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Best Alton Poems

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Max and Alton Towers
Little Max to Alton towers did go,
He went with his granddad, who some trains did want to show.

He loves his trains does Maxy, his excitement...

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Categories: alton, adventure, fear, funny, me,
Form: Couplet



Alton - a Pretty Little Place
A
Special
Heritage
Of bravery,
Strength, and charity
Abides in hearts and homes.
Legacy of ancestors
Who sweat and bled to birth the town.
And now, the future generation
Is raised to do the...

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© Stormy Cox  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: alton, childhood, home,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member Glenn Miller
~Glenn Miller~
(acrostic)


G-lenn Miller, his music is so wonderfully sublime,  enchanting.
L-istening to his "Moonlight Serenade" makes me think of love so tender.
E-ndless joy, in my...

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Categories: alton, beautiful, celebrity, music, tribute,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Things Ain'T That Good-
Things ain't that good
 mankind tells me just 
where is the Brotherhood
 I know that your policies your politics are not anything like the...

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Categories: alton, allusion, anxiety, confusion, depression,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member I Love You I Really Do-We Really Do Love Each Other True- -
 O
Oh, 
darling, this be true;
that I,
that I
that I love you and...
Everything about you
I do
darling I
darling I
I truly
truly do
Love you
I love you
I do
Yes I do;
I...

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Categories: alton, analogy, appreciation, desire, for
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Glenn Miller - the Acrostic Style
~Glenn Miller~
(acrostic)


G-lenn Miller, his music is so wonderfully sublime,  enchanting.
L-istening to his "Moonlight Serenade" makes me think of love so tender.
E-ndless  joy, in...

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Categories: alton, beautiful, love, music, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Glenn Miller - the Acrostic Style
~Glenn Miller~
(acrostic)


G-lenn Miller, his music is so wonderfully sublime,  enchanting.
L-istening to his "Moonlight Serenade" makes me think of love so tender.
E-ndless joy, in my...

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Categories: alton, beautiful, love, music, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Way Home - 2nd Part
As I neared home I went by the water works that stood for years behind the ice plant. That’s where the water for the city...

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© John Posey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: alton, remember,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member And Miles To Go Before I Sleep For Miles Davis
Kind Of Blue (For Miles Davis)

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx Ny 1991


Before they could lower Miles 
into the damp, dark ground
Two of the PALL BEARERS
Thought they heard...

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Categories: alton, bird, celebrity, death, guitar,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Glenn Miller - the Acrostic Style
~Glenn Miller~
(acrostic)


G-lenn Miller, his music is so wonderfully sublime,  enchanting.
L-istening to his "Moonlight Serenade" makes me think of love so tender.
E-ndless joy, in my...

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Categories: alton, beautiful, love, music, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Glenn Miller - the Acrostic Style
~Glenn Miller~
(acrostic)


G-lenn Miller, his music is so wonderfully sublime,  enchanting.
L-istening to his "Moonlight Serenade" makes me think of love so tender.
E-ndless joy, in my...

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Categories: alton, beautiful, love, music, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Stifled Cries
Stifled cries
No concern for the black man until the black man dies
Images of black and blue flash before my eyes
How many times?
Unprotected our men go...

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Categories: alton, black african american, death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Glenn Miller
G-len Miller, his music is so wonderfully enchanting. 
L-istening to his "Moonlight Serenade" makes me think of love so tender. 
E-ndless joy, in my heart,his...

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Categories: alton, beautiful, culture, dedication, love,
Form: Acrostic
Bullets and Bars
Bullets and Bars

There goes another one
Shot or put behind bars
Put behind bars with battle scars 
Scars from protests
Ones from which whites try to contest
These white...

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Categories: alton, america, anger, black african
Form: ABC
Premium Member Commemoration of the Death of Our Loved Ones
We commemorate the death of our love ones
We don't celebrate the death of our love ones
Today is not a great day
Today is a very sad...

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Categories: alton, courage, cry, eulogy, farewell,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things