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Premium Member First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt  
With women's rights mostly dealt
But her husband Franklin
Let "Missy" Lehand spank him...

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Categories: eleanor roosevelt, humor,
Form: Clerihew



Premium Member A Woman's Self Worth
A Woman's Self-Worth, is highest among all, for it was a woman, God created, in thy divine holy image.  Friendships, relationships, and holy matrimony,...

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Categories: eleanor roosevelt, christian, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Why the Passion of the Christ
Women all around the world
a tribute to you twirling
everyday work and struggles
A woman, wife, mother, chauffeur,
nurse, doctors, lawyers, engineer,
short order cook, baker, teacher,
poet, artist, librarian,...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: eleanor roosevelt, mother, son, strength,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Addressing Inequity
History books are filled with men’s escapades
Are women’s accomplishments seen as charades?

Joan of Arc had visions of saints leading her
to save France from Britain’s tyrannical...

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Categories: eleanor roosevelt, history, people, women, women,
Form: Rhyme
Choices
CHOICES* 
From the time we are born until the time that we die
Choices are ours to make or to try.
When we were very small we...

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Categories: eleanor roosevelt, inspirational, life, time,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Thirsty For Peace
Do you ever get thirsty?
With a cup that's half empty
I believe in the waters of endless oceans
To me peace has a special movement and motion
It...

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Categories: eleanor roosevelt, conflict, inspirational, peace, people,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bundle of Promise--G and G
She hid me for months in isolation,
withholding the truth about her mistake
from a past when innocence was ruined;
yet, strong enough to keep an embryo pulsing..
as...

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Categories: eleanor roosevelt, baby, birth, strength,
Form: Dramatic Verse
American Torch
In the history of first ladies
 I never envisioned the strength and power of women that carried a torch of greatness for which they stood....

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Categories: eleanor roosevelt, beautiful, dedication, inspirational, motivation,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Commanding Your Feelings
So many seem to feel no self-esteem
feeling so very down think they're no good
confidence so low at various times
but there's a way to get one...

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Categories: eleanor roosevelt, confidence, feelings, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Eyes Have It
“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature;
but beautiful old people are works of art.”  - Eleanor Roosevelt

Experience soaks in
And mixes with
Internal chemistry
The personality distills
And...

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© Kj Hooten  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: eleanor roosevelt, age, appreciation, character, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Some People With Good Dreams
The future belongs to those who believe 
in the beauty of their dreams. -Eleanor Roosevelt

          ...

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Categories: eleanor roosevelt, confidence, courage, dream, imagery,
Form: Kyrielle
Sarah Palin Answers Her History Teacher
Sarah Palin Replies to Her History Teacher

By Elton Camp

I don’t care if you were my history teacher in school
By what you ask, you surely must...

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: eleanor roosevelt, funnyhistory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Model of Good Works
Ideal instructor, shows integrity, impact in instruction.

5/2/2022

* Deuteronomy 32:2  
May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: eleanor roosevelt, teachers day,
Form: Monoku
Daily
Eleanor Roosevelt, six days a week,
Wrote a column that many would read.
Since ninety-odd papers did carry her work,
She had all of the readers she’d need.

Called...

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Categories: eleanor roosevelt, writing,
Form: Rhyme
I'Ll Pluck the Poisonous Parrot With a Proverb
I’ll pluck the poisonous parrot with a PROVERB:
‘Nob’dy can make you feel inferior without your consent!’*

(But WHY
Would I give my consent,
ANYWAY?)

(Because it’s a habit!)
(Because DREAMS...

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Categories: eleanor roosevelt, anti bullying, confidence, faith,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things