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#GloPoWriMo 18/30: Seeking

April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 by Kirby P., posted in Global Poetry Writing Month, poetry

​I understand not/
settling, but you’re looking/
for a unicorn.

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#GloPoWriMo 17/30: The Formula

April 17, 2017 by Kirby P., posted in Global Poetry Writing Month, poetry

​I wasn’t born great/
but I was born of greatness./
Riley pedigree. 

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#GloPoWriMo 16/30: Inspiration

April 16, 2017April 16, 2017 by Kirby P., posted in Global Poetry Writing Month, poetry

​Inspiration is/
even needed by those who/
inspire others.

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#GloPoWriMo 13/30: Nude

April 14, 2017 by Kirby P., posted in Global Poetry Writing Month, poetry

​He who is nude is/
not always naked. Which parts/
of me do you see? 

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#GloPoWriMo 12/30: Them

April 12, 2017 by Kirby P., posted in Global Poetry Writing Month, poetry

They will question your/
life’s decisions because they/
are afraid to live.

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#GloPoWriMo 9/30: Standards

April 9, 2017 by Kirby P., posted in Global Poetry Writing Month, poetry, Reflections

When students fail, we/
blame teachers. Police aren’t blamed/
when Black men fall. Dead.

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#GloPoWriMo 8/30: Doggy Baby

April 8, 2017 by Kirby P., posted in Global Poetry Writing Month, poetry

Puppies are better/
than babies because puppies/
don’t cry. Babies do.

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#GloPoWriMo 7/30: ​Even perfection ain’t perfect

April 8, 2017 by Kirby P., posted in Global Poetry Writing Month, poetry

Thoughts on perfection/
Is something attainable/
if it don’t exist?

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#GloPoWriMo 4/30: Pondering

April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 by Kirby P., posted in Global Poetry Writing Month, poetry

How much of my life/
would make sense if I wasn’t/
the one living it?

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#GloPoWriMo 3/30: Oppressed

April 3, 2017 by Kirby P., posted in Global Poetry Writing Month, poetry

An oppressor’s goal/
is to retire while the/
oppression still works.

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