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A Caravan of Souls dk debell	Without Shame or Fear / & with no Apologies – We Proudly Horde & Display / Long Lost...	Rate it (5.01 / 3 votes)
Imposter Miranda rice	Never knowing the real me She is never a shame to see Always hard to please Geez I never actually knew the real Me It’s...	Rate it (5.00 / 16 votes)
Beyond the White Gate Adam Gutteridge	A haggard white gate stood in shame For its task was to guard a disgraceful event That was due to take place on that day ...	Rate it (5.00 / 5 votes)
Season's Jilting Je Woo Han	Sailing her veiled wake with shame and broken...	Rate it (5.00 / 4 votes)
Still I Rise Maya Angelou	Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,...	Rate it (5.00 / 4 votes)
Went and Came Sheri Shaw	God allowed the ships not for guilt or...	Rate it (5.00 / 4 votes)
Yesterdays Mascara Robin Loving	When you played the game of secret shame Placed a wager on endless youth Risking your health, for a measure of wealth And throwing...	Rate it (5.00 / 4 votes)
- Cornered - Tears Of A Woman Enock Makasi	I became a disappointment to my neighbors and a shame to my...	Rate it (5.00 / 3 votes)
BIG Sommer Rains	To buy your love” Shame for them To be so wrong I loved to make you smile You’d look I’d see ...	Rate it (5.00 / 3 votes)
Gay Negro Gremlins Dancing Between The Pages Al BArtolis	Don’t shame them, they didn’t start the fire, That flames your hateful, racist...	Rate it (5.00 / 3 votes)
Hopeful Today, Tomorrow Damsel Salatan	She assumed, She's embarrassed What a...	Rate it (5.00 / 3 votes)
The dreams I leave behind. A J C	I have no concept of pride or...	Rate it (5.00 / 3 votes)
A Chosen People Richard Newton Sherrer	For the honor who believes, Will never be put to shame, For salvation one...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
A Mother's Pain Teresa Smith	I'm beyond feeling...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
A Rose Garden Amanda East	Give up on nothing Deceptive attacks Shame, lonely with woes Blind shoots and diebacks Lame a...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
Arrivederci! Leslie Kay Lanham	I don’t feel any shame - I did just what I had to do My life is not a game So now you’re just somebody That I...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
Atlantic City Tia Sutter	charring embarassment and the burning shame...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
gift. Heidi Hollingsworth	and guilt removed from...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
Hyenas H.zillah	Shame....	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
I don't like my poetry Joe Strickland	His poems rumble, he can't hide The shame and doubt that he holds...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
In The Court Of Solace Brady Bowen	rids your spirits of...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
José Martí: Un Hombre Sincero Karl Constantine FOLKES	Would yet, in dying, erase much...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
Modern Moshpit Divya Hirani	In the hot shower of a shy solipsistic shame They suit up in their branded garms A princeps civitatis of modest acclaim Paintings on...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
The PLANTATION Olusesan Adesanya	If the fame is the same Then the shame is the blame At the coast of...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
The Poor Man Paul E Wells	For only pride can bring me...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)

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