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American Poems - Examples of all types of poems about american to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read
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WE ALL ARE HERE TO BE IN PEACE AND LIVE FREELY IN A WORLD THAT ONLY GOD HIMSELF CAN SAVE WHY DO WE JUDGE AND HATE IS IT THE COLOR OF SKIN THAT YOU SEE LOOKING ON THE...
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Shirley Mwaura
Categories:
black african american,
Form:
Bio
They Eat Good Hot Dogs
They consume the hot dogs Too Like you But they don’t eat the dogs Never, never They do not eat the cats They do not eat the pets Never, never. Immigrants eat the wild hogs That’s hot Griot They don’t eat the rabbits But they eat...
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Hebert Logerie
Categories:
american,
africa, betrayal, black african
Form:
Rhyme
I Feared
I feared their rejection But I still had to stand, It hurt My squeezed heart in their hands I dreaded being different, Until I found my way, I found myself In my thoughts throughout the...
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LaTesha Monique
Categories:
american,
12th grade, anti bullying,
Form:
Rhyme
Letter to Africa
Oh how I long to see ancestral home It’s majestic mountains and valley roams The vast seas and grassy lands From rivers deep to desert sands I am an unwilling transplant Brought as a seed within man woman Transported against their...
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Karen Jones
Categories:
american,
absence, africa, appreciation, art,
Form:
Rhyme
SING WHITNEY
Winged words of milk chocolate melody Her gift of soul of ruby song rang Inside me like charismatic cherry cobbler-a blackberry bell That pure poetic power Never will another fuchsia flower Envelope our hearts with Whitney's divine uniqueness You are healed,...
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Karen Jones
Categories:
american,
appreciation, bereavement, black african
Form:
Acrostic
The Drumbeat Of My Heart
Do you hear the drumbeat of my heart? The thunder of a Star’s descendent? I’m bound to the sound there is no evil; Nature is both the left and right hand; Do you hear the pounding deep...
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Melani Udaeta
Categories:
emotions, native american, nature,
Form:
Free verse
My old Church
I stood in the old church, At the back, near the entrance, I haven't set foot in that church over the years, It could be over thirty years to be exact And there I was two times in one...
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Annie Lander
Categories:
american,
allusion, angst, anxiety, black
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Stargazing By Water Surface
Stars reflecting upon the clearest surface of water. I think that is how the Mayans taught each astrologer. Guess that's how everyone in the empire was: looking up, out there....
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©
Marissa Faries
Categories:
culture, history, native american,
Form:
Sijo
The American Middleclass
Ah, the American Middle Class – all belly, all ass. Even if it were the reverse it would look none the worse....
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©
Maurice Rigoler
Categories:
american,
humor,
Form:
Grook
Free words 10-01
The breath came in and then was gone Just as the beautious visions resonated with my dna then resolved Each inspiration paired with expiration wonderfully frames the joy of living the joy of loving the day will come to honor this beautiful life...
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Djeli Forchion
Categories:
black african american, celebration,
Form:
Free verse
JUST BECAUSE
Just because television is a bore writing a poem is less a chore I can live in a scribble where words soar Minds that ripple the universe forevermore Because I am envious of your style Yours is limitless like silver...
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Karen Jones
Categories:
american,
america, appreciation, bird, black
Form:
Rhyme
American Favor- Just Because
American Favor/Just Because "Just because of American Favor some people think this way.'' Another day of American favor, our lives to contemplate. The body tones with rhythmic beats - 96 to 98. We seek to please the heart with...
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Janis Medders Tobechi
Categories:
american,
america, appreciation, change, life,
Form:
Couplet
Thank You God
In the midst of Slavery We survived In the midst of Segregration We survived In the midst of Genocide We will survive Thank You God...
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Edward Johnson
Categories:
american,
africa, bible, black african
Form:
Free verse
PURPOSE
What is the purpose of racism To keep you out of Heaven...
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Edward Johnson
Categories:
american,
africa, america, bible, black
Form:
Free verse
The Illusions of Love
"Illusions of Love" Judged at every stage, condemned from the start, Labelled and demonized—torn apart. Mistreated, ill-treated, seen as a threat, Running for safety but never safe yet. Love, an illusion, elusive at best, A dream we chase but never possess. Mother,...
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Karl Goulbourne
Categories:
american,
abuse, betrayal, black african
Form:
Spoken Word
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