Best Amerika Poems
Checkpoint In AmerikaGulls circled above, spiralling through car exhaust
Kids fidgeted in the backseats of chaos
Eerie silence, interrupted by overheated transmissions
Someone blasting The Doors...theme music
Stern, heavily armored Homeland Security soldiers
Slowly approached, assuming insurrection
Just another day in the new Amerika
Land of the free, home of the brave
Large signs proclaim:
"All...
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Categories:
amerika, angst, confusion,
Form:
Lyric
New Amerika
A call to arms,
my comrade friends
It’s time to make Amerika
great again
The first order of business
is to throw the 1st Amendment
in the trash bin
Posing the most danger to our democracy
is a cadre of well-informed citizens
We have to muzzle the mouth
Do like we did
way back...
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Categories:
amerika, political, satire, truth, word
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Amerika the Beauty Falls'America the Beautiful' was an uplifting poem written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1895.
I wrote this modern version to reflect on the sorry state of our nation today.
Amerika the Beauty Falls
Land of the guided missiles and home of the misguided policies.
Land of the deep state...
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Categories:
amerika, america, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
amerika, america, conflict, fear,
Form:
Senryu