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Best Common People Poems

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Premium Member Gandhi Mahatma
His deepest belief was in truth,
His greatest faith was in God,
He was selfless in his pursuit,
Millions followed where he trod!

He wore no crown, robes or...

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Categories: common people, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme



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 people, england, history, identity, immigration,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Tale of Two Cities - Life Lesson
How thrilling was a novel long ago
I read for school: A Tale of Two Cities.
It tells of common people whose great woe
comes from the upper...

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Categories: common people, london, tribute,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member That Ancient Darkside of All Hallow's Eve Past
That Ancient Darkside of All Hallows’ Eve Past

As in the fabled medieval times of centuries in the deep past,
It’s time once again to celebrate the...

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Categories: common people, dark, evil, fantasy, god,
Form: Terza Rima
In An Hundred Years
In an hundred years...
Everything around us will be changed,
And everybody will be dead,
Yet, something will continue...

Will it be, as my radical leftist brother predicts,
The final...

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Categories: common people, america, confidence, depression, future,
Form: Prose Poetry



Premium Member Among the Tallest Sunflowers
This youth, with its curiosity to follow dreams,
always finds us among the tallest sunflowers
that hide us from the bewildered faces
of the common people who surely...

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Categories: common people, childhood
Form: Rhyme
Team Work
Team Work 

alteration between success and failure
astuteness to win challenges 
ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives 
ability to work together toward a common...

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Categories: common people, career, courage, dream, faith,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Freedom's Quest
Freedom’s Quest

They bravely set sail and escaped on the Mayflower.
Those first settlers, common people from Europe,
Came ashore from the Atlantic with faith and hope.
Freedom is...

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Categories: common people, america, christian, discrimination, england,
Form: Narrative
The Supermoon
The astronomers, common people, kids are gazing
At the Super-moon that has appeared in the sky.
The super-moon is so big, so bright, so charming
That the bystanders...

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© Osman Gani  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common people, funny, introspection, life, parody,
Form: Light Verse
Corruption
Corruption devours
country's wealth and resources
bringing poverty

to common people
the backbone of society
who put their full trust

on the government
to take care of all their needs
in the social...

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Categories: common people, corruption, money, poverty,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Moderna Commedia, Canto 1, Part 2
Egli in tal modo il proprio carro aggancia
A quello del bieco suo alleato
Che adesso verso l’est la sfida lancia.
He in this way his chariot hooks
To...

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Categories: common people, dream,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member A Monument of Greatness
Built with the sweat and blood of slaves,
the Colosseum is a monument of greatness
to testify the glorious might of Rome...
in the arena, chariots fights were...

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Categories: common people, games, history, , western,
Form: Rhyme
William Tyndale - An Inspiring Tale
Dedicated to my pastor, Dean Andrew Cheah

Come, hear me now as I tell you a tale
An inspiring tale of William Tyndale
A man who poured out...

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Categories: common people, bible, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Corruption
Lava expelling out of a volcano is extremely dangerous and is known as an eruption,
but the wrong motive of money making is much more feared...

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Categories: common people, corruption, encouraging,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Penetrating the Unknown
While waiting but not watching for the sun to set, perhaps the bullfrogs are creating the shadows with their croaks, my friend screams out because...

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Categories: common people, bird, desire, family, fear,
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things