Best Maverick Poems

Viewed from the snow covered mountain
Slopes laden with flower beds like
Colorful vase of flowers
I saw the* Him Kamal flower
I asked, “Why are you all alone?
Beauty is to be adored”
Should give yourself before
Your petals fall to dust”.

Quick came the response from flower
“Am not lonely, enjoy these...

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A legend who created the Afro-beat,
Sent to read medicine,but opted for  music,
Advocator for the poor,who refuses defeat,
He uses his music to strengthen his physique.

He fought against corruption by leaders
A legend who created the Afro-beat,
His songs traveled like an eagle with strong feathers,
To correct the...

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“Maverick”




Mavericks are made
in the silence 
spent 
where
freedom 
is kept locked tight
in solitary confinement
moments melting 
down visceral pain 
through love 
and 
loveless madness 
fierce swords are 
grown from what’s
left of the shattered
Heart’s core
self-belief taken up again 
intellect fox cunning 
running the gauntlets 
between the
dishonour guards 
in...

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Rosa Louise Parks
refused to give up her seat
“First Lady of Civil Rights”

back in fifty-five
civil disobedience
‘fore Martin Luther King’s time

courageous Rosa
kept her seat and caused a stir
faith told her she was right

created equal
in the colorblind eyes
of a Lord who loves mankind

desegregation
took decades to accomplish --
a Maverick...

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Harriet Tubman helped free slaves
Determination gave her the strength 
To break the law
And have slaves crawl
Through tunnels to make their escape -
She risked her life every day


3/12/12
Added additional line at end...

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JESUS CHRIST, A MAVERICK

He hailed from Nazareth, a carpenter's son
The world would be changed ere He was done
He ate with tax collectors and sinners
Made many enemies among the Sanhedrin

He cured the sick and healed the blind
A more compassionate Man than you'll ever find
Made the lame...

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A conqueror for women's rights in a time of male dominance
A tireless activist, a regarded speaker, a trail blazer for her time   
She paved the road to equal rights with a steady uphill climb
With pen in hand, the "Revolution" brought her prominence

A maverick...

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HANDMAIDEN OF MOON DANCING



fly me to stars in the thrill of one swan night
over a crescent arc to feel a flame of sighs,
teasing dreams so silent yet ever wild
and like a neon light, speak through your feet ,
your ribs twirling in drips of summer’s rage...

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Alberta “Jean,” the different one was she
since her birth and among her family.
This redhead born of parents with dark hair
had felt herself an odd plain duck; in prayer
she’d kneel and on her father’s farm was awed
by nature. In the fields, she’d pray to God.

With fervent...

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My first car was a Maverick ... like me !

   With a fresh paint job, beautiful to see.

        I passed my driver's test,

            So full...

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A shaft of sunshine
streams magnolia clouds
glides a vacant village
streaks a patchwork meadow
and warms textured straw bales 
wrapped in harvest light.

Milk laden cows 
graze on clover fields
as sheep stud high heather hills.

Sprinting brambles prickle
surrounding hedgerows
swollen with purple fleshy fruits.

Song birds
bolt from oak to sycamore
hurling melodies
blossoming the...

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A West Saxon King of Wessex and grace
He dealt with the Danes a convincing deface
Father of Navy and military blow
A legalised system the people should Know
Nation divided the Danes bowed to truce
Example in history for Robert the Bruce

Before this great stand 870 anon
He fought with...

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There she was in plain view, clean, brightly colored, and not undercover.
As nice as she was, I don’t know why she was still there and not discovered.
She sat there quietly in a sales lot of an auto dealership.  The only conclusion
I could draw was...

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a minute poem (variation)

Maverick's wheel:
If it's unfair, we must repair
because we care -
the rule of thumb.
for Len Zakim.

Maverick's zeal:
Engaging souls was Lenny's hope 
of broadest scope.
He blazed new tracks
for Jews and blacks.

Maverick's feel:
Bridge builder - linking mind and heart
faith to impart.
End bigotry,
birth empathy.

Maverick's seal:
Named a...

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Ron Paul is the man.

He stands for liberty true.

He's proven it too.

'Nuff Said.



For the mavericks contest.   It's a Senryu, but I added another 2 syllable line....

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