bad poems- examples of what not to do part five



1) the pity poem- Especially, as someone pointed out earlier, if you have not experienced said issue yourself, then be very careful about writing about it

the cutting arm
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i cut my wrist
and watch the blood
it swells and spills
i dont feel good
i cut to try to wake
my soul
inside my heart i feel
a hole


2) crap vampire haikus

Crimson Barry
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the streets of liverpool he stalks
the face, an innocent victim walks
but as he climbs atop the wall
he wonders if any of us are innocent at all?



3) repressed minority poem

upotown black girl
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i know they point and sneer
every time i come near
my money may be adequate, aight?
but my skin aint quite so white
i can see them point and say
black girl stay away



4) alternate sexuality poem


sunlight
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my lover and i in moonlit parks meet
always looking around, listening for feet
waiting for laughter or shouts of disdain
for we are of lesbos and our love means pain.