Best Abe Poems

Sixteenth president “Honest Abe” Lincoln

did a lot of mighty fine thinkin’.

Though born in a cabin dirt poor,

he’d rise to free the slaves with a civil...

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" Exult O shores, and ring O bells!       
But I with mournful tread, 
Walk the deck my Captain lies,...

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With Presidents Day coming up this Monday, I submit my tribute to the president born Feb. 12, 1809:

Ode to My Hero: Dear Abe

At many things,...

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Not only is he my friend;
He’s the Mayor of my hometown.
His eyes oversee the place,
That I so love to be around.

Whether it’s canvas or a...

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Peering at the radiating faces of happy families
So much joy emanates from well-to-do children’s sparkling eyes
Wish I could replace the grief, put smiles on the...

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(Inspired by Abe Lincoln’s poem “Memory”)

Mortality's Own Friend

So sadly here, among the dead,
I live - mortality's own friend.
Recalling all that's lost, I tread
so sadly here,...

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“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar”
There are too many hypocrites caught with their pants on fire
There is one Honest...

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Picture this: Mt. Rushmore
With its most imposing heads
Discussing certain rumors
Which the White House likely spreads.

“He can’t be really serious!”
Groused Teddy, steaming mad.
“I think he is,”...

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Robin Hood, man in tights
Julius Caesar, might makes right
Alexander, called "the Great"
Sitting Bull, righteous hate
Robert the Bruce, Attila the Hun
Charlemagne, Napoleon

Hear the call of the...

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Here's a toast to you America on this glorious Fourth of July!
May the grand old flag, the emblem of our nation, ever wave on high!
As...

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You don’t know this but
we’re all ISBN’s. At birth,
we’re tattooed across our asses
with barcodes, ID tags, social security numbers.
The only doctors allowed
to perform this surgical...

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Billowing, foamy currents

     Lofty, turquoise drifts
 
          Undulate as waves

  ...

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POWER OUTAGE

I should say outrage!
My favorite T.V. show
Blacked-out just like (snap!) that
Wind was like a hurricane
Scared hell out of the cat

Whole trees blown over
My house...

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Steamy sultry night
Stars and lovers hearts ablaze
Midnight encounter


Copyright © 2009   Lena “Lolita” Townsend



Inspired by Abe Lopez ~ Haiku Seasons Contest...

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I bent down to pick up a penny from the frozen ground.
I could smell myself, the acrid stench of sweat and soot,
the taint of vapored...

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