Best Citizen Poems

If you see 
   Something, or hear 
      Something 
         That could cause harm,
            Or perhaps much worse, 

Say...

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[Imagine this talk is coming from a Roman news reporter who is describing to a group of citizens on the town square wanting to know what is going on and why there is turmoil in their city. This story comes directly from the Bible and...

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The good citizen is a person of respect...
It doesn't have an easy life
and always lives in the grip...
But he doesn't get out of line,
he doesn't give in to temptations,
he is not impressed with easy gains...
He lives his life moving on,
he wears ordinary, not-expensive costumes,
but they...

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I watch myself before
This great mirror
Of the global village;

I am nolonger wearing
The blood-shot eyes of the moran-
The sun shines in my eyes,

And an enigmatic smile flames like 
A promising dawn
On the threshhold of dusk;

From this great face too,
Rises the dawn in
A halo of flames....

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Red,white, and blue are the colors that represent our flag.

People  honor our country by saying the pledge.

 

As time goes by, laws change and taxes get higher.

We start to get mad and frustrated at the government as bills pile up and our  money...

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It's scary dangerous out there,
     this world sure feels so unsafe
There's constant conflict, uprisings and strife
Got me beefing up home security,
     increasing my life insurance annuity
Me even had to start extreme vetting my wife

It's uber hazardous out...

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Being a senior citizen,
Sure has it's ups and downs.
It seems I'm learning something new,
Each time I turn around.

Things are different now for me,
Than when I was young.
I'm older and much wiser now,
And life's a lot more fun.

I used to think when I got old,
The fun...

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"I am not an Athenian or a Greek,
but a citizen of the world" - Socrates. 


Irish and Scottish instrumental music
is one of my favorite.

I have a weakness for oriental cuisines.

I am a fan of Greek and Hindu mythologies.

Most of my neighbors are Arabic.

The library I...

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over there I was
13000 miles from home
then began to feel
a belonging yet returned
13000 miles from home.

© Harry J Horsman 2014...

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As long as I write with my pen
I know I am an American citizen
As sure as I sit zen and say amen

By Susan Mills...

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Ok, I normally keep my cool.
I rarely get THAT mad.
I wanted to knock her teeth out! 
Oh yes, it was that bad! 

I was innocently shopping.
Going about my day.
I was finished with the browsing 
so I headed up to pay.

This nasty, mid-aged woman
looked me in...

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It happened several years ago
But it is a true story in the flow
A Senior Citizen woman being my Grandmother
She was a strong woman like no other
She worked as a Board Of Education Lunchroom Manager at P.S. 202 in Brooklyn, New York
As my Grandmother was leaving...

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He is the one who walks upon it.
Hallowed...from the sacrifice that passed it on.
Home...from infant life that still reposes
in the body.  There, it will entreat
with that fair eloquence the body politic
employs--all torn from old nobility 
that blood bears in its stream, enriched
from fragments that...

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Leader
Confident, assertive
Leading, aiding, helping,
Friends, admirers, haters, destroyers
Gossiping, bossing, glaring
Passive, aggressive
Follower...

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I am corruption
A citizen of all Nations
The UN calls me complex social, cultural and economic phenomenon
Nevertheless, I do not mind
Countries of the world detest me publicly
However, they romance me secretly
So I relocated to Africa
To become a citizen of many African countries
Where I thrive with impunity
I...

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