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Premium Member President Lincoln
Great leader
Defender
Death to enemy
Can see victory
Young country
Still in its dire infancy
Fighting brother and brother
Commander
Chief looks for exit
Finds none, war will start
War is hell
Casualties

Russell Sivey

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Categories: president lincoln, history, war,
Form: Verse



Young American Days
To be in a young America ~
           visions of a ship upcoming statue of Liberty
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Categories: president lincoln, absence, america, art, books,
Form: Epic
Premium Member My Kind of President
(In honor of my favorite president
as Feb. 12, his birthday, approaches).

President Lincoln was plain,
Good hearted, he served not for gain.
Clever Mary Todd snagged that “Honest...

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Categories: president lincoln, people
Form: Clerihew
Pentagon Word Poem
Pentagon Word Poem of Seven Stanzas

I want my own way;
May have much to say;
From heaven was sent,
To be President.

God gave me a hint;
When I will...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: president lincoln, patriotic, peace, people, poetry,
Form: Couplet
A Letter To Dear Mr President Abraham Lincoln
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...

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© Su Ben  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: president lincoln, america, black african american,
Form: Narrative



The Reality
The Reality

As I look around, all I see is that 
A storm has struck the ground; 
And it's causing havoc all around. 
Major issues within...

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Categories: president lincoln, black african american, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
A Covenant Fulfilled : a Witness To Christ
now when i look back in history i have come to discover
that true African-american history is basically undercover
most cultures know their history and from whence...

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Categories: president lincoln, black african american, christian,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Worthless Copper
Pennies are made of worthless copper that even a hungry beggar
refuses to pick up; either I threw them away or kept them in a piggy...

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Categories: president lincoln, history, introspection, people, sorry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Is For
A is for Adams, second and sixth presidents.
B is for two Bushes who were Whitehouse residents.

C is for Clinton, forty-second president of nation.
D is for...

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Categories: president lincoln, people,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member We Are Not Afraid
We Are Not Afraid

Why should we be afraid?
If this were the case,
There would be no United States.

The founding fathers were not afraid
To face imprisonment or...

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Categories: president lincoln, america, education, history, political,
Form: Verse
My Commanders In Chief
Many think this holiday honors all United States presidents we elect
But let me reflect
It is Washington’s birthday that we celebrate 
It honors President Washington and...

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© Ja Angelo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: president lincoln, america, february, presidents day,
Form: Rhyme
Juneteenth
Juneteenth

Juneteenth let's go down history 
For years it was a mystery
Slavery had parted 
Let's find out where it started
June 19,1865 
Slavery had no longer been...

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Categories: president lincoln, america, art,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Ss Sultana
SS SULTANA

Boiler, or bomb, the Sultana sank on April 27, eighteen sixty five 
Taking down with her, a good rounded off number of 1,800 lives

Carrying...

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Categories: president lincoln, betrayal, boat, history, lost,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Paper Walls
Take shelter this might be a big one
Paper walls won't hold it back
I don't think this will be it
But 'aint too sure about that

Been thinkin'...

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Categories: president lincoln, america, dark,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs