Best John F Kennedy Poems
Below are the all-time best John F Kennedy poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of john f kennedy poems written by PoetrySoup members
John F Kennedy - Martin Luther King Jr - Robert F Kennedy and Donald Duckit was the sixties
we were young
we were going to change the world
spin it like a basketball on our finger
take the three point shot
win the...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
John F Kennedy John F. Kennedy
1917-1963
The great 35th president of US
It wasn't really a success
He tried to stop the missile bases
There were lot of angry faces
When there...
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john f kennedy, death, history, patriotic, poetry,
Form:
Epitaph
Birth and DeathThe sun and moon conceived a star
shooting through time and space
born within the ocean
delivered upon its waves
while Beethoven's sonatas softly played
nightly gales whispered...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, adventure, life, lost love,
Form:
Light Verse
Our Liberty Blazing Soldiers
"...when power narrows the areas of man’s concern,
poetry reminds him of the richness
and diversity of his existence...”
--John F. Kennedy
~~~~~~~***~~~~~~~
Soldiers of our armed forces,
Iraq,...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, adventure, dedication, history, life,
Form:
Villanelle
America Wasn'T So Bad Back ThenWe have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, america,
Form:
Prose
Beneath the Sword of DamoclesBeneath the Sword of Damocles
As we nurse our nuclear nightmares
in a not to certain day
We are conjoined in common phobia
of madness or foul play.
Little children...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, war,
Form:
Quatrain
If I Had a Time Travel MachineGet me inside quickly and as fast as you can,
please turn the time travel dial to September 1963
Get me to a post office in...
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john f kennedy, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Angels Danced For Martin
From the grounds of the south during the sweltering summer
of Negros in America*, came white violence and murder. The
suppression and degradation of...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, character, freedom,
Form:
Haibun
America 101When I was born in 1949, Harry Truman was the President of The United States. Of course I do not personally remember him. ...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, celebration, patriotic,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The 60'sThe 60's
The look was penny loafers, bobby socks,
pleated skirts, button up shirts,
bell bottom pants and headbands
Flower children were also the era,
Stood for peace and...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, dance, fashion, life, music,
Form:
Free verse
Merciful Majesty—make Misery End!
“…when power narrows the areas of man’s
concern, poetry reminds him of the richness
...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, forgiveness, history, introspection, peoplepoetry,
Form:
Sonnet
Lets Be Civilim awkwardly facing an officer, dont know what to expect
will we both jump the gun and start a civil unrest
will the tone of my skin...
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john f kennedy, america, anger, change, conflict,
Form:
Rhyme
History's Sad SongHistory's Sad Song (Revised)
throughout my life
I've heard many a sad song
relating to the lyrics
that seemed to play too long
way back during the Crusade
where religious debt...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, introspection, life, , western,
Form:
Free verse
RoadMy acquaintance with poetry in general and the simplistic literary brilliance of Robert Frost in particular, came at a relatively early age. My mother would...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, age, perspective, , cute,
Form:
Bio
All Is Not LostWe are in a recession
Are we a bankrupt nation?
If that is true than why are athletes still getting paid millions!
There is so much blood spilled
Our...
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Categories:
john f kennedy, faith, hope, inspirational, life,
Form:
Rhyme