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Poetry by The kNOw (Page 2)

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Somewhere I Don't Want To Be
By Maria Valdez
March 16, 2010

"Everything I see is darker than light / I know I'm wrong but I don't want to be right / Everything I see is farther in the dark / I cut and I cut until I bleed through another mark..." >>More

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A New Way
By Maria Valdez
March 3, 2010

"People go the wrong way / Because the right way is not an option / Yet I seem to wait for the day it's adoption / I don't like the system, I don't want to be here..." >>More

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A Good Start
By Maria Valdez
February 18, 2010

"It seemed like a good way to start / ignoring him, though my heart’s tearing apart / I feel like I’m bleeding inside / when I see him, and don’t get the chance to hear his lies / It’s terrible to fall in love with someone you know is fake..." >>More

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In My Eyes
By Maria Valdez
February 8, 2010

"When you died, there was an emptiness inside / There was no one to talk to but that's in my eyes / It was like there was no meaning to life / But again, in my eyes / that's just when someone special to you dies..." >>More

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Living A Lie
By Maria Valdez
January 15, 2010

"Why is it that I always have to scribble things out / How come I don't find words to describe what I'm about / A box full of happy memories from the past haunt my mind / Even though I'm yearning to go back I move on / Never leaving anything behind..." >>More

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A Candle's Flame
By The kNOw Youth Media, Various Authors
December 3, 2009

"A dancing petal / encased in a white, glazed mouth / A smoldering post..." >>More

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Haiku Poems
By The kNOw Youth Media, Various Authors
August 13, 2009

"Weary as worn shoes, / laziness envelops her; / dream away in peace..." >>More

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Broken Fairy Tale, Love Poems By Arena
By Arena Phaphilom
July 15, 2009

"All those Disney films / of love / of being happily ever after / And finding Prince Charming / Formed all the fantasies - Dreams / That once filled young girls' minds / It's so funny now / As a teenager / With a young girls' mind / Seeking to fulfill fairy tales / only to find / HEART BREAK..." >>More

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"Poeticness"
By The kNOw Youth Media, Various Authors
July 13, 2009

"Poetry does not come from inside you / You must seek in order to write / Poetry. It is in the world..." >>More

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So Just Hug Me
By Laqusha Locke
June 17, 2009

"So just hug me, let your arms / Fall perfectly where they belong / Hold me tight, let me feel love / Without it’s verbal expression..." >>More

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The Provider And The Roach
By Angelina Thao
June 17, 2009

"What am I to a cockroach? / Or what is a roach to me? / This roach is not a roach / But a germ covered bacteria eating genius..." >>More

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Bountiful Harvest / Choke
By Jaleesa Vickers
June 8, 2009

"This is the time when the sun / Descends below the horizon—the ground / Is cool, dry, hearty and beautiful with / Thick golden hairs—of all distant things..." >>More

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Short Poems
By Kevis McGee
June 8, 2009
"My heart hates my soul / My mind hates my spirit / I’m corrupted..." >>More

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Under The Stars
By Marcus Vega
May 7, 2009
"As I stare at the sky I am lost / Though my thoughts are gifted / Hole in my heart / Empty void / Something is missing..." >>More

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You'll Never Know (To My Brother And His Ex-Wife)
By "AJ"
April 3, 2009

"When the word shady comes to mind / I don’t think of Eminem / I’m constantly reminded day by day of / How you have not only bruised me, but the / Whole family, your kids included..." >>More

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