Poetry Samples
Admittedly, I am not a poet. But, I have written these, and I don't know what else to do with them. So, here you go.
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Pride
Pride.
Pride is a flag bathed in a single spotlight
Waving in the ice-wind over a Wal-Mart parking lot.
Someone else hung it there
Not me
Someone else
Pride is like getting fall down, piss your pants,
Crack your teeth on the pavement,
Wake up with dried blood on your pillow,
Drunk
Like drinking because you hate yourself
even though you don’t know why
What you are
What I am
What we all are
What are we?
Stories.
Pride.
Pride is a word.
And not much else.
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The ones who don’t
I saw a man make fire over coals
To stave off the night
that wouldn’t make amends
For those who didn’t know
I saw a woman smile
When others frowned
I think about her often
When it all stops seeming worthwhile
I saw an old man
Climb a mountain because he could
When he came back down, he smiled and said
we have to do what we can
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It seems like whenever everyone gets cruel
All I remember are the ones who don’t.