner every accolade under a serious threat our fraternity of poets are thus far and of seeing unfilled cubes there leaves a permanent scar
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Mar 19, 2017
Mar 19, 2017 at 10:27 PM UTC
Scar
Stomach pains directly connected to the interwoven circuits that are Wondering, hoping. Stopping at blind corners Questioning the soul... A potion of acid and cactus forms Transformative contributions. Catching up because you woke up to late. Now it's to late; so late that your building a statue to remember the good you see in others. The universe is penetrating everything at the same time it's being penetrated while we all wonder what is happening? What does this all mean? Why are we here? Everything is ***** and a ****** everyone is ******* everyone and everything and everyone and everything is being ****** at the same time... Nobody gets it while the soul is in the body. By the time the true soul leaves the said body you fools will build a statue of this body that no longer has a soul.
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Feb 12, 2016
Feb 12, 2016 at 12:40 PM UTC
Poetic ***********
Social relations.      Fading, dissipating.            Regenerated and rebuilding. Everything held deep spills out over past memories and future broken promises.      Talking of brighter days with different time lines. Watching, talking, passively dissecting minds of those like mine.           All investigating our inner workings and imagined surroundings.                      It's in the waking hours of the dawn. It's when time is irrelevant.         When the new day brings nothing but revelations and unfiltered ramblings.                Anything to fill this  void.    The morning air feels stale compared to renewed awakenings. Constantly picking at the scab.           Digging for one last laugh.                                         A final smile.                        The perfect ending for the night we might forget.       We forge new mental pathways and plan play dates. Evolutionary socialization.             Cigarettes serve as reality checks and mirrored reflections.                          Open eyes burning for something tangible.                  Awake and unaware.        Filtering through the nonsense and intellectual genius. Trying to read the dusted lessons buried between advice and elaborate fairy tales.    We speak of ideas.      We speak of all the things that rest on the ledge of our understanding.         We dream of what it is and what it could be. All seeking growth.       All staying just within the caution tape. Ponderous wondering of connections and false enlightenment.                                                I remain skeptical even though I've felt it.   My mind has always held an untrusting grudge against my intuition.      In the end it's just another day.                               Contributions minimal.                  Lessons learned... Still settling their sediments.         They're Remnants.
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Jul 17, 2013
Jul 17, 2013 at 2:29 AM UTC
RamblingDawn
Social relations.      Fading, dissipating.            Regenerated and rebuilding. Everything held deep spills out over past memories and future broken promises.      Talking of brighter days with different time lines. Watching, talking, passively dissecting minds of those like mine.           All investigating our inner workings and imagined surroundings.                      It's in the waking hours of the dawn. It's when time is irrelevant.         When the new day brings nothing but revelations and unfiltered ramblings.                Anything to fill this  void.    The morning air feels stale compared to renewed awakenings. Constantly picking at the scab.           Digging for one last laugh.                                         A final smile.                        The perfect ending for the night we might forget.       We forge new mental pathways and plan play dates. Evolutionary socialization.             Cigarettes serve as reality checks and mirrored reflections.                          Open eyes burning for something tangible.                  Awake and unaware.        Filtering through the nonsense and intellectual genius. Trying to read the dusted lessons buried between advice and elaborate fairy tales.    We speak of ideas.      We speak of all the things that rest on the ledge of our understanding.         We dream of what it is and what it could be. All seeking growth.       All staying just within the caution tape. Ponderous wondering of connections and false enlightenment.                                                I remain skeptical even though I've felt it.   My mind has always held an untrusting grudge against my intuition.      In the end it's just another day.                               Contributions minimal.                  Lessons learned... Still settling their sediments.         They're Remnants.
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I see the sad color of racism not every other day But every second of the hour, all minutes of the day I see the serious mental and physical damages That this cancer has done throughout the ages And is still doing to our beloved human beings The others treat our People like they are leftover beans On a petty pet's plate. Our people deserve respect Fairness, justice, equality, acknowledgement Compassion, credit and better treatment Our sisters are tired of being left out on the deck Our siblings are often harassed senselessly, persecuted Falsely accused and relentlessly prosecuted At one time, they were hunted and hounded by the system At other time, hindered and haunted by an organized medium Created to attack, destroy, burn, ravage and annihilate To embarrass, marginalize, ridicule, punish and discriminate I see the color of racism, when the police for no apparent reasons Stopped, frisked and handcuffed our homeless, our elderlies Or our law abiding citizens, like it was open seasons To hunt for mule deer or bears, who behave like enemies Of the civilized society. I see the sick color of racism When our people are not hired not for being unqualified But because of their skin color; they're quickly disqualified Dismissed, fired or terminated. I see the monster of cynicism All golly minutes of the day. The arrogance is unparalleled Beyond belief. The racists forgot that God only created one race One human race, one human race, one **** human race. Their false pride, their fake supremacy, their ignorance is unleveled And their audacity is incomparable. I see the colors of racism Not that I want to search for them, not that I want to find them Most of the time, I simply cannot elude, evade or escape them It is not easy to ignore the litanies of bad or negative mannerisms The bigots easily function like virulent or venomous vipers That **** out the emotions, and that destroy all positive characters Our lives, Black lives, like other lives, are sacramental and important And our contributions to the world are significant I see the ugly and surly color of racism not every other day But every second of the hour, every minute of the **** day. Copyright © February 24,2015, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.
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Sep 11, 2025
Sep 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM UTC
The Color Of Abject Racism
I see the sad color of racism not every other day But every second of the hour, all minutes of the day I see the serious mental and physical damages That this cancer has done throughout the ages And is still doing to our beloved human beings The others treat our People like they are leftover beans On a petty pet's plate. Our people deserve respect Fairness, justice, equality, acknowledgement Compassion, credit and better treatment Our sisters are tired of being left out on the deck Our siblings are often harassed senselessly, persecuted Falsely accused and relentlessly prosecuted At one time, they were hunted and hounded by the system At other time, hindered and haunted by an organized medium Created to attack, destroy, burn, ravage and annihilate To embarrass, marginalize, ridicule, punish and discriminate I see the color of racism, when the police for no apparent reasons Stopped, frisked and handcuffed our homeless, our elderlies Or our law abiding citizens, like it was open seasons To hunt for mule deer or bears, who behave like enemies Of the civilized society. I see the sick color of racism When our people are not hired not for being unqualified But because of their skin color; they're quickly disqualified Dismissed, fired or terminated. I see the monster of cynicism All golly minutes of the day. The arrogance is unparalleled Beyond belief. The racists forgot that God only created one race One human race, one human race, one **** human race. Their false pride, their fake supremacy, their ignorance is unleveled And their audacity is incomparable. I see the colors of racism Not that I want to search for them, not that I want to find them Most of the time, I simply cannot elude, evade or escape them It is not easy to ignore the litanies of bad or negative mannerisms The bigots easily function like virulent or venomous vipers That **** out the emotions, and that destroy all positive characters Our lives, Black lives, like other lives, are sacramental and important And our contributions to the world are significant I see the ugly and surly color of racism not every other day But every second of the hour, every minute of the **** day. Copyright © February 24,2015, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.
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Nature's contributions cascade along the steep trail. Numerous white patches and yellow splotches set on a blanket of green amid immense coverings so blue that it seems parts of the sky have fallen. Pinks protrude like boulders in a creek while reds try to hide around rocks and crevasses. Faded petals, past announcements of spring now reside alongside signs of birth, buds seeking an identity. Arrays of mature blossoms parade full and ripe along a path of short lives and slow deaths. Fallen relics, grey and mossy display across the emerald carpet, a memory of another time.
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Jun 15, 2015
Jun 15, 2015 at 11:24 AM UTC
Steep Trail
Galileo Galilei-- Physicist, mathematician, Astronomer, philosopher-- You angered the Roman Inquisition   And later the Pope and Jesuits as well. Your scientific observation That the earth moves around the sun Was deemed a heretical revelation!   Spreading ideas "contrary to scripture"-- A risky endeavor and path to take-- Guaranteed life imprisonment Or a gruesome burning at the stake.   Under pressure you recanted: "The earth doesn't move around the sun." They say that under your breath you muttered, "And yet it moves." You lost, yet won.   Though you lived under house arrest For years until the day you died, Your scientific contributions To benefit mankind cannot be denied.   It's sad when dogma and ignorance attempt To force dissenters into compliance. It's sadder yet that in this century Too many people still ignore science.   Our thoughts aren't shaped from cookie cutters; Beliefs don't all fit the same mold. Praise to the thinkers who soar to great heights And break authority's stranglehold.   Praise to those who dare to defy Petrified positions or views-- Who challenge our mind-set and open our eyes To truth and awareness, despite jeers and boos. - by Bob B
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Oct 15, 2016
Oct 15, 2016 at 8:55 AM UTC
Galileo
isn’t it truly amazing this universe in which we co-exist has evolved through dinosaurs evolution and wars heartbreak and turmoil happiness and moments of peace   every single event extravagant or minute each occurrence played a part to mould this space we live in so many contributions in the form of attributions all the tongues created words spoken, thoughts shared stories passed down through generations buildings assembled, torn down life and death diseases and cures chaos and equilibrium a perpetuous cycle playing out continuously on loop all of it comes together to form this mess of an education system that’s makes me want to **** myself.
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Sep 2, 2018
Sep 2, 2018 at 4:52 PM UTC
.evolution
my head is a vacant lot loaded with automatic cars idling in a polluted environment full of bidding corporations run by empty businessman who take advantage of a selfish inward populace that raise  violent children who  turn off their minds to the madness,  cruelty  and cultural void at the local nightclub called "Numb" or " E-tarded"  and slobbering over drinks and beats  like the sounds of horns from a traffic jam driven by impatient animals  in a sheepfold bawing their way to the nearest vaccination center for thier imaginary  twinrix dose of  swine ***** and orange juice that skyrocket diabetes rates above google hits  and fat conservative voter polls broadcasted daily by popular media botox injections that styme creativity with  the same ****** music played over and over and over like the broken recorded rhetoric that tell us to  destructively reach out  to foreign countries while  selling ourselves out for better cars but increase profits and taxes at the same rate of the rising  prison population and shrinking contributions to  health care , edU-caTion ,  community and environment all the while you can hear the sheep bleat and beep and bleat and beep
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Feb 27, 2010
Feb 27, 2010 at 7:06 PM UTC
Vacant
Virsaviya *a beautiful heart got all required contributions from good hearted people happy for the donations offered now we need all your prayers please remember this little girl in your prayers*
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Oct 31, 2015
Oct 31, 2015 at 6:58 PM UTC
976. Beautiful heart
Mediocre Flow  (Spoken Word- Freestyle-Dramatics) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ==Mediocre Flow == by SassyJ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (Copy the link below to your browser) https://soundcloud.com/user-367453778/mediocreflow In the woods I get lost, arrays of green specked by the rays of the sun. The wind blows but its swift in measure. I get lost my body in the breeze, as the time runs faster I breath slower. Lost in the wonder of the nature. I lay it all down, the worldly desires, disused contributions… all in the mediocre flow. The grounds feels so alive, alone but never lonely. The trees talk to me, they journey my vulnerabilities. A hug of the branches goes far beyond. The only lean over that drives me to ecstasy of …….my mediocre flow. All done with expectations and chasing the unending mazes. We become the mistresses of the earth, arching and protracting with emotions, lotions ……looming greyed blues. Hold this packet of stars, I pass it to you to touch, to overflow in it’s magic and fantastic voyages of the. …..mediocre flow Feel the greenness patched on the muddy grounds. Have the enliven nature of the flying bubble. See the flow of the waters, the contraction of the streams to the lakes. Touch the drops….the raindrops, nurture them as they sink below your feet. Feel the life, feel alive….. the mediocre flow
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Mar 25, 2016
Mar 25, 2016 at 7:42 AM UTC
Mediocre Flow (Spoken Word- Freestyle-Dramatics)
A man who fought for freedom Is frail and old yet remembered For all his contributions and sacrifices He made to rid all types of discrimination In the early years a Law Degree Seemed perfectly suiting Boxing made him tough like a brute But his soul-passive, polite and caring A role-model to everyone Who said, "Debate, no guns!" A peace_maker for all A teacher for all Even in darkest hours His humilty, nobility and responsibility Is but a few of what we can reap of his success 27years of incarceration All for the fight of discrimination His sacrificed time In quarries of lime A day that they remembered A day that they paraded With happiness and delight 1994 People in queues of snakes Waited for a chance to cast their first vote *We salute you TATA MADIBA Thank you for your valiant services*
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Jul 18, 2013
Jul 18, 2013 at 1:10 PM UTC
THE PEACE_MAKER
You say freedom of speech But not for me as things be I breath heavy with scenes See things as a minority As a young Latino male I see lots of myself in jail Traps are set and on sell Equal blood color is spilled Martial law across the hall Racial wars coming along Rest in peace to Trayvon Another young man gone Contributions are all illusions Spreading through confusion Relations between contusions Love for those who abuse them One of my best friends is black One of my best friends is white One of my friends is masculine One of my friends is feminine One of which was a criminal One of which was a clinical Both of my friends are humans Finding out life is so typical Two of my jewels were blue Two of my girls shared hue Two of my schools loved me Two of my enemies cut me Two of my mothers cried Two of my brothers died Both of which had big futures Before hate took their lives Three of my peers are my equal Three of my peers make new evil Three of my tears stained the paper Three of my years were endangered Three of my hearts broke in time Three of my guardians declined All three rose up against me And began to belittle my mind Replies depend on the victims And the symptoms felt in them To fight back or stop living To keep going or be bed ridden Is the valley to deep to dip in Are the times increasing division Humans beings have hurt vision Blind to a philosophy holistic The clocks are going tic tic I've been called a young **** My friends ancestry exist My friends ignorance is bliss He holds onto passive racism He doesn't notice the shifting He says, "I have black friends But... ," Just to avoid friction So you say freedoms of speech But you don't really know me As a majority with a minority How can you experience things That your culture brought to me Left my people ***** and hurting And I'm not from genes of slavery So think before you speak.
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Jul 2, 2013
Jul 2, 2013 at 10:15 AM UTC
Closet Racist
You say freedom of speech But not for me as things be I breath heavy with scenes See things as a minority As a young Latino male I see lots of myself in jail Traps are set and on sell Equal blood color is spilled Martial law across the hall Racial wars coming along Rest in peace to Trayvon Another young man gone Contributions are all illusions Spreading through confusion Relations between contusions Love for those who abuse them One of my best friends is black One of my best friends is white One of my friends is masculine One of my friends is feminine One of which was a criminal One of which was a clinical Both of my friends are humans Finding out life is so typical Two of my jewels were blue Two of my girls shared hue Two of my schools loved me Two of my enemies cut me Two of my mothers cried Two of my brothers died Both of which had big futures Before hate took their lives Three of my peers are my equal Three of my peers make new evil Three of my tears stained the paper Three of my years were endangered Three of my hearts broke in time Three of my guardians declined All three rose up against me And began to belittle my mind Replies depend on the victims And the symptoms felt in them To fight back or stop living To keep going or be bed ridden Is the valley to deep to dip in Are the times increasing division Humans beings have hurt vision Blind to a philosophy holistic The clocks are going tic tic I've been called a young **** My friends ancestry exist My friends ignorance is bliss He holds onto passive racism He doesn't notice the shifting He says, "I have black friends But... ," Just to avoid friction So you say freedoms of speech But you don't really know me As a majority with a minority How can you experience things That your culture brought to me Left my people ***** and hurting And I'm not from genes of slavery So think before you speak.
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Words are weapons of mass distraction to take our eyes off the criminal action of democracy ****** over for global destruction as media serves to create obstruction as votes get sold for campaign contributions and we the people search for solutions the rich get richer and the poor get ******* and the planet dies screaming in the interlude
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Oct 7, 2010
Oct 7, 2010 at 9:33 AM UTC
Words as weapons
It's a possibility, you know me, but a probability, that you don't possible you'll see me, but probable, that you won't A possible connection, the kind that ever sings but probable, no music, no contributions bring Where it's a probable rejection, that cuts into my soul or a possible exception, losing all controls Everything in life, is possible, like songs within the wind not all things are probable, and so, here I go again I follow behind you, where probability is ever thin instead of beside you, where possibilities, never end
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Dec 16, 2016
Dec 16, 2016 at 8:38 AM UTC
The shadows of what might have been
Mentally unwell Body sickly Mind is clouded Heart is melancholy Substance abuse ****** promiscuity Laziness No motivation Bad hygienic practices Worn and battered Beaten and bruised Years of let down, bullying and abuse Skin radiating The colour of light brown sugar Contradicts what’s beneath, the pallor. Heart feels none but one emotion Sorrow so deep it engulfs the ocean No positive contributions to Earth Death, decompose, rebirth Just a sorrowful body wafting around It belongs in the ground.
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Jan 16, 2014
Jan 16, 2014 at 11:15 AM UTC
The Earth For A Bed
doopth..doopth..doopth.. the intonation of a gavel upon a felted block order, orrrder, i now call to order this washday gathering of the metaphysical analytical socks drawer # 1793 all rise and come to toetip for the grand entry of the great thrice darned heel kazoos squeak  the intro to the ode to joy an old grey golf sock is ushered in to sit slouched on the top of the washer/dryer. he observes the following proceedings. now to business the agenda for the day 1. groove and the toe socks table their report on the systematic eradication of toejam. 2.the tradditionalists continue the open discussion on, wool versus synthetic, for winterwear. 3.we have a vote scheduled on the referedum matter: do we allow sandals and thongs guest status in this drawer. 4.the metaphysicists update us on the age old conundrum; "where do the odd socks go?" at present they are devling into the posibilities of superposition of states, as presented by the schrodinger's cat theory. 5. the analytical group are meanwhile, surveying the remaining evenless socks; to obtain data on the pairless state of being 6. and finally, we welcome a deposition from the natralists; with regard to use of bamboo and hemp to allow for the wicking of footwater, for a longer lasting freshness of the base arch construction. please feel free to attend one or more of these discussions, contributions and /or questions will be taken after the presentations. i am also asked to inform you, that the metatarsals group has a table of goods for sale, at the leftside of the wash basket. items include: new elastics and darning equipment. books on special this meet are; the ever popular "how not to become a sock puppet" and the tragic "my life as a duster" then there is the new offering of "sox and jox: the art of underwear diplomacy." and one last item of note: a reminder that membership fees, (of one clean toe clipping) are due before next months gathering go now, enjoy the gathering. and may the foot be with you
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Mar 24, 2014
Mar 24, 2014 at 3:39 AM UTC
M.A.S. Drawer# 1793
doopth..doopth..doopth.. the intonation of a gavel upon a felted block order, orrrder, i now call to order this washday gathering of the metaphysical analytical socks drawer # 1793 all rise and come to toetip for the grand entry of the great thrice darned heel kazoos squeak  the intro to the ode to joy an old grey golf sock is ushered in to sit slouched on the top of the washer/dryer. he observes the following proceedings. now to business the agenda for the day 1. groove and the toe socks table their report on the systematic eradication of toejam. 2.the tradditionalists continue the open discussion on, wool versus synthetic, for winterwear. 3.we have a vote scheduled on the referedum matter: do we allow sandals and thongs guest status in this drawer. 4.the metaphysicists update us on the age old conundrum; "where do the odd socks go?" at present they are devling into the posibilities of superposition of states, as presented by the schrodinger's cat theory. 5. the analytical group are meanwhile, surveying the remaining evenless socks; to obtain data on the pairless state of being 6. and finally, we welcome a deposition from the natralists; with regard to use of bamboo and hemp to allow for the wicking of footwater, for a longer lasting freshness of the base arch construction. please feel free to attend one or more of these discussions, contributions and /or questions will be taken after the presentations. i am also asked to inform you, that the metatarsals group has a table of goods for sale, at the leftside of the wash basket. items include: new elastics and darning equipment. books on special this meet are; the ever popular "how not to become a sock puppet" and the tragic "my life as a duster" then there is the new offering of "sox and jox: the art of underwear diplomacy." and one last item of note: a reminder that membership fees, (of one clean toe clipping) are due before next months gathering go now, enjoy the gathering. and may the foot be with you
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On August 28, 2014, was somewhat of a milestone for me. A one year anniversary, so to speak, as a member of the HP Family. It has been a wonderful, enlightening, and exhilarating ride, and one I hope to stay on for quite some time to come. To all of you who have taken the time to read my contributions, commenting, or not, THANK YOU! I write for relaxation, and recreation. For the most part, I try to entertain, to bring a bit of a smile, or perhaps a laugh or two, and if the piece has done that, then the goal has been reached. Have all of my works been "winners?" Of course not. That is just part of the menu. Some meals are good, some aren't. Regardless, I will try to get better. I will "keep my seat on this "Poet's Train" and hope it doesn't stop anytime soon. Richard Riddle (I thank the world for all of you! This August will be two years.))
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Sep 1, 2014
Sep 1, 2014 at 8:35 PM UTC
Thank You - HP
This isnt a poem, it is an open invitation to any member of this community to attend a poetry reading that myself, Travis McCullers, and Jaysen Good are hosting. It will be held in our homely hometown of Live Oak, Florida at a certain Spirit of the Suwannee cafe on Sunday, March 4th. You all are more than welcome to attend and any contributions you wish to make to the performance will be considered. The cafe is a full service restaurant and bar, so please feel free to get obscenely drunk on the premises. Directions and contact information will ne provided to serious inquirers via private message. Please feel free to ask any other general questions that may occur to you in your comments below. thanks for reading, David Badgerow
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Feb 20, 2012
Feb 20, 2012 at 11:39 AM UTC
Open Invitation (that means YOU!)
Etta James, singing “At Last” behind me now, lights turned low, two fingers of Drambuie on ice the air carries the aroma of desert roses, green fern and damp mossy bark; the gift of a posy. The scent reminds me of the quick light rains tapping in the afternoon, making love to thirsty new greens, coaxing them up to reach for more. My body reacts to the thought, arching up. Sips of warming golden liquid, the cold ice a give-and-take of restrained contrast, until the liquid has all been consumed – and the ice remains, bearing the spirit upon it. Contributions to reflections in sensuality, The ice, captured up quickly from the glass held in deft fingers, neatly, to paint their cold upon my lips, sipped within a warm mouth. The cold, diminished cube, dances on the tongue. I rise; the glass left behind, and come to you – Face to face, eye to eye.  The kiss shares the cool as the ice passes between us, to melt in loves flame. Eyes close, now drinking in another kiss, I feel myself surrender to the flame that rises up. Once more I am arching within your arms, strong, gentle hands contain me, stoking the fire. I am released, free to feel all that is within – to bring it to the surface; without question - to share… The heady scent of longing fills me, fueling passion The ice, a forgotten prelude to love’s rendezvous. Lin Cava ©
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Oct 19, 2010
Oct 19, 2010 at 4:36 PM UTC
Rendezvous