My heroes are dead,
my enemies are in power,
and still I must brave the shower,
brave the pavement,
brave the bus,
brave the slipping, sour us,
dig among the putrid bins,
dust off hope
and still give it keys,
still let it live here,
let it breathe.
2022
Shorty
Contemporary
2025
Faith & Hope
Mental Health
Politics
Strength & Resilience
Anaphora
a figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences
End Rhyme
when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same
Juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect