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 ever was,
entertained with his writings and
helped discover scientific law.
Pushed hard for independency
and helped form the Declaration,
then served us diplomatically
to get...

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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 cry.

The troops retreated till they could retreat no more,
Nine men against one hundred strong,
Till suddenly the muskets made their roar,
Scattering...

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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 of a nation

Declaration Committee chosen

Midwife of an egg Eagle, Dove, or Turkey

Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Plea a turkey

Truly a noble bird that’s...

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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 his handsome face and tall size
The Declaration’s author seems poised for romance

A foot taller than I, he intimidates me
Curiously, he...

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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 democratic declaration and constitution shaping times,
as they listened to their own ecopolitically experienced histories,
some with fear and anger-mongering slave-owners,
some as...

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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 from Great Britain's monarchical hold and liberty's triumph
Congress voting in favor of Richard Henry Lee's resolution on the second of...

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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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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 us
symbols of courage, strength and freedom

though we flourished before European colonization
we once faced the forces of extinction

‘twas man who lent...

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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 the words
That led to our great progress,
When he said men were entitled to
“Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.”
Do we ignore...

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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 Non-linear
Begins

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)





"Common Tones in Simple Time" / John Adams
https://youtu.be/hH2yfw-UkI0




https://youtu.be/KfaDOmT82gk
Neurosurgeon

https://youtu.be/Mu3YZknoVkM
Child

https://youtu.be/87ocLxBVA8s
Child/Adult (Pt1)

https://youtu.be/mW0Ko8QE0ZA
(Pt2)

https://youtu.be/YSa3El8VFOo
female 

https://youtu.be/1FD5lReqe64
male

https://youtu.be/-IuJKabyx_g
athiest

https://youtu.be/M19g4KtVAGQ

https://youtu.be/FgqAYtXfP9c
Academic
...

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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 taste Native jerky



*Written January 22, 2019
For Andrea’s Educate Me with Humor - Leader Clerihew challenge


For enlightenment, I learned this:
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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 child 
rolls down a lush green hill

towards
the next exit
tomorrow

blue sky above 
a world inside, rosy 
opens through soul’s eye

you're kicked...

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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 our hearts

invisible, 
seldom
ever seen

Across great oceans
we then walk, 
we hold each other,

faith 
inside 
our souls

trust is given
towards a known stranger
sharing...

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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 attempt
     to describe, how whet
d'ya column re: immigration officials coe vet

patrol, police, and poison tranquil casa...

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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 guide her together on her trip up the Rhine.

A friend is ill, please give him strength.
He is special, thoughtful and...

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