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Best Common Law(P) Poems

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Premium Member Sweet Talkers of the Devil
Sweet Talkers of the Devil

Reptiles in human suits are the true sweet talkers of the devil,
and are well known among the various societies in our...

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Categories: common law(p), allegory, evil, extended metaphor,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member The Legacy of Law - Part One -
Law began by living,
locomotion meeting the rails of electric rainfall,
Consequence coursing through interconnected crossbeams
making all form fruit of the first & final recipe,
one great statute...

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Categories: common law(p), adventure, universe,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Mary Ann's Age-Old Excuse
Mary Ann had a boyfriend that she 
gave affection and great loyalty.
Since the age of sixteen
no one else had she seen
but she wanted more at...

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Categories: common law(p), humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Anglo-Norman Arising
the wealth of norman England is poised to grow
  towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
  kingdoms extend with numbers reducing
...

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© Ian Love  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common law(p), england, history, identity, immigration,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Forgotten Angel
A FORGOTTEN ANGEL

Who was she?  They wondered
No one knew her name
Where did she live?  They wondered
No one ever saw her playing
How old was...

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Categories: common law(p), angel, anger, betrayal, child
Form: Free verse



Situations
I am not retired, I am too young
 And too broke with too many dreams,
 I have promises I did not make hung
 Around my...

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Categories: common law(p), on work and working,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Forcing a Poem From a Reluctant Pen
Confinement is too much of an excuse
while the papers are spread across the table.
The phone rings:  
It is the Boston Massacre.
Those are funny words...

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© Bill Yates  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common law(p), imagery, introspection, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mirror of Justice So To Speak
This economic uncertainty under a radical communist agenda 
has taken its direction from China because the W,H,O clearly stated 
that another lock down would damage...

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Categories: common law(p), abuse, betrayal, conflict, corruption,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member English Heritage 1
Twelve
townsmen,
just and true-
common law on
view

The Jury by John Morgan 
Perhaps Aylesbury's most famous painting

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Jury_by_John_Morgan.jpg...

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Categories: common law(p), art, people, places
Form: Ekphrasis
Wimpole Street, Part 3 of 7
(In a 19th-century legal judgment studied by all who 
learn the English common law, Sturges v. Bridgeman,
the court found in favour of a "nice" doctor...

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Categories: common law(p), london,
Form: Couplet
The Bill of Rights, Part Ii
No illegal search and seizure
Says amendment Number Four
Probable cause necessary
Before we break down your door.
The warrant spells out what they search,
Describing things they will seize.
So...

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Categories: common law(p), confusion, education, funny, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Its Three O Clock and Its O K
“You’re a daisy if you do.”

Doc Holliday

ITs THREE O CLOCK AND ITs O K

     the local joke
    a...

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Categories: common law(p), conflict,
Form: Light Verse
A Reformed Daughter of the Usa
Perhaps it was a bit of old moral Navy nostalgia misting from Dad's brow as he taught us moral just rule.
At times in my life,...

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© Cindy Lu  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common law(p), absence, dad, freedom,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Politically Correct Love Poem In a Litigious Society
Come live with me and be my love,

Lover status is open to all sexual persuasions in accordance with the liberties extended to the 
Gay, Lesbian...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common law(p), parodylove, may,
Form: Free verse
Artemisia, Part 12 of 12
A Daniel, Come to Judgment!

Before I give my judgment in this case,
my custom is to have the plaintiff read
aloud, before the other party, face to...

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Categories: common law(p),
Form: Terza Rima

Book: Shattered Sighs