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Mellow | Poetry Vibe
Mellow
Title: the burden that breeds
Oh that shame so scary

Never thought all of it will be mine to carry

I can't yeah so weak of m...

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0
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Whisking

When Freedom comes

She will not find me on the highway

Holding up a thumb, holding up a sig...

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521
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1
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Railing

You can build it up

We are going to, tear it down

We will not be bound

Standing our grou...

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465
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2
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3982
The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Poke

There are those who will bind you, with their needs

Sharpening their skills to cut you, just t...

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516
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2
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3982
Florray~ | Poetry Vibe
Florray~
Title: Just for me**(12-09-09)

*A love that is real will never die

* A love that is true will brighten our lives

* A love ...

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478
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0
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4
Florray~ | Poetry Vibe
Florray~
Title: Drilling ME!(01/01/16)

Get it off me! I don't want it!

Can't take it! No longer fake it!

My inward becomes outward...

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470
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1
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4
Florray~ | Poetry Vibe
Florray~
Title: Queen for a Day

Can I be ya' Queen for a day?

24 hrs is all it will take.

Rub you, caress you,

undress y...

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494
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2
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4
Lyrrix | Poetry Vibe
Lyrrix
Title: Who Am I?

I am the ring around Saturn

spinning words as particles of ice and dust

with the power to trans...

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547
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2
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28
Lyrrix | Poetry Vibe

Love...
The alcohol of a woman's heart
Forcing judgements to be impaired
Ignoring the inst...

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583
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0
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28
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Up until last week

Up until last week,
Things were tough, but I had hope,
That the future would be better and that...

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596
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2
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885
Ak Rio | Poetry Vibe

YOU CAN BET YOUR LAST

Im on my way there

no pocket change

that'll probably change

soo...

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817
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3
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188
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: 30 Seconds in a cage: Whitney Plantation

At the Whitney Plantation with Johnny & Justin,
The tour guide was leading group a discussion,
...

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713
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7
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885
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Why are we so angry?

Why are we so angry?
We shouldn't have to explain,
9/11, remember that feeling of helplessness?...

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563
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2
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885
QueenJ | Poetry Vibe
QueenJ
Title: Black Lives Matter
When do our voice gonna be heard So you can finally know that our lives matter! Why are you s...
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626
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2
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25
Mxdluv21 | Poetry Vibe
Mxdluv21
Title: Frankestein's monster

Maybe I created you
Like Frankenstein his monster .
Out of loneliness
I brought on disaster .....

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533
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3
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3
Mxdluv21 | Poetry Vibe
Mxdluv21
Title: Love not war

You clamped your teeth down shut
Like a raging pit , jaws locked
When I needed you the most
To...

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468
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4
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3
ewharris207 | Poetry Vibe

Young black sister and young blackman trapped in this savage land what you want to do it’s all up...

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272
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3
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1
DeeliteNMe | Poetry Vibe
DeeliteNMe
Title: Mama's Wisdom

You won't hear me until I'm dead and gone.

I've been your age, you've never been mine.

The "Don...

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528
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3
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15
DeeliteNMe | Poetry Vibe
DeeliteNMe
Title: Summer in Texas

Sweltering hot summer days Sun, high noon, wraps me into the warmth of each swell of it's breath....

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487
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0
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15
Social Seer | Poetry Vibe
Social Seer
Title: HOMESPUN EPIGRAM

We have all needed

in our lives

a rubber duck

of bathetic deliverance.

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473
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0
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142
young_poet | Poetry Vibe
young_poet
Title: Hmm

The world is so cold as the teardrops from the angel falls through frozen clouds for another chil...

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857
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0
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58
jtj1982 | Poetry Vibe

I would love to hear from you when things are cool. But alas, this is never the case.

At the s...

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547
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2
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38
jtj1982 | Poetry Vibe
jtj1982
Title: #IKINDAMISS

#IKINDAMISS yourjealousy routine.

#IKINDAMISS knowing you drive down my street in the night.

...
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453
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2
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38
Ktrenise | Poetry Vibe
Ktrenise
Title: Rise Up

I face struggles daily but I don't allow those burdens to weigh me down or cause me to lose hope,...

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462
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2
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2
Florray~ | Poetry Vibe
Florray~
Title: Focus

In search of a new beginning, a way out, an escape.

Physical signs of anxiety as the hairs ris...

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662
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12
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4
Te'ArraPoetry | Poetry Vibe
Te'ArraPoetry
Title: You Got It
Just like a butterfly you caught me so nicely in gently you got me. Sending my heart to the ...
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532
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4
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206
Te'ArraPoetry | Poetry Vibe
Te'ArraPoetry
Title: Can't Get Enough
You said I'm not for you but ***ing feel like it's déjà vu. You said hearts don't come...
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556
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0
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206
Te'ArraPoetry | Poetry Vibe
Te'ArraPoetry
Title: Smoke Me
Lit the end wrap your hands tight and suck in. taste the after hit leaving your tas...
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422
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2
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206
tjaigreen | Poetry Vibe
tjaigreen
Title: Picnic Etymology

If I pushed pride aside it would be suicide instead of homicide.

All for the purposes ofstrippin...

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642
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3
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79
Kavindra | Poetry Vibe
Kavindra
Title: Today!!!

Today!!!

Be there if you can

fake play on words

be your self

be personal but ...

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510
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2
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96
Pharaoh | Poetry Vibe
Pharaoh
Title: tattoo series
Look at her with lustful eyes intrigued by how she carries herself Her walk gracefull Her tou...
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436
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1
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27
gregory.mccant@gmail.com | Poetry Vibe
gregory.mccant@gmail.com
Title: The Leftovers

Not of the next day variety, essentially nourishing and providing

But rather of the lonely...

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597
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5
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26
young_poet | Poetry Vibe
young_poet
Title: Second Chance

She like a breathe of fresh air my lungs can only worship in this toxic world
Her eyes brings me...

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3
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58
young_poet | Poetry Vibe
young_poet
Title: I Do Not Wish

I do not wish to be labeled by the color of my skin
Seen as a kid whose future is more profitabl...

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883
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2
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58
Mrs.Me | Poetry Vibe
Mrs.Me
Title: hi

I was so angry

was mad at you

forgeting me like i turned into toxic waste

I was sad

s...

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328
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1
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1
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Tiananmen/Ferguson


Tiananmen/Ferguson,
25 Years span their past,
Facing a tank and a bottle of tear gas,
Extrao...

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592
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3
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885
KiloMsundrstd | Poetry Vibe
KiloMsundrstd
Title: Tongue Kiss

What comes to mind when you hear these words? Is It the normal thought of a males lips connecting...

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578
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1
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54
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Matchstick!

Being black in America is like having a fuse,
Racism is a match that white people use,
They inc...

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555
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3
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885
Social Seer | Poetry Vibe

Diamond's

unassailable

truths

Diamond Reynolds for her brave and outspoken video July 6, 2016

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484
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2
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142
Coalhouse | Poetry Vibe

Saludos desde Sinaloa! poner en la nariz! poner ​en tus venas! Greetings from Sinaloa, put...

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510
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0
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318
Coalhouse | Poetry Vibe
Coalhouse
Title: 1080p Soldier Boy

1080p High Definition virtual M-4s with grenade launchers, Heckler & Koch​ assault rifle w...

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631
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2
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318
DeepSoul | Poetry Vibe
DeepSoul
Title: "BLACK"

I took a look, in a little “BlackBook”, and what did I see? That we’re a bunch of “BlackShe...

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332
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1
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2
DeepSoul | Poetry Vibe
DeepSoul
Title: "CASTAWAYS"

Two islands, two hearts. Close , yet so very far….. Two people, shipwrecked. Roma...

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293
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1
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2
poetunleashed | Poetry Vibe
poetunleashed
Title: THIS SYSTEM
It has become apparent That black is still A colour of oppressed souls Because the system Was...
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512
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10
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115
odonko-ba | Poetry Vibe
odonko-ba
Title: Black Butterfly
Our children are dying Slaughtered upon amerikkkas streets Their blood soaks the concrete ...
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563
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3
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87
odonko-ba | Poetry Vibe
odonko-ba
Title: My God
Her lips The beacon that drives me ever so close. Her eyes what dreams are made of Her ski...
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545
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2
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87
Social Seer | Poetry Vibe
Social Seer
Title: APHRODITE'S SONG OF FREEDOM

One time I dreamed Aphrodite rose from the sea

All naked and glistening was she

"Why all the cl...

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447
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2
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142
Social Seer | Poetry Vibe
Social Seer
Title: NATURE WORKER

harsh wind

barbers rows of sunflowers

yellow carpet laid

free form haiku

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448
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0
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142
Hsanan | Poetry Vibe
Hsanan
Title: What You See, Who I Am

Firmly I have sat at the entrance to my higher self.

Yet through your eyes I have passed this ...

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705
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2
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62
scash102 | Poetry Vibe
scash102
Title: No More Band Aids

The longer we are silent..the less our words are heard.. complying aint stopping us from dying. ...

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629
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3
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125
tiffanyr | Poetry Vibe
tiffanyr
Title: "Senseless Killings" part 2
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS WORLD THESE DAYS? EVERYBODY IS SHOOTING AN INNOCENT VICTIM IN EVERY KIND...
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521
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5
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211
DaSoulChild | Poetry Vibe
DaSoulChild
Title: I should not!!!

How many more? How many more have to die? How many have to be killed in cold blood? Just for you ...

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560
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2
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110
Social Seer | Poetry Vibe
Social Seer
Title: LONELY GIRL

A blazing hearth

Food and guests at table

Two shy lovers standing

Off in a corner

The sla...

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436
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0
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142
Mellow | Poetry Vibe
Mellow
Title: purge

I am not great because I am an artist

I am an artist because am great


And that's how I al...

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378
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1
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69
Woven | Poetry Vibe
Woven
Title: Again

Trying to keep you safe..
If the police pull you over, do what they say
And when Black lives co...

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671
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14
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12
Social Seer | Poetry Vibe
Social Seer
Title: title at end

skyscrapers

multitudes

midget

LOST IN NEW YORK

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421
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0
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142
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Protesting is Pointless

The bereaved cannot conceive,

Of the phrase, "Administrative Leave",

No arrests, cops still get...

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660
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8
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885
Jane D. | Poetry Vibe

dear Black Brothas,

the sun rose without many of you todaydue to some form of injustice.

...
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479
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4
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4
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Stop the Violence

My religion is true justice, even if I have to pass out a$$ whippings,

Respect to KingQadarDwo...

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586
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3
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885
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Watermelon and Ribs

Last Sunday, my wife cooked twodelicious racks of ribs,
From the most tender, juicy and tasty of...

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522
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2
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885
KingQadarDwon' | Poetry Vibe
KingQadarDwon'
Title: Look your enemy in the eyes

Another one?!558 so far this year.

It will end when we put a stop to it, not them.

And while ...

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794
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9
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331
vosh_89 | Poetry Vibe
vosh_89
Title: Note to myself
Dear myself I want to be like you. Better unlike no one else..I want to forget all what we done...
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303
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3
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5
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: How I met my wife

She said she wanted to know me,

I told her to look up Ptolemy,

Weeks later after she read A...

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772
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0
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885
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Spit fire like carney side show freaks

Spit fire like carney side show freaks,
With crazy lexicons that confuses geeks for weeks,
Inve...

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420
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0
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885
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Now & Then

Phrases amazes, grace replaces taste, postmark haste, lick stamps, email - cut & paste, delete & ...

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606
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2
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885
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Change is Hard

Change is hard,
Starting over, cancelled card,
New location, same issues,
Friends forget but m...

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670
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0
poems
885
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: The day after July 4th

Burnt Bottle Rocket sticks and firecracker paper litter the lawn,
Back to work and school - the ...

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491
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2
poems
885
Ak Rio | Poetry Vibe
Ak Rio
Title: No Mas Por Favor

Im fed up
not talking with a spoon
life full of darkness
hope sun comes through
really need s...

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525
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5
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188
Ak Rio | Poetry Vibe
Ak Rio
Title: lil black boy

I'm back though dressed in all black clothes
tried to lock me out
forgot about the backdoor
th...

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629
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2
poems
188
Edna | Poetry Vibe
Edna
Title: DIFFICULT DAYS

YOU'VE HELD OUR HAND, LORD

IN DARK AND DIFFICULT DAYS.

PLEASE HOLD AMERICA'S HAND NOW.

O...

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528
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4
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54
kenni_writes | Poetry Vibe
kenni_writes
Title: Here

It went from

You

Giving me your all

To

You

Giving me just enough

To keep me int...

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472
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4
poems
46
jtj1982 | Poetry Vibe
jtj1982
Title: WELL DAMN!!!

When you're waiting for an important phone call and everybody else but that person is calling y...

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474
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2
poems
38
Jay Beach | Poetry Vibe
Jay Beach
Title: Reality Vs Fantasy

I wish I could just get away

Away from this city, this state, these people, my reality

A pl...

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600
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3
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72
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Jesus is a Capricorn


Jesus lord,
I know you probably bored,
With the vicious cycle of men's sin,
Then again, mayb...

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512
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0
poems
885
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Gentle Finger Friction

Palms itch, hands shake, the anticipation is sublime, you're blowing my mind, without speaking a ...

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578
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0
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885
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: Dad said, "What's your purpose son"?

These rhymes in my mind, spin like blades on a helicopter, never speak proper, Ebonics be my phon...

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395
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0
poems
885
Coalhouse | Poetry Vibe
Coalhouse
Title: Haiku and Collard greens
Seven goddammit! I fade you ... 5 on that ... Chance stamped into dots.. Seven! Seven godd...
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607
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2
poems
318
2b2b2 | Poetry Vibe
2b2b2
Title: Hardships

Streams of consciousness

Casting lines of confidence

Flotsam of consequence

Roug...

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769
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7
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650
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe
WarriorCarryingWater
Title: So Prolific, You Thought I Had A Twin

Its Friday, picture me rolling with rollers in my hair,
Like Big Perm, worried 'bout what they s...

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505
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0
poems
885
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe

Old and young dance and sing,
To the latest moves and grooves,
Hundreds of the same shirts roam...

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568
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3
poems
885
Social Seer | Poetry Vibe
Social Seer
Title: A POEM FOR OUR TIMES

In this world where some people

have turned their backs on beauty,

on the right to human di...

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572
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3
poems
142
KiloMsundrstd | Poetry Vibe
KiloMsundrstd
Title: The mind of an odd

Welcome to the mind of a beast.. Unknown to most and translated by few.. None enter and few u...

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538
comments
2
poems
54
jtj1982 | Poetry Vibe
jtj1982
Title: Forgive Me
If I seem too animated, forgive me; I'm passionate about my point.

If I seem to be in constant m...

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537
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3
poems
38
HymnAgen | Poetry Vibe
HymnAgen
Title: With Open Arms

My feet have tread this soil

half the expected years

I suspect I have been allotted

shou...

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703
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14
poems
185
SMusinga | Poetry Vibe
SMusinga
Title: Judgment Day

It was 06H30 Am on the faithful day of November 2010,

I was directed to Bread & Milk Street in H...

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523
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4
poems
81
Kewayne Wadley | Poetry Vibe
Kewayne Wadley
Title: If
If my next breath happened to be my last, I'd want your voice to be the last I'd ever hear. Rev...
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353
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2
poems
626
KingQadarDwon' | Poetry Vibe
KingQadarDwon'
Title: First day back on the Job

Qadar where you been?!

Dwon' where you been?!

For surely I haven't been chasing Dollars

Ju...

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679
comments
8
poems
331
Shortiiie_q | Poetry Vibe
Shortiiie_q
Title: what is love ?
If you're telling me u love me then you need to show it . i shouldn't have to ask questions for m...
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634
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10
poems
10
WarriorCarryingWater | Poetry Vibe


I'm cinnamon toast crunch,
You're Chex mix, yuck,
Imma G you a schmuk,
Wanna battle me? Good...

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614
comments
3
poems
885
Mellow | Poetry Vibe
Mellow
Title: Merkaba

Do you want to understand any kind of self-blame or self-judgement no matter the extent, the beha...

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444
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0
poems
69
Mellow | Poetry Vibe
Mellow
Title: CAPITAL
No care no karma

Its a dare eloquent drama

No fair precedent trauma

Its a share fixed antenna

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395
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0
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69
BlkLyryc86 | Poetry Vibe
BlkLyryc86
Title: Milk & Honey

It was as if fire had leaned over and kissed me

My body immediately went up in flames

Yet w...

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440
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5
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98
Mellow | Poetry Vibe
Mellow
Title: IT IS
If you look close even freedom is lie

The dream is to fly

The hope is its worth the cry

The r...

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369
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0
poems
69
mlowe5 | Poetry Vibe

For Dead Poets Who Yet Live

The earth swallowed you—

spitting out seeded words

to linger...

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561
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6
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3139
Coalhouse | Poetry Vibe
Peasants dream as kings lying upon this nights pallet made of Daily News.. Kings dare not dream, ...
views
496
comments
2
poems
318
Coalhouse | Poetry Vibe
Coalhouse
Title: Heroes
Heroes hiding in six glass zeros... Superstar status.... Media apparatus... Manufacturing hero...
views
591
comments
2
poems
318
Coalhouse | Poetry Vibe
Coalhouse
Title: The Working Man
The day casts its shadow over me... Carrying weary bones into evening....
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675
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2
poems
318
Coalhouse | Poetry Vibe
Coalhouse
Title: Momma

When Daddy ran off we cried.

You did'nt...

Knees sore, knuckles raw from adays work....

...
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650
comments
3
poems
318
Just_Me_Kelee | Poetry Vibe
Just_Me_Kelee
Title: A Request

Handle my heart with care because i swear it couldnt take another break.

Please accept my love...

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560
comments
2
poems
43
Just_Me_Kelee | Poetry Vibe
Just_Me_Kelee
Title: I Choose

There is darkness in my heart, Ichoose the light daily.

There is anger behind my eyes, I relea...

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559
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2
poems
43

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