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Colonies
It's good to be modern, don't you think? 
Bowling alley, skating rink. 
If we moderns want a swim, 
we drive our cars down to the gym. 

We've mastered plastics, studied steel, 
no fears about tomorrow's meal: 
our meat is packed, our fruit is tinned, 
our...

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Categories: colonies, satire,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member First African-American To Make a Clock In the American Colonies-Benjamin Banneker-
Benjamin

Attended a Quaker school only African-American, interested in Mathematics and mechanics, clocks, and astronomy
Lover of ... the stars, planets and creator of 1st Almanac
Who feels ... pangs and pains from his chronic alcoholism
Who would like to see ... he design the lay out for the...

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Categories: colonies, appreciation, dedication, history, imagination,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Uncomfortable Truths About Wars
Lethal Thermobaric Bombs
Also known as vacuum bombs
Sucking the oxygen out of the air
For many miles. Nuclear and cluster bombs
And the worst of the sickest bombs
Of all: obvious racism at the borders
Life is never, never, never fair
Even in war, for many brothers and sisters
The shelling will...

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Categories: colonies, adventure, allusion, conflict, courage,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Toward Independence July 2nd 1776
On this day the… 


thirteen colonies
broke away from British Crown~
forming USA
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Categories: colonies, america,
Form: Senryu

Book: Reflection on the Important Things