Best John Adams Poems

We star it off with Ben Franklin,
American renaissance man,
whose industry and sharp wit
made him the richest in the land.
Lived out an American dream
before the country...

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In Boston they threw ice and oyster shells
As the British troops marched coldly by.
Till soon the streets were ringing with the yells:
“Lobster-backs!” the righteous raucous...

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 A Waltz with Thomas Jefferson

He is waiting the moment I open my eyes
So erect he stands with an air of elegance
I’m quick to notice...

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"Turkey Fowl"
1776: The Eagle, The Dove, or the Turkey?

Great Seal of the United States

What should we choose for a symbol of our new life?

American birth...

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It interests me to peer past the drafting
and rewriting shoulder
of Thomas Jefferson,
unhappy slave-owner,
and John Adams,
with domestic slave-owner nuisance issues,
and other principle writing minds 
of original...

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"On the Transmigration of Souls"




Wordless.
Music speaks.

Angels sing
to remind us 




(LadyLabyrinth/2021)
September 11










John Adams - On the Transmigration of Souls (2002) [Audio + Score]
https://youtu.be/oNTBzkpnKfk
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Happy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day

On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence...

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how proud am I to have my downy twins
take this morsel of food and learn of our history 

as our national emblem, John Adams chose...

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Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner,
We know this from history.
And when he died, most were solid,
And very few ever let free.
Yet Jefferson himself put down...

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“All That Is”



All that is,
is found within

Revolutionary becomes 
evolutionary
Compassion sets in

There is here, 
residing here within

Infinitely 
Infinite

All that is,
is found within 

It doesn’t end

The Story...

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What the Wit Wanted

Founding Father Benjamin Franklin
A stout wit with more than one chin
As our national symbol, he wanted the turkey
For he had yet to...

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"A World Inside - Love's Glamour"



See the golden chord
it extends beyond,
resides inside your world

you remain connected
the true Love
never lets you go

somersault backwards
then forwards like a...

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"The Barefoot Magus: Deserts and Oceans"



In the lost years we meet
strangers found yet known 
in the strangest desert dreams

Barefeet, we speak
of strange magic 
hidden in...

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(alternately titled: ah me go march'n home on derange)

I'll play the devil's advocate, yet
prepare a stance with pitchfork
     against misinterpreted faux...

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You traveled with me in a flash of thought.
Tanja called from Frankfurt on the Main.
She arrived in Germany; there was no one to meet her.
Let...

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