Best Figurehead Poems
Smells Like Government...
Rancid lemon rope squeeze
around a rotten tomato neck tie,
crooked odor bow hanging out of place
Acid reflux raisin tax bleed;
dripping spoiled, milquetoast lies
out a sour-twisted, ......
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Categories:
figurehead, corruption, satire, truth, word
Form:
Burlesque
TransplanT...
Aided by the wind,
entities take flight like prismatic colors-
talismanning chanced direction
"of watering misfit eye",
looking for a new place
to touchdown and......
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Categories:
figurehead, angel,
Form:
Rhyme
Old Car...It was like a fallen phoenix
Fired with rust and memories,
The body was open to the rooks,
Its ribbed, bare chassis, opened arms,
Unsure whether to defend or
Or make love to the falling sky
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Categories:
figurehead, allegory, loss, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Sea Shanty...The sea gathered her voice
on the crest of the waves
as dark clouds were herded
by the wind as he raved
in a symphony orchestrated
through elements of sound
composed by the air
from his drafty......
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Categories:
figurehead, dedication, faith, imagination, sea,
Form:
Ode
God Save the Queen...Golden Jubilee passed over a decade ago,
Our monarch still vibrant and strong,
Diamond Jubilee at hand, and still she reigns on.
Swore an oath to Her Majesty, to defend her land,
Air Force unif......
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Categories:
figurehead, devotion, military, woman,
Form:
Acrostic
Just One More Day...Dad Revisited
RIP 1924-2015
Last night I sat up in bed and prayed a little longer,
I asked god to send dad back for just one more day with great fervour.
Dad was waiting for me in the ve......
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Categories:
figurehead, cry, death, dream, father
Form:
Couplet
Tales of Dedan...I am Dedan
I tell tales
Tales of fight
Tales of freedom
Freedom to breathe
Freedom to think
Think to prosper
Think to liberate
Liberate Humanity
Liberate my land
Land is the mother
Land of......
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Categories:
figurehead, conflict, freedom, life, racism,
Form:
Blitz
Blossoms and Bubbles...A set of siblings was in an effervesce
Of blossoms and bubbles.
This world to each was a bundle of joy.
They laugh and played like two girls should.
Somewhat different, as each became older, ......
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Categories:
figurehead, beautiful, birth, world, universe,
Form:
Couplet
Famous Last Line...Dad Revisited- Once More
Last night I sat up in bed and prayed a little longer,
I asked god to send dad back for just one more day with great fervour.
Dad was waiting for me in the verandah......
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Categories:
figurehead, absence, bereavement, birthday, dad,
Form:
Free verse
Do Not Use the F Word...When people say don’t use the F word, do they have any idea how formidable fellowship, flux, foxy, finite, and figure-head are freely and fervently formed?
The F word?
What F word?
This crazy adm......
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Categories:
figurehead, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Alliteration
One Against Many...ONE AGAINST MANY
A plentiful soul sits in London, England
Parliament Square “in all weathers and with
little protection.”
A peace campaigner, a Christian, and a father
appalled by the san......
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Categories:
figurehead, character, christian, courage, england,
Form:
Free verse
Mending Nets...Dockworkers on strike, the ocean gray
and choppy. Wind whips the rigging
of a sailing ship with its weathered hag –
figurehead once lovely in a gentler
age. What Time weaves of us. A line
f......
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Categories:
figurehead, life
Form:
Free verse
The Thousand Ships...A THOUSAND SHIPS
Is this the face, this old hulk in the salt marsh?
Is this my lady with creaking timbers
and peeling skin?
A mere figurehead, a turkey prow,
missing one oar, grandil......
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Categories:
figurehead, fantasy, old, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Ships Figurehead...There once was a pirate from Antilles
That chased all the young beautiful fillies
To all a deception vow
Carving of them on ships bow
Lies brought doom, now lies in field of lilies
4/10/20......
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Categories:
figurehead, eulogy, muse,
Form:
Limerick
Tender Years...
When old, I am sure I'll be grey,
retirement a long holiday.
But now, as a lad, life's boring and sad,
when scrabbling about for some pay.
In future, I hope to be wise
with dreams of a gen......
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Categories:
figurehead, childhood, depression, growing up,
Form:
Verse