Best Lincoln Poems

“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar”
There are too many hypocrites caught with their pants on fire
There is one Honest Abe fan whose words are now gone
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on”

“You...

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Sixteenth president “Honest Abe” Lincoln

did a lot of mighty fine thinkin’.

Though born in a cabin dirt poor,

he’d rise to free the slaves with a civil war.


Written 5/30/2015
for 'A BRIAN STRAND JULY' Poetry Contest...

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Abraham Lincoln, the president, 
Awe-inspiring American gent. 
Lead the American Civil war 
Abolishing slavery no more. 

Abraham Lincoln, the president, 
Scraggly and tall, cheeks each flaccid dent. 
Laughing, jokes were told of people’s flaws.  
Jokester, mocked how ugly he was. 

Abraham Lincoln, the president...

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Lately, I have been a-thinkin',
About President Abraham Lincoln,
And about the witty sayings he told,
Quotes for the ages that shall ne'er grow old!

Some I've slightly paraphrased,
And others I've left unscathed.
"No matter how much cats yowl and fight,
There always seem to be plenty of kittens alright!"

"If this...

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Sitting on a rusted blue bench the sun blew down on me a cool 
     green and yellow as the afternoon tucked me into 
     bed,      

The depot was old, no busses...

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Lincoln, Lincoln

Lincoln, Lincoln he no stinkum
he was good man, yes siree.

He the one that set um free
makeum homes for you and me.

Him the one who wears black clothes
had tall hat and crooked nose.

He the tall and stately bird
people all around him heard,
as him giveum big...

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Lincoln and Gettysburg Haiku

Lincoln Memorial
Now in Washington D C
For us all to see

Gettysburg Address
That was told at Gettysburg
By our President

Four score and seven
Years ago our President
Brought to new nation

You complete the rest
As you thing that it should be
Many years ago

James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet...

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One of the greatest US Presidents, Abraham Lincoln;
Lead the United States through its greatest crisis. Great lion.
Principles of democracy, nationalism, 
Equal rights, liberty and republicanism.
crisis resolved but his desire visiting the Holy Land?...

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Billy the Kid was living an honest life as a ranch hand.
He was employed by John Tunstall, an immigrant Englishman.
Mr Tunstall gave Billy his own horse, rifle and full saddle gear.
When he presented them to the Kid, Billy held back his tears.
"What's wrong son?" Mr...

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Mister Lincoln

Mister Lincoln rose
your perfumed romantic scent 
proves his love for me—
for thirty years you have grown 
abundantly you still bloom

1-8-22

Bite Size Poem no49 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier 


Roses are Red, Violets are Blue - a Valentine Challenge in one of five ways Poetry...

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When you proclaimed all slaves in the U.S.A. to be freed, it meant the total abolishment of the slavery system, I suppose.  When you issued the Emancipation Proclamation, I think what you had in mind was equality of all people, whether former slave-owners or...

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Abe Lincoln As A democrat
© Ben Burton 8-25-2014

The evil of men being sold
Long past, since Mr. Lincoln's fight
Still, dark suspicion blooms and grows
And loots the cause of civil rights

The North designed a whipping horse
Down in the segregated South
Yet, Major Leagues were all up north
For eighty...

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Abraham Lincoln was the very one.

In the year of 1861.

While at war word had come.

"A soldier in blue slept through his watch.

And unless forgiven would soon be shot."

Nonsense! He said. I know this lad.

To kill this boy would most sad.

I'm sure he fought from dawn...

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Imagine studying by firelight
Mastering lessons till late at night

Trudging through deep Illinois snow
No matter how cold, to school he’d go

Rising up as the best leaders do
To promoting equality, he stayed true

Debating Douglas in 1858
Defeating the incumbent on that date

Running for president to free each slave
Charting...

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Lincoln never imagined
today’s white victim zeitgeist,
pouting persecuted supremacists, 
their clenched jaws and fists.

Civil war rages in limbic memory.
Encoded somewhere,
the panic attacks and mirages.

Nobody is qualified because everybody is responsible.
So many whites have graduated from the struggle,
showcasing their diploma from the mill.

 Lincoln never imagined
modern virtual...

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