slam poetry
Slam poetry: that magical mix of rhythm and rhyme.
Inside
I stood inside your negligent stare and watched as your eyes rolled up into your sarcastically closed lids. The smirk that rolled up into the corners of your mouth spoke louder than any words you could have chosen. I felt the stones stacking just beneath my skin. I listened to every word you laced with abusive tones and aggressive snipes. I could feel distance spreading, but nothing moved. I watched your face crumble in anger, and seer through me from some pent up past rage. I began to feel an odd grief lingering in wait just beneath the stones. I searched every bit of information that I had, and prayed to find a way to disarm any hostility, but nothing seemed to be able to stop the numbing, cold insulation that was gathering around us. Somewhere, something couldn't, or wouldn't be said, and now it had festered into some intimate infection that threatened everything that bound us together...
By Ashley Harper7 years ago in Poets
#AnotherHashtag
I wonder if when you label me another victim whose hashtag attached to my name was symbolic to being ignored or compared me to that random woman who had a random name if you for once will ever have enough sense to search deeper than those bold printed words to see a woman who has faced oppression and severe pain
By Latoia Dunn7 years ago in Poets
Words
I love words.They mean everything.Your words can fix, your words can heal,As long as you know what’s true and what’s real. “As long as you know what’s true and what’s real”,Funny, isn’t it?How people lie and are untrue.You never really know in the moment,Until it suddenly hits you
By Bushra Shahriar7 years ago in Poets