Best Orated Poems

This morning I listened

To the simpleton and the sapient man preach

Yet as they orated to

All we who came to listen and imbibe

I was lost

There was...

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John Givea Shiddyoleshuck.
Orated a speech from upon his truck,
“Elect me not because I’m the best,
But because I’ve trashed all the rest,
In short I’ve said they...

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I try to be cognizant of the words I speak,
Those words once expressed I cannot tweak.

I'm found using words that one time spent,
Brought distress to...

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Oh! The poetry of "The power and Glory"!
I recall chant and call of that Gospel Story,
In storefront churches, all across the land.
Where heat was stirred,...

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Your Option, Please.

Socrates Contemplated, 
Shakespeare Performed, 
Shelley Composed, 
Newton Realized, 
Hippocrates Diagnosed, 
King Solomon Ruled, 
Alexander Conquered, 
Tansen Sang, 
Rishi Vyasa Narrated, 
Lord Krishna Sermonized,...

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In company, 
Amidst friends cum acquaintances,
Conversations of barrenness,
Chattering lips uttering programmed responses,
Smiling faces concealing bitter hearts, 
Prejudiced minds feigning solidarity,
Rancour concealed in laughter,
Grudges obscured by...

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God … Is The Greatest Poet of All
God … Is The Greatest Poet
God, Speaks … And Leaves Us In Awe
… Astounded and Author-Devoted ! …

Yea...

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she left me defenseless again
for reasons that cannot be spoken
but that can be further diagrammed
worthy of forensic dissection
deep into the cauliflower folds
branching like rivers of...

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The Children
By: Tom Wright
5/31/03

How oft are the children sacrificed
for an unjust cause or belief.
From hunger, with swollen bellies,
they beg for morsels of relief.

Accounted as hostages...

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I was asked, are you going to raise your flag on the fourth of July?

Why shouldn't I raise my flag on the fourth of July,...

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A priest was strolling in a glorious
Garden next to a church cemetery.
Deep into daily prayers his serious
Reflection had ceased funereally.
From behind a blackberry bush a...

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You're a pain that hurts in the right places
You stabbed my heart and killed me right before the tongue hit the septum of my heart
Emotionally...

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Love 
Written: by Tom Wright
6/17/2018

One’s love isn’t expressed,
By mere words we say.
But it’s in our actions,
Occurring within each day;

Love isn’t just a word,
To be interjected...

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Dating’s so dated
He lately related
From a date he dated 
Who arrived belated
Named Candy Dayt
A mate candidate?
Who on their first date
Ate eighty eight dates
Straight out of...

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Words in Haste
Written: by Tom Wright
1/16/2013

Sometimes in life, I’ve received some flack,
For expressing thoughts that I didn’t weigh;
Words once orated that I couldn’t retract,
I could...

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