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Yecheilyah’s 7th Annual Poetry Contest 2024
It’s that time of the year, good people! We are excited to announce that this year’s poetry contest will begin later this month and run through the end of the year. This time, we will choose semi-finalists who will be highlighted on our social media. From those semi-finalists, we will choose three winners from the… Continue reading
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One More Game
From my eighth-floor windowI could hear hope bounce back and forthon concrete loitered with crack vials. Dirt-caked Nikes were like handsreaching for revolutionin the air. It didn’t get them out of the projects,but Jordan would have been proudthe way these boys balled. It kept their bodies distracted from the hungerof not eating for three days.Here,… Continue reading
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YouTube: New Poem Added! Listen to “Cheap” #Poetry #SpokenWord
This started out as something I wrote for myself. It wasn’t necessarily a poem. But I decided to turn it into something for you as well. I rewrote it in third person instead of first person. Do not be cheap with yourself. Know your worth. Know your value. Be you. Love you. Continue reading
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When Hearts Break
Deafening silence and the torture Of stillness The quiet awe Of when hearts break Shattering glass With no sound Just pieces of thought matter And stains of emotions Smeared No one will look up Because pain has no sound No warning Except to pen a tear The silent scribble Of the scribe When hearts break… Continue reading
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No Punctuation
Dear Love, your voice is the sound of pages I’ve been waiting to read my entire life like run on sentences in a book too perfect to end tell me how do you shackle power to punctuation If I could I would end this poem with a period or place a comma in the places… Continue reading
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Wait for Me
Would you let me ribbon tie my waiting into your lap? Take me dripping in mistakes like I got flaws for fragrance Can you wait for me to get it right? This belly filled to the brim with passion like I got fire clenched in my fists and a furnace in my throat As if… Continue reading
