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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: We're Here

We’re supposed to be in this world

We’re supposed to be in this world

Not to be enslaved, n...

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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Out of the Blue

Those who are empty have no feeling

I’ve been that empty before

Wishing I could talk to som...

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2
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Street Cries | Poetry Vibe
Street Cries
Title: Tears for the Youth

BY STREET CRIES

I am seeing the lives of others faceing a path with out covers

Trying to su...

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1
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Street Cries | Poetry Vibe
Street Cries
Title: Ghetto Gospel

BY STREET CRIES

ABANDON BUILDINGS HOUSES WITH NO PARENTS ALL CHILDREN READY AND WILLING TO BE ...

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Street Cries | Poetry Vibe
Street Cries
Title: Letter to the King

BY STREET CRIES

MYSEARCH FOR ANSWER LEAD ME TO YOUR BOOK OF LIFE FEELING CONFUSED AS DAY TURNS...

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342
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1
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HaakimUAllah | Poetry Vibe
HaakimUAllah
Title: (work in progress)

(unfinished work in progress...)

"As friends and heroes goes"

On my Van Gogh shyt

Lend me an...

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299
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1
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28
ceetaylor | Poetry Vibe
ceetaylor
Title: The Walls

Trust in the timing
I'm finding,
Success can be blinding
I'm finding,
When mining for diamond...

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414
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2
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ceetaylor | Poetry Vibe
ceetaylor
Title: Unfinished

Mellow tones over the twilight
Trust lights
Familiar sights of the royal misses.
Eyes like pri...

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351
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0
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ceetaylor | Poetry Vibe
ceetaylor
Title: Why I Pace in FCUL

The crew asks
"What's the pacing bout?"
Head up in the clouds
You got me spacing out
Tracing ...

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316
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0
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58
Fm110comphodent | Poetry Vibe
Fm110comphodent
Title: Conscience Jungle II

Choreograph the concrete steps of the spring,

No smoking, No drinking, No Leans,

Transformi...

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267
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0
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173
Fm110comphodent | Poetry Vibe
Fm110comphodent
Title: Sage II

By the sweat of my brow,

Champions are conflicted,

Soft spoken words are heard,

Yet none...

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283
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0
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173
Fm110comphodent | Poetry Vibe
Fm110comphodent
Title: Yard Sale on 42nd and Lewis

Beyond the dream of the upper deck,

I stole a pack of amulets,

Cant wait to see their faces...

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287
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0
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173
reesiecupp | Poetry Vibe
reesiecupp
Title: Uncertainty

I get what the others don't should that make me proud?
I also do what the other's won't, should ...

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321
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1
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Skin Nature
I was in diapers when the city was on fire just like Rosewood they came in and destroyed the e...
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301
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1
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AuthorJ.Stankin | Poetry Vibe
AuthorJ.Stankin
Title: Nature Boy

you are not a distraction

you are not a constant reminder of why my life has become suddenly c...

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274
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1
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AuthorJ.Stankin | Poetry Vibe
AuthorJ.Stankin
Title: Men Dont Prefer Me

They don’t want me because I’m not nasty enough…

I like to smother my tongue on the tip real c...

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268
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0
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AuthorJ.Stankin | Poetry Vibe
AuthorJ.Stankin
Title: Just Me

The doctor asked who I wanted to witness me give birth to my king.

Mom, sister,

sister, mom...

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AuthorJ.Stankin | Poetry Vibe
AuthorJ.Stankin
Title: How Do I Love You

I love hard knowing that tomorrow could be my last day as well as it could be yours.

Apart of ...

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AuthorJ.Stankin | Poetry Vibe
AuthorJ.Stankin
Title: Home is Where the Heart is

It's hard to sleep with these loudhelicopters surrounding me

My place of peace

At least it ...

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1
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AuthorJ.Stankin | Poetry Vibe
AuthorJ.Stankin
Title: Gotta Live

He assumed I was ***ing wit a hoova .

But for once in my life

I have the opportunity to Con...

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AuthorJ.Stankin | Poetry Vibe
AuthorJ.Stankin
Title: Don't Be a Bubble

DON'T BE A BUBBLE

I never knew what bubbles were made of

Turns out is just soap and water. ...

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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Struck

some say it's a winding road

it get's a little too pumpy for me

sick of running over pothol...

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341
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1
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Pass it Down

it's time to go deeper, this life ain't for sleepers

I know you're tired but it's not time for...

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299
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1
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mlowe5 | Poetry Vibe

Like the crimes it supports,

injustice does not decay

and go away—Is not forgotten;...

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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Torn Up Inside

can't help this feeling
can't explain this feeling
can't talk about this feeling

trying to g...

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354
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0
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kayiroo | Poetry Vibe
kayiroo
Title: kayiroo 3

it really doesn't matter how many miles
it is to the finish line ahead of me
id never pull out
...

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207
kayiroo | Poetry Vibe
kayiroo
Title: The Incredibles

while you thinking about just trying to make it to the finish line
ive already gone beyond it
n...

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207
miss_chaniel | Poetry Vibe
miss_chaniel
Title: My melanin King

My melanin King


Instant glow
Sparkling from the sun
A magical mix of honey
A spreading fr...

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322
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kayiroo | Poetry Vibe
kayiroo
Title: you dont believe me

i can tell that shes a beautiful entity
she communicates with me through the internet telephone ...

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131
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0
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207
Poewhit | Poetry Vibe
Poewhit
Title: POEM for PEACE

I see a dot.

Upon the heavens.

Small we are.

Looking at seven.

A spaceship wonder...

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146
The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Short Rib

OMG good grief
nothing comes to a rapper
but beef give me
the veggie wrap please
I'm in disbe...

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0
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Stacking Stones
mama told daddy daddy told mama shut your mouth stop all that drama told I was a bad seed ha...
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Honey Dip

to all those who once said
I wouldn’t amount to nothing
blowing hot air warming nothing
look a...

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352
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0
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Tug of War

if you're not making change happen

why would it matter what happens to you

leaders are will...

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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Level Up

I never told you that
yet you deem it to be so
maybe it is not for me
but in you to know
how ...

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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: On (E)

the one in control
steers the ship
constructed with
fabricated elements
conversation conveyed...

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HaakimUAllah | Poetry Vibe
HaakimUAllah
Title: (tentative)

Transference of energy

Civilizedfrom synergy

Resisting descendancy

Into mass lunacy.

Ballance...

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285
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mlowe5 | Poetry Vibe

No, not at last! Now!

Today we must live free!

Now is the time

and the time is n...

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mlowe5 | Poetry Vibe

i

kept pigeons return

bald eagles feather their nest

vultures wait for death

...
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mlowe5 | Poetry Vibe

drooping flowers crave water

when sunshine is not enough

freedom craves equality

...
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1
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kayiroo | Poetry Vibe
kayiroo
Title: abc's

A so this is how its going to
B it aint that hard to
C why the
D be making her feel like shes ...

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165
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0
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207
Ak Rio | Poetry Vibe
Ak Rio
Title: Art pains
I'm doing all I can do
My life has been sad tune
Honestly
tired of listening to that same bad...
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279
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1
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188
Ak Rio | Poetry Vibe
Ak Rio
Title: Shhh
Alright alright
I'm on it tonight
Who want it tonight
I'm doing the most
From coast to coast...
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330
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0
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188
Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Overcome

We shall overcome someday

The negro chant and pray

On bended knee, head bowed

Pain trace...

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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: The Answer

More and more people are looking for answers these days

Searching high and low, near and far, ...

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0
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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Gone

Where were you when I needed a friend?

When the times got hard near the bitter end

Where we...

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311
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0
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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: what do we need

An enchanted whisper spoken by an angelic siren of love

Summoning ones heart to take heed

D...

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293
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2
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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Night

Night

The period in which darkness prevails over light

No shadows are seen; creeping animal...

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298
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0
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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: morning

Walking through the park in the early morning

Refreshing is the breeze, gently kissing your ch...

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303
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0
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mlowe5 | Poetry Vibe

drooping flowers crave water

when sunshine is not enough

freedom craves equalit...

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324
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1
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mlowe5 | Poetry Vibe

Trapped in the web of

the labyrinth of time,

love struggles in the balance;

companio...

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mrmelody7 | Poetry Vibe
mrmelody7
Title: Are You Ready

What time are you ready

to go

we will go about doing things

real slow

No need to rush...

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2
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mrmelody7 | Poetry Vibe
mrmelody7
Title: Red Snapper

Went fishin for a red snapper

their beautiful red color

glowin in the deep water

that thick ta...

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477
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4
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Step Over
mama used to always say she was broke all the time she always wondered why she couldn't keep ...
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307
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1
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Drop Dead
most folks don't like what's good for 'em that's why most don't eat their vegetables the only g...
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289
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0
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Pathway

fear of failure will nail you

long before you perform

your first miracle every one has a ho...

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327
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1
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HaakimUAllah | Poetry Vibe
HaakimUAllah
Title: Hot night

Studying and tracing cracks and lines on the ceiling

Opticallyracing the cieling fan blades

Won...

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300
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2
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Out the Gate

some people are too sorry

to apologize so they tell lies

somewhere in another life

leavi...

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339
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1
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HaakimUAllah | Poetry Vibe
HaakimUAllah
Title: Hood Haikus

#184

Being single doesn't mean thirsty or needy

But if I like your mind I might get greedy...

...
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Jewel in the Ruff

you're a jewel in the rough
you make me dumbfounded
I'm hooked on Phonics
it's a common core d...

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374
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0
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Jay Beach | Poetry Vibe
Jay Beach
Title: The Plan

The plan was in action before we could stop it.

You have the black community, add red and ...

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330
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1
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mlowe5 | Poetry Vibe
mlowe5
Title: beaching...

the rhythmic waves

frothing to and fro

carry Middle Passage echoes

of journeying ody...

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338
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3
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Poewhit | Poetry Vibe
Poewhit
Title: THE CURTAIN

I looked upon an alien shore.

There a dank old bronze door.

Inside was a hidious sight.

...
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195
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1
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146
Ak Rio | Poetry Vibe
Ak Rio
Title: Uncharted waters
Swim with the sharks
The water deep
Time is flying
Clock is ticking
Father missing
Daugh...
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296
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2
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188
Ak Rio | Poetry Vibe
Ak Rio
Title: Hault the hating
Hip hop ain't dead yet
I can feel it in my chest
All these cheap imitations
Got the game devas...
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278
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2
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188
Ak Rio | Poetry Vibe
Ak Rio
Title: 50 nights
Alone for 50 nights
I was cold 50 nights
Girl was gone 50 nights man
We had
50 fights
Exch...
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328
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2
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188
Ak Rio | Poetry Vibe
Ak Rio
Title: Real spill
Yes I'm back
It me
To challenge your whole faculty
Actually
it's guna happen a lil something ...
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376
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1
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188
Ak Rio | Poetry Vibe
Ak Rio
Title: Angel in the wind
My intro was hard
But the follow up better
Last night on the bus was
A woman with no sweater
...
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356
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3
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188
Ak Rio | Poetry Vibe
So I'm working at this banquet
And a woman comes up to me
She asks what's your name
As she l...
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284
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2
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188
kayiroo | Poetry Vibe
kayiroo
Title: the paper

shes drawn to me like words to paper
no pencil or eraser its permanent
like the black ink in th...

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160
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1
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207
The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Numbers Up

time to change zip codes
put in a change of address
countdown to liftoff pushing
buttons in th...

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447
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1
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Crashing Down

it's so mush smoke and mirrors
how can you see, your reflection
do you remember who you use to ...

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539
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1
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The Immortal Wize  | Poetry Vibe
The Immortal Wize
Title: Ax to Root
left alone with my thoughts trying to convey what's in my heart holding on to a part of what's ...
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570
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2
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Cheers | Poetry Vibe
Cheers
Title: The Black Family

Do we hate ourselves that much

To disown our own culture

And go against flesh and blood

Our ri...

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243
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1
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Kewayne Wadley | Poetry Vibe
Kewayne Wadley
Title: Unfolding Temples
With a body made of paper, he went outside to feel the drops of rain. Leaving behind an aluminum...
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255
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0
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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Truth

Truth

The technological age is making the research of information more easily accessible. ...

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367
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3
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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Reflections

Reflections

Images mirrored by the faces of mankind.

The many wrinkles that line the eyes o...

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347
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6
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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Carousel

On this carousel that we dolefully call life

Each of have different meanings, lessons and stri...

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288
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0
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20
Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Emotional Oasis

EMOTIONAL OASIS

I have traveled many uncharted lands

Crossing mountains, oceans, desert...

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300
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3
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20
Q.B. | Poetry Vibe

A teardrop frozen in the looking glass of memories

An emotional kaleidoscope of feelings of th...

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267
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1
poems
20
Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Where Am I?

Where am I? What planet is this?

When did a disagreement end up with blows from a fist?

Wha...

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225
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0
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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Different Times

There were times not long ago when people you would meet

Did not care where you came from, wha...

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257
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0
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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Wake Up

Wake up; open up your eyes to see

That the person you have your gun pointed at looks like you ...

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319
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2
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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Changes

Looking at the changes mankind has made throughout the years

With all its technological advanc...

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237
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0
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Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: Why Are We Here?

Why are we here?

This question has been asked through every generation

To live life without...

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283
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1
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Kewayne Wadley | Poetry Vibe
Kewayne Wadley
Title: Promise Not
Last night I stayed up counting every time that I've wished for you. Then I came to my senses th...
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197
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0
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626
HaakimUAllah | Poetry Vibe
HaakimUAllah
Title: #185

What happens when the sheep snaps?

The sheep get strapped

Thesheep claps back

©2017 Haa...

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287
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0
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Coalhouse | Poetry Vibe
Coalhouse
Title: Five and Dime Saturday

Saturday new and shiny.

Hope smells like bacon frying I'm trying to get a dollar.

Maybe two...

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319
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1
poems
285
kayiroo | Poetry Vibe
kayiroo
Title: almost forgot

what i really miss most about her is her touch
to say that we were close to each other doesn't a...

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138
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0
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207
Coalhouse | Poetry Vibe
Coalhouse
Title: Hittin up

Sending multicolored Sanskrit on subway cars.

Stars accented with names, monikers, characters, p...

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359
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2
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285
Q.B. | Poetry Vibe
Q.B.
Title: A Dream Revisited

A Dream Revisited

Dear Rev. Martin L. King

I am greatly indebted to you for all your ef...

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324
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2
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FatBoy | Poetry Vibe
FatBoy
Title: Soul

My soul lives

in the branches

of the old Baobab tree

that nourishes itself

in the dro...

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290
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0
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HaakimUAllah | Poetry Vibe
HaakimUAllah
Title: Untitled...

Ever humble

Erect on my square

Keeping perspective Always aware

Time on a tear

Drag racing

D...

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288
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0
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28
kayiroo | Poetry Vibe
kayiroo
Title: vesica

welcome to another morning
its beginning to feel like im going in circles around myself
like yi...

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178
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0
poems
207
Social Seer | Poetry Vibe
Social Seer
Title: ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT

Tad Cummins

Elizabeth Thomas

A beautiful sexual odyssey*

*We need to re-think our rights of ...

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240
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0
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142
PHIRE | Poetry Vibe
PHIRE
Title: Inmates

There is this feeling I feel, like being so close to home...

The trembling and the shaking, li...

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256
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0
poems
154
PHIRE | Poetry Vibe
PHIRE
Title: L.O.L

Addition by subtraction turned one and one into two...

Lust over lies caused the division of u...

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218
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0
poems
154
PHIRE | Poetry Vibe
PHIRE
Title: MISSISSIPPI MADE

Don’t know the feeling of seeing the grass grow green

Grew up learning crooked letters, humpba...

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218
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0
poems
154
Poewhit | Poetry Vibe
Poewhit
Title: BLANKET of LIFE

Little children in our

yard, Yes love,

our children.

Life and the passage,

our passag...

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159
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0
poems
146
mlowe5 | Poetry Vibe
mlowe5
Title: Griot Drippings...

May melodies of success

never cease;

may ebony elevations

never devolve to the l...

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432
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2
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