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Best Flagpole Poems


Open Our Eyes God
...They kick God out of classrooms
And evil walks right in
Innocents are led to slaughter
Before their lives can even begin
Our jaws drop from the shock
We are appalled by such a crime,
But we voted for......

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Categories: flagpole, caregiving, christian, god, evil,
Form: Rhyme
Flagpole Annie
...My grandma was a steeple jack, 
Of heights she had no fear.
The crowds would gather round to watch.
They came from far and near, 
 
To see her swing and pirouette, 
Doff her hat and wave.
And ......

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© Ken Rone  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flagpole, grandmother, humor, humorous, jobs,
Form: Rhyme
Premature Ex
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An old Ethiopian veteran of the love wars 
once told a newlywed Kenyan kid:
If you want the infant marriage to survive,
make it to the golden years Mt. Kilimanjaro side
You gotta keep ......

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Categories: flagpole, allegory, marriage, philosophy, truth,
Form: Burlesque

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Ptsd
...Staunch, spine straight as a flagpole
    Chin tucked into neckfolds of flesh
  Face itch, lips blubber incessantly... 

    Hips thrust forward... twin bulldozers
  Life expectancy, a speck in ......

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Categories: flagpole, anxiety, mental illness, pride,
Form: Free verse
The Yellow Dog
...The Yellow Dog


A skinny yellow dog walked 'round
Needin' to find some shade
The dusty little one street town
Was hot as God has made

He eyed the flagpole in the square
No shadow could he ......

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Categories: flagpole,
Form: Quatrain
A Damson In Dis Dress
...The Avon Lady sold her some lipstick in the colour of plum
It was on special offer and she couldn't resist buying some
Then she bought a purple dress to match her purple lips 
The purple pirate is ab......

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Categories: flagpole, fantasy, humorous, lust,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Fluid In the Wind Tattered Old Glory
...the cool breeze fondles
the old tattered flag as it
hangs on the flagpole
displaying it's frayed faded
colors of red, white, and blue

fluid in the wind 
drawing your ears to the flags
flappi......

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flagpole, color, freedom, war,
Form: Tanka
Donald Always Ducked
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Look at the president
dressed in patriotic drag
See how he’s bubble wrapped
in his American kilt flag
Notice how he sashays about
in his patriotic beauty pageant dress
Asking you to ......

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Categories: flagpole, patriotic, political, truth, war,
Form: Rhyme
Aussie Flag O the Convict Spawn
...Aussie Flag o the Convict spawn


 
Under this flag we fought for sure,
 defending Pommy gits and more, 
defending of our nation, 
in murderous situations, 
tween Afghans and the B......

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Categories: flagpole, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
Shrunken Libido
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It's date night once again,
almost near the witching hour
You dread the dimming of the light,
as the clock chimes the midnight strike
Half-hearted display of staged re-enactments
of bygone ......

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Categories: flagpole, allusion, marriage, metaphor, symbolism,
Form: Ode
The Old Old-West Town
...Weeds and grass grow in the cracks
of sun-faded, crumbling pavement,
a parking lot that once was full
of stressed parents and cowboys nascent.
A grand sign over the entry
now is rotted two-third......

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Categories: flagpole, appreciation, childhood, eulogy, history,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Corporate Elite
...Gold is the color in the veins of that ore
and red is the color in the veins of war.
Bankers have bested alchemists of old
and found a way to turn blood into gold.

With a false flag attack inve......

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Categories: flagpole, political,
Form: Couplet
Complete Dependence
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Complete Dependence

“God, the Master, The Holy of Israel, has this solemn counsel: "Your salvation requires you to turn back to me and stop your silly efforts to save yourselves. Your stren......

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Categories: flagpole, faith, inspirational, heart, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Human Being With a Soul
...We are human being with a soul
We were taken from the North and South Pole
And left in a basket at the flagpole
If all the relics in history were unfold
You would discover that the real threshold......

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Categories: flagpole, body, bullying, change, community,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member George Schultz 1898-1917
...George Schultz

1898-1917

I was reposing voiceless on my deathbed,

As with the silent fog on a winter’s morning,

On the way out of here from kidney failure,

And as I closed my windows t......

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Categories: flagpole, death,
Form: Epitaph

Book: Reflection on the Important Things