Best Excelsior Poems

The Empire State Flag grandly depicts 
an azure background with Liberty and Justice standing on its sides:
two ladies guarding a lively landscape of hills with the Hudson River,
but what catches the curious eye is the white, curved up ribbon
displaying the imprint, " Excelsior " .
Look...

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Without
an emperor-
the original star
within its constellatory
circle....

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Praying now or burning books
Its the same mistake, with 
different looks.
A drop of blood on a white sand 
beach,
Glistening ruby red down her 
cheeks.
Waves crash in to take the 
pain,
Only bringing midnights rain.
With showers of silver that roll 
off the clouds,
a future is lost, in...

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Mornings are made for paper and pens 
In the hands of a would-be scribe,
At each day’s awakening between sun and shade 
And silence is coming alive.

From out of the dark, the touch of a spark 
Of light on the distant shore,
This time of day has...

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