Best Prosthetics Poems
The Peephole That Is the Moon
...An infinite door of midnight blue;
glowing peephole that is the moon.
Dare I look before turned to dust?
Yes, dear friend, I surely must.
In the midst, a city of finest gold,
large as the eart......
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Categories:
prosthetics, faith, god, heaven, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
We
...E Pluribus Unum ~ Out Of Many, One
[Author's note: E Pluribus Unum is a traditional motto of the United
States, but the scope of this poem is intended to be of a more global sc......
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Categories:
prosthetics, career, life, planet, together,
Form:
Rhyme
Living With Ptsd
...We were all trained to push the limits of the human barrier.
physically growing stronger.
Mentally developing professionalism.
Improvise, adapt and overcome.
A war-torn country is the birth of a ......
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Categories:
prosthetics, memorial,
Form:
Narrative
David Henson
...David can often be seen hot on the trail,
Of Richard Whitehead, sprinter, runner,
And was reported in Rio de Janero’s mail,
As the 200m bronze medalist, stunner.
He went to St George Catholi......
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Categories:
prosthetics, courage, health, patriotic, race,
Form:
Quatrain
I Hear He's a Winner
...Bolsonaro was president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023.
Former army officer and right-wing nationalist who revered Brazil's 1964–1985 military rule.
Jair Bolsonaro sought to arm a disarmed......
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Categories:
prosthetics, analogy, bereavement, celebrity, international,
Form:
Bio
Adieu Dental Floss and Toothbrush
...(21st century pearly white prosthetics,
restored jaw bar wah key)
Aye noel hunger bristle,
and when false teeth soak at night
in tandem with stubby facial gristle
har reckon noah kisses......
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Categories:
prosthetics, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Antifragility
...In last night's movie, a young writer
and an older, married with children French woman
fall in love. They did not meet during a village massacre
and money is no object, Manhattan
the place I was ......
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Categories:
prosthetics, children, love, money, music,
Form:
Verse
Vets Know
...Vets Know
by Odin Roark
Deployment
(Via Refrigerator Magnets)
Sweetheart
Should have told you
I’m sorry
I’ve buttered
the last piece
the heel
you never eat
Can you forgive m......
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Categories:
prosthetics, life, , memorial,
Form:
Free verse
Too Young
...Fresh out of high school thought it would be cool
Signed on with the army not having a clue
Sixteen weeks of training mental torture a must
Than cast into battle not sure who to trust
Left right ......
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Categories:
prosthetics, war,
Form:
Bio
Dav
...BTK is a club they join
it means "below the knee"
one of the less horriffic states
of being an amputee
The price that's paid by many troops
on battlefields 'round the globe
uniforms of camof......
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Categories:
prosthetics, thank you,
Form:
Quatrain
A Senior Citizen's First Email
...Things are quiet here, a friend writes
in the first email of his long life:
Most mornings I drive to Gillson Park,
sit and read beside the Lake.
The waves are a symphony.
Books are better th......
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Categories:
prosthetics, age,
Form:
Blank verse
Richard Whitehead
...Richard Whitehead is really a marathon runner,
But when he wanted to compete in the stunner,
In the London Marathon in 2012, he found battle,
So had to turn to para sprinting with his bottle.
......
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Categories:
prosthetics, body, celebrity, courage, health,
Form:
Heroic Couplet
Academic Issues At the Holiday Table
...One has a rallying spear
Other has a chomp to fear
But on the weekend to give gratitude
A Seminole and Gator won’t be showing any attitude
Cancelled is their rivalry match
Neither one will ......
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Categories:
prosthetics, america, football, games, school,
Form:
Rhyme
Learning To Fly
...The one thing you can count on,
Is that knowledge will inspire.
And it put us on the path,
Like the early quest for fire.
All the answers that we sought,
Would advance the human race.
From th......
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Categories:
prosthetics, cancer, creation, education, fire,
Form:
Rhyme
Not a Veteran
...NOT A VETERAN
I’m not an Army veteran, it’s a cap that doesn’t fit.
I’m a guy that wore the green yes, but I don’t feel I did my bit.
I’ve never faced the enemy, stared down the barrel of a gun.......
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Categories:
prosthetics, military,
Form:
Rhyme