Best August 15 Poems
Woodstock Fifty Years Ago August 15 19, 2019WoodStock - Fifty Years Ago August 15-19, 2019
I knew nary a whit about
rock n roll history
soon to unfold August fifteen –
eighteen ninety sixty nine
mollycoddled, nestled,
obliviously preoccupied
bajillion miles away
attending Baker Park Day Camp
within Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
innocently naive shy lad
hidebound, yours truly
to prefer tried and true familiar turf
quite...
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Categories:
august 15, anniversary, appreciation, celebration, friendship
Form:
Epic
We Shan'T Forget You - Battle of Britain's Longest Day August 15They were young starry-eyed, yet too soon so many had to die.
Brave to a fault with wanderlust of youth, no challenge spurned however seemingly uncouth.
In azure blue skies with only clouds as friends, they sought their prey through war's myopic lens.
No quarter given and none...
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Categories:
august 15, conflict, courage, death of
Form:
Rhyme