Tag: Poetry
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The Man in the Glass
When you get what you want in your struggle for self and the world makes you king for a day Just go to the mirror and look at yourself and see what that man has to say For it isn’t your father or mother or wife who judgment upon you must pass The fellow whose verdict counts the…
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Smile Prayer
And now a moment of silence, let us pray And as you journey into outerspacemay the angels help to lead the way may the prayers that our families madeshine up on your soul to keep you safe And all the homies that done passed awayThey there to greet you as you pass the gates And…
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The Man in the Glass
When you get what you want in your struggle for self and the world makes you king for a day Just go to the mirror and look at yourself and see what that man has to say For it isn’t your father or mother or wife who judgment upon you must pass The fellow whose verdict counts the…
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A Minute
I’ve only just a minute, Only sixty seconds in it. Forced upon me, can’t refuse it, Didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it, But it’s up to me to use it. I must suffer if I lose it, Give an account if I abuse it, Just a tiny little minute, But eternity is in it.
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A Time For Everything
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and…
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A Young Poet Tells the Story of Darfur by Emtithal Mahmoud
Emtithal Mahmoud presented A Young Poet Tells the Story of Darfur as a TED Talk.
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There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk
I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost… I am helpless. It is not my fault. It takes forever to find my way out. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don’t see it.…
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If by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being…
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Sex Poems
Roses are red, Lemons are sour Open your legs and give me an hour. Kissing Is A Habit, Fucking Is A Game Guys Get All The Pleasure, Girls Get All The Pain 10 Minutes Of Pleasure, 9 Months Of Pain 3 Days In The Hospital, A Baby Without A Name The Father Is A Bastard,…