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Premium Member Michael Collins
It has often been said that empires come and go
And from the beginning of time that has been so
Empires ruled with terror and an iron...

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Categories: executions, england, ireland, soldier, war,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member I Say It How It Is In My Eyes
Strange this all falls on deaf ears 
a mockery of justice twist whichever way you wish 
people killed in a hospital act of terror yes...

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Categories: executions, abortion, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Political Verse
Touch
Touch, to feel
The touch of a child
As they confidently hold your hand

The touch, of a lover
When he wants you to understand
You are his life by...

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Categories: executions, together,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hermit Kingdom
They sit on their own
in their Hermit Kingdom
other side of the wall
singing their song 
entitled 
nothing to envy

peeling the skin 
away in generations 
it's worse...

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Categories: executions, freedom, muse,
Form: Narrative
A Letter From Me
ME dear FATHER you already know,
But you need to be briefed,
On a tragedy I believe you must not know.
There’s a deadly dance with violence killing...

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Categories: executions, black african american, conflict,
Form: Free verse



Year Zero
Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge movement, the leader Pol Pot,
Killed twenty-five percent of the population, a fact most people forgot.
To spare you is no profit, to...

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© Wes Martin  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: executions, conflict, history, people, political,
Form: Rhyme
Correcting God
It was a fateful era for the Jews,
when their tears, blood and fate
was manipulated by the Nazi.
They found anything Jewish to be damned
and wrong, forcing...

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Categories: executions, deep, hate, history, holocaust,
Form: Narrative
Let It Begin With Me
I remember  being a Narcissist was  bad form when I young            ...

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Categories: executions, faith,
Form: Free verse
Holocaust At the Time
Murder of six million Jews
Murder through holocaust
Holocaust as foretold
Holocaust in scripture
Scripture Daniel 8:23-26
Scripture for the vision
Vision from an angel concerned
Vision in the distant future
Future came...

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Categories: executions, abuse, death, history, holocaust,
Form: Blitz
Premium Member Death By Manatee
An “Angel of the Odd” curiosity provokes
The Angel of Death is more welcome than he
Wine bottles in a keg?  What is it this angel...

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Categories: executions, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
February
Cold, abbreviated February,
host to nobel, famous politicians.
Day commemorating dignitary,
valentines addressed on loving missions;
Cupid's bow delivers executions.
Leap year makes your stay a little longer,
winter's freeze and...

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Categories: executions, february,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Did It My Way
People see reporters as antagonists
Always seeking the “Dirty Laundry”
But I assure you a different type exists
My tactics left others in a quandary

For I’d found a...

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Categories: executions, career,
Form: Rhyme
Your Roots Run Deep
I look back to my family tree from my father's and mother's side,
Getting a glimpse of our generations, tracing back through our bloodline,
I am a...

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Categories: executions, character, history, spiritual,
Form: Light Verse
This Business of Kidnapping
There has been news about piracy in the high seas...
And here is news about a nefarious activity you don't see...

People go missing in action off...

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Categories: executions, betrayal, community, environment, international,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member War and Peace: That Midst Nations and Nationals
War and Peace: That Midst Nations And Nationals

War and Peace, a classical fiction by Leo Tolstoy, first published as Voyna I Mir in 1865–69. This...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: executions, allegory, angst, life, marriage,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things