Best Doctorate Poems
Don'T Grow Old, Daddy...How could you get old, Daddy?
That's not supposed to happen
I'm your little girl
I can't see the stooped shoulders
I can't see the ravages of time, Daddy
Please don't get old
You were larger ......
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Categories:
doctorate, dad, daughter, father daughter,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
My African Sister...I am a white, middle class, American male; raised in a white, middle class American home. I would not say that my upbringing included a lot of diversity.
I remember talking to my brother, Jimmy, ......
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Categories:
doctorate, familyfamily, class, class, family,
Form:
Narrative
An English Life...An English Life
It is midnight the Milk train pulls into darnall station
No ordinary passengers here
Steelworkers with their families
Loaded with fishing tackle, sandwiches and maggots
The Fos......
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Categories:
doctorate, childhood, happiness, passion, education,
Form:
Free verse
Children of Aquarius...The Children of Aquarius
Are a great delight
They are quick and nimble thinkers
And their minds are all alight
They have knowledge at their fingertips
They have everything they need
To live a full ......
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Categories:
doctorate, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Know It All...I started to read at the age of three
and know all the winners on Jeopardy
have posters of Einstein all over my walls
the theory of relativity my favorite of all,
Since my parents and teachers ......
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Categories:
doctorate, humor, smart,
Form:
Light Verse
Untitled...
He was an ancient warrior from times of old
back in the days when the sun was new
and the stars at night were brilliant blue
like the Canopus star he once knew
Often, he was found ru......
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Categories:
doctorate, analogy, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
A German gentleman'...Here's to Reiner our 'Hero in chains' a true International.'
Who deserves stromg acclaim.' After fourty five hearings
Where the judges must be; 'mud' blind? And even deaf, perhaps?
It must be a 'r......
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Categories:
doctorate, appreciation, community, destiny, freedom,
Form:
Rhyme
Zombie Shark...On 11-28-2015, Hurricane Ben, slammed off the shores of Sydney Australia,
Its tremendous waves beaching the second largest shark in the world today,
Colossus, killing him on impact, his remains wer......
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Categories:
doctorate, adventure, fantasy, halloween, history,
Form:
Free verse
A David For David... "A David for David"
investigated strange events from week to week
paranormal phenomena brought great fear
science fiction challenges while theories peak
as Fox Mulder, The X-Files l......
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Categories:
doctorate, inspirational,
Form:
Rispetto
More Than a Brother...To My Brother on His Birthday
You’ve been to me a brother and a friend
A great support and comfort through the years
The sadness of my life with joy you blend
And when I cry, you help to wipe t......
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Categories:
doctorate, blessing, brother,
Form:
Sonnet
Goodbye Maya Angelou...Clinton's Inauguration 1993
You were so beautiful, Maya
Standing in front of the
President and the First Lady
I didn’t really understand
Your Pulse Of Morning
Presidential inauguration p......
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Categories:
doctorate, angel, courage, emotions, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Les Protecteurs - Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's the Protectors By T Wignesan...Les Protecteurs – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “The Protectors” by T. Wignesan
(Note: Oodgeroo never claimed to write poetry à la manière des poètes occidentaux; she said - without minci......
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Categories:
doctorate, bullying, character, conflict, culture,
Form:
Free verse
I Genius, Well Sort Of...I am a genius
I must profess
I have a Doctorate in bundling
And one in making my life a mess.
Everything I turn my hand to
My efforts soon turn to dust
I'm a knight in armour
But covered in ......
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Categories:
doctorate, angst, funny, humor,
Form:
Free verse
A Christmas Tale...Outside my dorm window, the snow began to fall;
Everybody had gone home, but I didn’t have a car.
Christmas break started yesterday, they’re gonna throw me out;
I’ve got no place to go, I’ll just ......
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Categories:
doctorate, christmas, giving,
Form:
Rhyme
Positive Political Psychology...I question my own interplay of psychology and political science.
Does this too facilely root analogy within ecology of climate health v pathology?
Intersections of sociology and psychology are at......
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Categories:
doctorate, culture, health, political, psychological,
Form:
Prose Poetry