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30 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments LeiaMuadDib
To be among the wildflowers To drink of the stream To listen To learn The subtle meaning Of being To live between mountain stone To twine life teeming To feel Too fast The hard truth Of being The purpose unclear To thrive on dewey tears To laug...
29 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium
I am used to following my heart regardlessI have been hurt and burnt many times tooI don't care as long as I followed my heartMy heart might lead me round but never wrongIf I get burnt or hurt with its direction then I believeI believe there is a l...
29 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments emily2u
Words cannot flow smoothly,There’s a blockage in my line of thought.Like an old pen without much ink,My writing is barely legible.I wish I’m understoodIn poetry, sonnets, or even plays.A modern-day Shakespeare I want to be,Well-known beyond my lifeti...
29 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred
Ah the beauty of technology! So for my first two blackout poems, I used the Paint program and it took me approximately 1 hour to work on each poem. Today, I thought to myself, "Surely, there must be someone out there who has thought of an easier way...
28 Nov 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Olawalium
She said I am one in a billion and she is rightBecause I believe we are all unique in our ways and mightShe said I always make her happy and I feel alrightWith the thoughts of being the one to do that to herBut if only she knows how her smile sets...
28 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments emily2u
Everywhere, people chant your name,When they see you in action;Elevating the level of each game,In charge of the central position.You’re a very important person,The team can’t do without.To retain you is many a reason,It’s worth every cent, no doubt....
27 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred
Betsy Franco in “Conversations with a Poet: Inviting Poetry into K-12 Classrooms” outlines the characteristics of a list poem. It can be “a list or inventory of items, people, places or ideas.” Repetition is often used in this type of poem but rhyme...
27 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium
I felt the cool breeze on my skin as my pores give wayI couldn't help but stare at the wind blowing the banana leaves gentlyIt reminded me of how your body moves to the dance of your favourite songCarelessly, helplessly, throwing caution to the win...
27 Nov 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Olawalium
I call her my bestie because her cuteness is naturalThere is more to her, like a trade between two people, let's call it bilateralBeen begging her to teach me her secret, I don't want it to be unilateralThe power of her smile is powerful, it can on...
27 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred
It took me about an hour to create this blackout poem. I used the Paint program. Another name for blackout poetry is erasure. “Erasure is a form of found poetry or found object art created by erasing words from an existing text in prose or verse and...
