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American English Poems - Poems about American English

Premium MemberHome, Home of the Brains - Lyric

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  ~ To the Melody of "Home on the Range" ~

       Home, Home of the Brains
       Where Scrabble is endlessly played
          Where seldom is heard 
          A monosyllabic word
       And...
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Categories: american english, america, england, humor, language,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberConnecting the dots part four Q and A

...Q:  Are the Christians being executed in Asia a prelude to the Noahide laws of the
      Orthodox Jews.  Basically claiming that anyone who worships any deity but
      God the Father, is guilty of...
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Categories: american english, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose



Oh Black Americans

...Oh! Black Americans,  
Africa is your motherland 
And most Africans love you 
Not because you are called African Americans 
And lost your African mother tongues
And cultures. 
Being called Amer...
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Categories: american english, africa, america, black african
Form: Free verse

Matthew O' Harris Ease a Fake Irishman

...Matthew O' Harris Ease A "FAKE" Irishman

Since adopting the guise
of Norwegian bachelor farmer,
I may as well fabricate genetic stock
lock, and barrel linkedin to Celtic legend.

Sentimentali...
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Categories: american english, adventure, america, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

Acquaintance and Neighbourhood

...Sadly , my acquaintance  of IsiZulu and other local  languages was so badly.
hardly to speak to acquaintance neighbors in the erea
 as majority of them were sadly. 

Neighbourhood had an acquaint...
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Categories: american english, pain, people, places, poems,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberUtopia

...[Note: Nought (English) = Naught (American English)]
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How can one have a phobia of this newfound utopia
Where all there is is as it ought to be
We left behind dys...
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Categories: american english, humanity, planet,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberRandom Telephone Calls From Shanghai's Red China Etc

...Have anyone of  you also received a random telephone call
from Shanghai China, not in English but in the Chinese language?

I did today but I did not understand the importance of that phone 
call...
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Categories: american english, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberThe Rise and Fall of the Russian Empire

...Here I am again
  Penning the Epic
Narrative of 21st century
  Literature, (so far):

 ~ Introduction ~

The faster it rises
  The swifter it falls
Exhibition number one
  Charles de Gaulle...
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Categories: american english, international, literature, writing,
Form: Light Verse

Premium MemberYou Are Braver Than You Believe

...OH Let it all become known far and wide all over the cities, towns and country sides, "You are braver than you believe Stronger than you seem Smarter than you think & Loved more than you know."

Do...
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Categories: american english, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Mayan Poetry Translations

...Mayan Poetry Translations

The Receiving of the Flower
excerpt from an ancient Mayan love poem
translation by Michael R. Burch

Let us sing overflowing with joy
as we observe the Receiving of ...
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Categories: american english, america, happiness, love, marriage,
Form: Free verse

Words Spelled Correct Versus Phonetic Spelling First the Former

...W?rdz sp?ld k?'r?kt 'v?rs?s f?'n?t?k'sp?l??

alternately titled fun with phonics
'?lt?rn?tli 'ta?t?ld f?n w?ð 'f?n?ks
analogous when like first learning how to spell American English words

?'n...
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Categories: american english, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberYou Have To Be a Hexagon -Edited

...A hexagon, a hexagon, you have to be a hexagon.

You say you are a pentagon? 
What use have I for pentagon?
You’re too close to the White House lawn!
So you’re a base to stand upon?
This isn’t ...
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Categories: american english, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Diamond Light

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"Diamond Light"



Downy soft 
Love Light sharply glistens diamond prisms
from rainbow's seven colours, in each colour a meaning
imparts a visita...
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Categories: american english, journey, love, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWhat Holds More Resplendent Gifts of the Great and Vast Beyond

...What Holds More Resplendent Gifts Of The Great And Vast Beyond

Seas of poetry orations, I once took my swims
being strong in spirit, stouter in heart and lithe of limbs
What dread had I of illne...
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Categories: american english, art, creation, dedication, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFor Your Consideration 2

...Consider this:"An average American English speaker engaged in a friendly conversation speaks at a rate of approximately 110–150 wpm.  The following are approximations of conversations between my frie...
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Categories: american english, death, friendship,
Form: Prose

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