The ugly belly of robber barons
...To make money do what you may
And let no rules come in your way,
Capitalism blares
As laissez-faire declares
Wild ways to thievery,
Packaged nigh cleverly
For robber barons of today,
Who shoul...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, business, mirror, money,
Form: Limerick
Moving Mountains
...As one walks along life's highway
many thoughts cross your mind
big mountains come to face us
where solutions we need to find
There was one mountain mover supreme
think of him today as visit ...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, life, mountains, moving on,
Form: Rhyme
Recruit Division
...Recruit Division
I never applied to join the Army, a nice man phoned me,
He said I was the type they liked, with a steel certainty,
Plus he happened to mention the nurses on the way,
And the si...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, graduation, grandfather, men, military,
Form: Cinquain
Wise Old Men
...Wise Old Men
Two old drinking buddies,
Reflected upon their past,
Till one of them asked,
Why's it taken so long,
For us to realise,
We don't need alcohol,
To have such a blast!
@Andrew C...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, addiction, age, drink, drug,
Form: Free verse
Oh Mr Corbyn Please
...Oh Mr Corbyn please
When I was young, life was fun,
My job was to take a role,
In helping elderly, in various places,
Some posh establishments, airs and graces,
But then there were those counc...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, age, death, health, how
Form: Free verse
The Coming Storm
...The Coming Storm
Forlorn pregnant expectancy,
Sky belly swollen,
A neonate of dark violence,
Gathers under crying skirts,
Once puffed white pride,
Now taken to the dark side,
Paparazzi flash...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, anxiety, earth, fear, imagery,
Form: Free verse
My Music
...My Music
I sat observing the world going by,
Simply happy, a true contented sigh,
Then I found myself, with a pleasant refrain,
Saying ‘bom’, then ‘bom, bom' again!
Soon I was grinning as each...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, beauty, christian, faith, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Wise Old Men
...Wise Old Men
Two old drinking buddies,
Reflected upon their past,
Till one of them asked,
Why's it taken so long,
For us to realise,
We don't need alcohol,
To have such a blast!
@Andrew C...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, addiction, christian, courage, depression,
Form: Free verse
The Man Who Loved Unicorns
...The man who loved unicorns
The man who loved unicorns,
Drew pictures in my mind,
Venn circles of spiritual precision,
Wheeling within, weals
A body encompassing physicality,
Balloon expanded ...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, best friend, bible, christian,
Form: Free verse
The King of Salem
...Hebrews 7:1-7
Melchizedek was the king of Salem and a priest for God the Most High. He met Abraham when Abraham was coming back after defeating the kings. That day Melchizedek blessed him. Then Ab...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, angel, bible, blessing, christian,
Form: Free verse
The Search To Find the Edge of the Ice
...The Search to Find the Edge of the Ice
They say moss doesn't gather on a stone rolling, in motion,
And even wise algae gets left in the wake,
Of a proud ship, foresail dipped, rising upon an oce...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, adventure, courage, encouraging, environment,
Form: Free verse
Jump Start
...Jump Start
Reflective pebbles dash the lost marbles of my kind,
I struggle to get going, almost certainly lost my mind,
An ague aches drawn lines upon a taut canvass,
Sandwich hammed into a fig...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, body, day, drink, drug,
Form: Free verse
Two Views On Christianity
...Two Views on Christianity
There is no possibility of God,
You would have to be extremely foolish to think,
That it was in anyway feasible,
For science not to provide a definitive answer,
We kn...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, bible, christian, faith, jesus,
Form: Free verse
Tennysons Revenge
...Tennyson's Revenge
Unknown bumbling stumbling reading,
Of an old poem, its story older stored,
About the 'Revenge' of English men
Who died keeping Spain from our shores.
Sir Richards blazing...
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, conflict, courage, england, hero,
Form: Free verse
First Friends
...First Friends
I return to an old place and old friends,
Its grey stones stand ominous henge,
Stood in a chapel that rose above the water,
Filled with well meaning, smiling sons and daughters,
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Categories:
andrew carnegie, absence, bible, christian, deep,
Form: Free verse
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