Best 20Th Poems

A world of torment was his stage
His paintings previewed a later age;
Neurosis,depression & death-
Escaping into a dream
Leaving the world with 'a scream'

Edvard Monck (1863-1944) The Scream


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream...

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The dawn came late, pallid sun peeping over the horizon scarcely bright enough to scare
away the night sky.  The pale moon sinks reluctantly in the west, as the first rays, still
cold in the colder air, strive to melt the frosted grass.  A chill...

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Remember when the dollar was worth 100 pennies
Those were the days when we all had plenty
Salaries back then were laughable when
A million dollars was actually worth a million then
But that was w-a-y-y-y back in the 20th century


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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It is time for them to run  

In the Jersey Shore tourist sun  

Continuing their three-year-old campaign  

Feeling the warmth of youthful fame  

Before being sent out to be studs  

And replaced by next year’s Kentucky rose buds  

Haskell...

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Fist thrust aagainst straight arm

As hammer and bayonet clash


above the crying child...

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John Wayne would not entertain
self-doubt or indecision
jumped in again and again
with full blown tunnel vision

pure bravado does not stop
mortality's sure advance
nothing can give assurance
we will have that one last dance

not every situation 
is cause to pose scream and shout
will be no acclimation
if we can't find...

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West Virginia, my beloved home state
East of the Mississippi
South of the Mason-Dixon Line
Thirty-Fifth State of the Union. *

Verdant fields and vast woodlands
Intersected by broad, rushing rivers,
Resplendent with towering mountains.
Gem of tourists and outdoor adventurers,
Individualism and independence prized,
National treasure
In the heartland of the
Appalachian Mountain region.

Written June...

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Missionaries… called by God to preach* and perform what they teach

anchored upon Scriptures, exemplifying Christ in good works’ earnestness

souls they compassionately win, as hearts by grace they reach

labouring with mercy and truth, praying while building lives, despite afflictions

sacrificing, taking up own cross, conquering individual selfishness

presenting...

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the 20th century is the man power of the 20th century
the 20th century is the stool of the 20th century
the 20th century is a skilled stool
man power is a stool of man power
man power is a stool of a 20th century
man power is a skilled...

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Time is always virgin in its mother womb
Caravan of crossing never knows stoppage
On its attachment all come step by step
This morning came back everything like before

Old existence I wanna not to forget
But today everything is mixed up
I gave leave the old to greet new time
In...

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Billionaires live in a rat hole
And hoard funds for their barren soul
Their burrows and blight
Are nests out of sight
Where pest control's just whack-a-mole

The rich bribe the prez with cash nuts
And praise Trumpenstein's rodent guts!
Those privileged imbibe
Tax cuts for their tribe
While we'll eat what's dropped from...

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‘ Crows … ’    20th  Senryu



       The Penguins … Ask What ?
and The Wise, Old Owl … Ask Who ?
   … Those, Know-It-All Crows …



(A Reminder for Me … The MoonBee – 
'Cause...

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Air-Bourn Into the 20th Century
David J Walker

I was one of  the soldiers who 
Missed the target of the jump
Nine months up in a cloudless sky
Where some were chosen to live
And others to die 

Before their boots hit the ground
Where I found myself in a
Mid...

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20th Century
David J Walker

Grandfather
	Father and 
Each father’s son
All went to war
	One by one
But no one was left
	When the fighting was done
At the end of the 20th Century

God our Father
	Watches below
The direction His Children 
        Would inevitably go
And where...

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Parallel to loneliness was I,
then day broke and I awoke with ease-
     lovely Autumn breeze and cobalt sky,
joy prevails and hopelessness does cease.

     A day when weeping willows don’t cry,
tangerine sunset between the trees-
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