The Lesser Of Two Evils
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The Lesser Of Two Evils
(Always Gets My Vote)
Miracle Man
10/7/2024
What once were blatant lies,
are now merely, “I misspoke.“
Are us non degree folks stupid,
or is it another pol...
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ask not what your country can do for you, truth, voice, words,
Form: Quatrain
Ask Not
...we must have forgotten...
the pyramid's foundation, rotten.
Physiological begets Safety.
shadowing the State of coercion, states thee.
opt-in by creation, opt-out, your expiration.
tread on me a...
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ask not what your country can do for you, community, inspiration, patriotic, political,
Form: Free verse
Whats Great About Britain
...Great Britain !
What is actually Great about Britain ?
Is it our overriding sense of Virtue ?
How we feel it is our God given right to criticize ?
Or present our way of life and values to...
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ask not what your country can do for you, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Poesy In Service of Strength -- January 20, 1961
...Eight inches of snow saw no hat on his head
an act of derring-do, my father said,
He ascended the steps
the eyes of the world upon him
An orator attacking the lectern
~ Camelot, out ...
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ask not what your country can do for you, dream, inspiration, leadership, spoken
Form: Rhyme
Good Knife Me
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Ask not what your country can do for you,
don’t question whether your nation will bleed
red, white and blue true
Tax bleed thru and thru for you
Ask instead what good sacrifice will y...
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ask not what your country can do for you, humorous, motivation, political, satire,
Form: Light Verse
Stepping Through Time
...A sojourner, I cross the years to look
sliding pass the history books
and read while listening.
Stepping through time, moments of tenacity finds
while I follow the spoken words
and seek...
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ask not what your country can do for you, history, memory, time,
Form: Verse
John F Kennedy
...she was dressed in pink
excited people lined streets
red roses she held
a senseless act took a life
his demise a nation mourned
2/24/2016
A fragment of his ...
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ask not what your country can do for you, grief, murder,
Form: Tanka
America 101
...When I was born in 1949, Harry Truman was the President of The United States. Of course I do not personally remember him. Mr. Truman was followed by Mr. Dwight Eisenhower, but I just vaguely rememb...
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ask not what your country can do for you, celebration, patriotic,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Privellege
...The Privilege
I hold this truth to be self-evident
that freedom is not a right
it is a privilege
given to us not only by the courageous people
who sacrifice there own freedom
to battle the fo...
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Categories:
ask not what your country can do for you, political
Form: Prose Poetry