Tag: inspire
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We Brought the Gold
When we left our homes for England, We expected streets adorned with gold, Because that is what they promised, Because that is the dream they sold, So we dressed up in our Sunday best, Straight backs and heads held high, And we arrived with big aspirations, Based on little White lies, Because the streets were…
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What for
A rare outing of my face to wish you all a happy #internationalwomensday and share my latest poem inspired by this quote from the BBC sitcom Here We Go: “I actually like women’s football”“No need to say ‘actually’, no need to say ‘women’s’”“I… like… football”“There you go” The poem is called “What For” You’re articulate (for…
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Sticks & Stones – International Women’s Day
Sticks & Stones by Serena Malcolm – a poem for #internationalwomensday #IWD *** TRIGGER WARNING – Domestic Abuse *** I actually wrote this poem a few years ago. I am fortunate enough to have a wonderful husband of 11 years, but before him I experienced emotional abuse in a relationship. I am not alone. There…
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Hurt
#NaPoWriMo Day One Another April, another month long writing challenge courtesy of National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo). Yesterday’s prompt (I am a little late) was to write an instructional poem, or a disinstructional poem. I read disinstruction and thought of rebellion. Of being instructed to do something and not doing it. So this is what…
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The Launch by Reece Malcolm
So I have been writing since I was 7, inspired by my father’s own passion for poetry and his enviable way with words. My older brother’s remarkable love affair with poetry also started at a young age and his career has really taken off this year. You should check him out if you get a…
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My Mother’s Pearls
What goes up must come down, If I am lost I can be found, I must learn to swim or I will drown, Success proceeds a sweaty brow, No difference trumps a common ground, There’s no place like my own home town, My family are forever proud, There’s silver lining every cloud, Tomorrow’s hurt will be…
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To All New Recruits
Accept nothing, Believe no-one, Check everything, Do not lose yourself admist all their lies, Even the innocent can filch and can savage the goodness that I see in your eyes, Have a refuge in which you just breathe, Kill some time there when things go awry, Learn to leave the day’s madness behind you, Never sleep with other…
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Identity Crisis
What makes you you? The things you’ve seen? The lives you’ve touched? The where you’ve been? If you woke without your memories, Tell me, who, then, would you be? Would you still be you? Could you ever know for sure? Or would you relinquish all that came before? Know this: Who you have been is…
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Unchained
Mr Organ Grinder, Please discard your bait, I will no longer dine Upon you hate, Your slurs disguised as playfulness serve only to fat my stubbornness, Heels dug in, Now listen well; You do not own this coloured girl, I will not dance, No sir, Not today, And your ignorance is in my way, If…
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No Apology
I make no apology for being me, I may wear my heart upon my sleeve, I may laugh like Marge, I may kiss my teeth and evoke a hamster when I sneeze, But I make no apology for who I am, My skin is wolf but my blood is lamb, Defender of truth and taker…
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Black Pixels
Just what will be my legacy? Black pixels on a screen? Will children ever learn of me? Will I shape a young girl’s dream? I myself once had a dream; That long after I am gone, People will be quoting me, My stanzas turned to song. But then I face reality, And from my dream…
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Geek to Geek
Don’t let anyone tread on your dreams; They’re each graciously worthy of light, Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t; Because you can, just as long as you fight. Stop doubting what lives in your heart; It knows so much more than your mind, Stop thinking that emotion is weakness; There’s great strength in…
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Pip Talk
Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out? Why dress up in another fruit’s skin? You’re an apple; of that there’s no doubt. Your uniqueness is to be embraced, Differences make this world grand, If all fruits had the very same taste, Life would be terribly bland.…
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The Flyers
The green, The black, The white, The stripes, The thrill of the fight, The delight of the graft, Two halves, And a whole lot of heart, And the laughs, (And the cries), And the cheers, (And the sighs), The battle calls from the sides, The banks burst as passion flies through the field, We never…
Serena Malcolm 