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Best Chapman Poems

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Premium Member John Lennon
On the day 
that John Lennon died, 
people were just going 
about their business 
as they did every day. 

Mark David Chapman 
was reading 
Catcher In The Rye 
void of his holy self.
 He...

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Categories: chapman, music,
Form: Narrative



Bedlam Blues
Cain killed Abel on a Monday night 
Abel didn’t get a chance to put up much of a fight
Cain said, “am I my brother’s keeper?”...

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Categories: chapman, allegory, funny, murder, mythology,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Johnny Appleseed
Our old friend Johnny Appleseed
Was a bit of a kook all agreed
Always wore a tin pot on his head
Kept himself dry and also well fed

Johnny...

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Categories: chapman, environment, history, humor,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Making Space For Love
It might take a more comprehensive review
to explain why I thought it would make sense
to read
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Anger:
Using DBT Mindfulness
and...

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Categories: chapman, anger, culture, fear, history,
Form: Narrative
Sodom Gomorrah
The Sodom and Gomorrah, vault,
the legends so long past,
Lots wife looked back, got turned to salt,
Atomic was it asked?

The Indus valley, vitrified ,
it even melted...

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Categories: chapman, adventure,
Form: Rhyme



Kindheartedness
Kindheartedness

Ellen had a lot of experience in washing nappies, six bairns in less than eight years. William 
Chapman had a lot to answer for. Everyone...

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Categories: chapman, people
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Think Pink - For Contest
Dedicated to the grandma I never met -  Irene Chapman

Breast cancer stole you away from mum
She was just eight years old when you died
Mum...

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Categories: chapman, cancer, grandmother, health, mother,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sand and Water - One Liner
Within pain’s marrow are the tears that bloom tomorrow’s dreams

               Sand...

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© David Mohn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: chapman, life, loss, pain,
Form: Verse
Premium Member You May Say That I'M a Dreamer But I'M Not the Only One
(this is just a write and does not reflect my own beliefs. i believe in God and Heaven. however i believe in peace, love and...

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Categories: chapman, love, peace,
Form: Prose
Remembering the 1980s
Regarding fashion,Punk set out to gauge
The style of hair and clothes which would outrage.
John Lennon's voice was silenced at this time;
Mark Chapman was convicted for...

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Categories: chapman, birth, death, fashion, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
The Dead Cowboy Poet's Society
Now, ol’ Twister Tom he was quite a cowboy find—
A real rock hard cowpoke, though the question begged—
Some say that he was a legend in...

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© Glen Enloe  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: chapman, cowboy-western, death, funny, life,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
I'Ll Be Here All Week
*And then, I am finally free from house arrest 
- Which is better news for me than it is for you and your family*


...I am...

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Categories: chapman, angst, cheer up, drug,
Form: Free verse
Tribute To John Lennon
John Lennon, tragically shot dead 1980, 8th of December 
If you were a fan of his I`m sure you would REMEMBER 
Was Mark Chapman playing...

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Categories: chapman, music, remember, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Who We Are Part 2
I got it from watching my 60-year-old abuelo come home every night chingotiado from picking cilantro till his hands turned green and purple So that...

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Categories: chapman, america, appreciation, faith, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
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: chapman, courage, cry, eulogy, farewell,
Form: Rhyme

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