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John Hancock
Fringed by putrescent dusk
Fingernails dig beneath graveyard wounds
Fostered by lexical warfare
Within the harrowing fiascos of tomorrow
Nothing but bated memories
Braided by skin, coffee, and cigarettes
Branded by...

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Categories: john hancock, life,
Form: Verse



Could Read John Hancock
Could Read John Hancock

We could clearly read his John Hancock,
And so big leaving us in a state of shock;
Of impact,
Lost track;
Still showy and wanted to...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: john hancock, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Declaration of Independence
Alone in the night gazing at the beauty
of a celestial masterpiece yet untouched by the cover of cloud,
an unrelenting silence is interrupted by the insistent...

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Categories: john hancock, history, passion, people, political,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ole Poppycock
Ole Poppycock said the British clock maker.
While setting his alarm clock which was the building block
of his foundation.He purchased penny stock at four o'clock
and future...

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Categories: john hancock, humor, nonsense, satire,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Declaration of Independance
We'll just say I love you,
(though people say it's just puppy love,
though it never was between them and me,
but me and you)
and I know I...

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Categories: john hancock, friendship, lost love, people,
Form: Free verse



The Square Root of All People
The square root of all people.


There is a cool breeze blowing over me.
Windows open, music playing, I am sitting with pretty.
Summer is the fading sun,...

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© Aa Harvey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: john hancock, cool, earth day, future,
Form: I do not know?
Go Tell a Friend (To All the "haters" Part 2)
Go tell a friend...That Jimmy Anderson is here, and I'm not going anywhere.
     I'm determined to persevere, and if you don't...

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Categories: john hancock, dedication, inspirationalpoets,
Form: Kyrielle
The Pen Points To This Point and Period
The pen points down at this point and period 
Then it points to the Egyptians 
Who used the stars to pinpoint the pyramids 
They penned...

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Categories: john hancock, art, history,
Form: Rhyme
I Remember Aunt B
I remember AUNT B for the way she took care of me when
mother was not home but working
She would take me to Boston on the...

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© Bart Jonas  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: john hancock, childhood, family, introspection, life,
Form: Narrative
Reporting On the Land of Lincoln
This is Adey Square reporting live on Soup
Standing on John Hancock center to leap and loop;
Having stunning views in north central United States,
In a splendid...

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Categories: john hancock, art, people, placeslove,
Form: Verse
Heat
Heat
It is hot! The air above me suffocates, lacking breeze.
This July eve, the heat affects me most.
Tomorrow, I will end one affiliation and begin anew.
The...

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Categories: john hancock, dedication, devotion, education, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Going Fourth Into July
There is something in the air 
Reflecting on freedom’s one day scare 
Signing a declaration we want to be on our own 
Handful self-proclaimed leaders...

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Categories: john hancock, america, anniversary, education, independence
Form: Rhyme
Before I Sign May I Kindly Ask
Before I go ahead and Sign

On the proverbial dotted line
and place my John Hancock 

May I kindly enough enquire please

What exactly currently is the going

Rent...

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Categories: john hancock, slam,
Form: Free verse
Written Invitation
Pen crusade comes to a victorious conclusion.
Or has the poetic safari just started under way?
As I give John Hancock my approval,
Immovable decision is my signature.
My...

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Categories: john hancock, art, imagination, life, mystery,
Form: I do not know?
This is Adey Square reporting live on Soup
Standing on John Hancock center to leap and loop;
Having stunning views in north central United States,
In a splendid...

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Categories: john hancock, art, people, placeslove,
Form: Verse

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