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The Lusitania (Part One)
More than twelve hundred souls
Meet their watery grave.
German U-boat patrols
Spark a fatal shockwave.

This echo of the past
Resounds throughout history.
Rousing war unsurpassed,
Deadly shroud of mystery.

The empire...

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© John Weber  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lusitania, history, warwar, war,
Form: Ballad



The Lusitania (Part Two)
Explosions rock the boat;
Ocean gushes inside.
The battered stern won't float,
All controls lock their slide.

Listing fifteen degrees,
The lifeboats fail to launch.
Swift decent lugs a squeeze
Impossible to...

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© John Weber  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lusitania, history, war
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Rms Lusitania
Those illegal acts
are sort against each other
who was right brother

Carrying ammo
playing outside of the rules
the Brits more fool them

No flags were flying
her identity disguised
wise decision,...

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Categories: lusitania, america, dark, grief, hate,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Our Brave Young Men
Throughout history from time to time, our country has gone to war;
they called upon our brave young men to enlist and join the corps. 
Some...

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Categories: lusitania, courage, dedication, hero, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Between the Tides
200th anniversary of the sinking of The Seahorse with the loss of 363 lives at Tramore in Waterford Ireland. (Jan 30th 1816)..Like so many places...

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Categories: lusitania, anniversary, remember, sea,
Form: Rhyme



Magic Tree
The Magic Almond Tree 

And now it is time 
For the ugly almond tree to blossom
And be a bride of spring
And how beautiful she is
Amongst...

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Categories: lusitania, appreciation, art, beauty,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Louise Myers 1896-1917
Louise Myers

1896-1917

They shot the Archduke,

And my eyes closed in disbelief;

They sank the Lusitania, 

And my heart palpitated.

My friend, this world reels and tumbles and faints,

Lost...

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Categories: lusitania, death, war,
Form: Epitaph
Super Quiz No. 2, Clue No. 2
Here we go folks; and, yes, this is a hard one....Any winner, should that unlikely 
event take place, ought to be enshrined in the Mensa...

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lusitania, adventure, computer-internet, confusion, mystery,
Form: I do not know?
Portugal
Portugal is a place of dreams
It's natural landscapes covered in
green and yellow
Moderate tempertures all year long
Houses built of dark and light stone
Friendly people greeting you...

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Categories: lusitania, dream, environment,
Form: ABC
100 Percent Natural Psyllium Husk Delivered Solid Ecstasy
100% Natural psyllium husk delivered solid ecstasy

As of late - I could not but barely move
mine whole body felt
analogous to sluggish mollusk
frequent constipation found yours...

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Categories: lusitania, best friend, caregiving, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Paying Forward Kindnesses Done
Paying forward kindnesses done...
courtesy family, friend or stranger

Appreciative when nonagenarian
papa telepathically hears me yelp
and/or non twisted sisters,
who time and again offered
unsolicited beneficial help.

Indeed unable to...

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Categories: lusitania, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Places of the World
As Cervantes said:
                    For sightseeing, Milan,
...

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Categories: lusitania, adventure, allusion, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Light Verse
Prolonged Offal Bout Courtesy Constipation Turgid Song Redux
Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation... turgid song redux,
a worse hellish fate than perdition really sucks

As of early morning
today - September 8th, 2022,
I could not but...

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Categories: lusitania, abuse, adventure, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Our Ship Arrived
m                 m
       m...

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lusitania, adventure, analogy, appreciation, boat,
Form: Concrete
Icarus By Moonlight
the Lusitania
was under
way and 
so to the 
Titanic

i took flight 
lessons
but never
learned
how to 

land...

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Categories: lusitania, muse,
Form: I do not know?

Book: Reflection on the Important Things