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Best Amerika Poems


Premium Member Checkpoint In Amerika
Gulls 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

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Amerika


              Living in white enclaves
              Insane dreams they are secure
          ...

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Categories: amerika, america, conflict, fear,
Form: Senryu

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry