Best Revere Poems
...And Alexander Hamilton,
though know for controversy,
served alongside Washington
in the war to make us free.
Helped build up our new armed forces,
set the stage for our economics,
the prosperity we still enjoy,
he had a lot to do with it.
The man stood against slavery
when many just chose to ignore
the problem as unsolvable,
unwilling to seize something more.
He rose up from bastardry
to shape a nation not formed yet,
I think we should remember more
then the sad method of his death.
Then there is His Excellency,
George Washington earned that in full,
the only American soul
who any dare call by that title.
Stuck with an untrained army,
often outnumbered and outclassed,
he wouldn’t fight by Europe’s rules,
and the British he would outlast.
Ill-supplied and often hungry,
he kept the militas going,
and though they would have made him King
he gave it up voluntarily!
Taught us how to be a president,
was not a known thing in those days,
then even left that so he could farm,
the depths of his honor amaze…
Last is the one who didn’t arrive
until three generations later,
Lincoln, the man who finished the job,
that Great Emancipator.
Some would say he wasn’t a founder,
but I must include him within,
the nation we know traces right back
to the great deed done by him.
An ordinary politician
in a nation torn all apart,
forced to grow into a hero,
enough to test any man’s heart.
Forced to fight a murderous war
admist voices calling out for peace,
knowing defeat meant more chaos,
and millions left in slavery…
Nowadays voices spurn these men,
choosing to recall only mistakes,
forgetting that their bold ideas
are what have made this country great.
Teachers prattle on like socialists,
killers of one hundred million souls,
all of our mistakes pale next to that,
it’s a direction none should go.
But the wisdom of the founders
transcends the confines of their day,
they took on the challenge of freedom,
that’s a challenge that don’t go away.
If we take the time to heed them
then we can continue on thriving,
we should revere the founding fathers,
in truth we owe them everything.
We star it off with Ben Franklin,
American renaissance man,
whose industry and sharp wit
made him the richest in the land.
Lived out an American dream
before the country ever was,
entertained with his writings and
helped discover scientific law.
Pushed hard for independency
and helped form the Declaration,
then served us diplomatically
to get help for the new nation.
His writings still offer wisdom
that is useful to this day,
a man quite worthy of study,
even spoke against keeping slaves.
Then of course there is John Adams,
an irascible, difficult type,
but a bulldog for our freedom,
no matter the British might.
Maybe his greatest contribution
came after his reelection loss,
he didn’t war, cling to power,
Adams honorable went off
into a long retirement
where he wrote down wisdom sage,
his letters to Jefferson
are a gift to every age.
For choosing honor above power,
founding a family that served,
I think learning from his example
is something that he has earned.
Jefferson is also in the ranks,
the Declaration his finest feat,
a mind that truly understood
what it took to make men free.
Not a perfect soul at all,
he never did free his slaves,
but his words of ‘Life and Liberty’
began the countdown to that day.
The Louisiana Purchase
opened a new and vast frontier,
he said to fear a church and state,
wisdom that we still hold dear.
The man’s massive book collection
became the Library of Congress,
now the largest in the world,
I think we all can learn from this.
James Madison we owe so much,
the Constitution’s driving force,
foundation for a nation that
would known tyranny no more.
A brain that recognized the need
to put great limits on power,
would come to push the Bill of Rights,
our government’s finest hour.
What he wrote in The Federalist
is studied by serious minds
for setting out firm principles,
applicable to any time.
And though his time as president
was a checked span at best,
he’s the Constitution’s father,
to that fact we should all attest...
CONCLUDES IN PART II.
An ancestor known as, "Miss Lottie"
Was a New York socialite "hottie"
To her lasting disgrace
She slapped Paul Revere's face
When he invited her to the p-ah-ty
Each and every heart has lost its way
Xanadu is just fictitious, this you know.
Pain flows with love, as the wind doe s blow.
Love can be pretty or just as ugly any day.
One heart beats so different, in every way.
Dear lonely heart, listen to your spirit glow.
Each passing moment will tell the way to row.
Dream your desires, but live in reality today.
Revelations shall take your heart for a little ride.
Explosions build and fall, love has crescendos.
Veer carefully in passions lost, before you decide.
Eventual truth will guide you; out of these woes.
Respect your soul, don’t let your heart be the only guide
Every love shows, grows, though not without repose.
In the dead of night rode Paul Revere.
For two lanterns told him the British were near.
His call to arms and the enemy fled.
The Redcoats retreated,as many lay dead.
5/ 29/ 2015
Mr Paul Revere
Showed no fear
He climbed into the belfry with his light
It must have given the bats a terrible fright
Upon the battlefield lamentation, sear
In war strife lands both far and near
There they sought to sketch in war, unclear
Though shunned death which they fear
The war had naught to do with slaves,
Nor in a world which Freedom lives and strives
Yet having seen this light before in other guise
But not without the cost of human lives
And of this war which they did not choose
They sought the grains of hidden truth
On bent knee’s they seek to soothe
While anthem plays; they proudly salute
Within in the crowd a loudly cheer
When stars and stripes it does appear
A message send both loud and clear
Patriotism shall never disappear.
Pall Revere was renouned four his audacious mid-knight Ryde,
End alsow fore his silversmithin', inn witch he took grate pried!
Butt he is most famed four ridin' like a bat outta ewe no where,
Two alert Hancock, Adams, et al, fore there lives two spare!
Two lanterns inn a church belfry signaled en a-salt bye see;
(Pall gnu thee Brits were cummin as soon as they'd sipped there tee!)
On a borrowed hoarse he flu thru thee nite, thee patriots too summon,
Yellin' two ever'won, "Thee Brits ar cummin! Thee Brits ar cummin!"
Pore Pall was later captured end his hoarse was confiscated two boot,
Butt thee Brits released him two thumb it back too Lexington afoot!
This world is ours to save (or stain with plagues of what is feared).
Wealth builds high fences, rapes beyond (its appetites all ‘Sins’),
truth smeared as pawns protect cruel thrones (make moneyed men man’s kings),
not nation’s ship that floats ALL souls (wealth’s floods can drown the best!)
Is vaccine’s value I survive: Disease that meets its death?
Republicans court fascist dreams and autocratic rule.
All hate to lose when votes are fair! Where’s evidence of fraud?
The suits dismissed they bring to court. Can loss prove con is real?
All losers look to shift the blame; still, votes for wins are there
the next go-round. PLAY FAIR! COURT VOTES! Don’t burn crops sea to sea.
The only heaven (dream of man) is Grace of Christ (that’s free
of actions God demands we make). To call that faith seems fair!
To say “I’m Christian” obfuscates, our judgments can’t repeal
the unconditioned gift of Christ! ‘Conditioned Grace’ sounds odd
as well, for no one groks God’s mind (whose nature’s not a fool!)
Lord, Grace sure levels playing fields for folks who love their breath!
Those on the Right (convinced they’re RIGHT) are stand-outs from the rest
of us who know, at least, that we don’t ‘know!’ Humility’s what sings
the praise that touches God, reveals His own, whose moccasins
love path Christ walks, take dust in stride, whose faith holds cross revered.
Brian Johnston
14th of July in 2021
There’s a ripe, young sun
Swinging the gardens today.
There is a sprightly, young sun
Touring the faces of revelry.
There’s a sheepish, young moon
Carrying the smirk of a virgin
Awaiting her Paul Revere.
Cannons firing from the left and right
Taking place during America’s fight
A fight for independence
From England’s transcendence
Colonists paid increased taxes to England’s royalty
Causing wide spread disloyalty
The Continental Army and militias took up arms
Consisting of men who worked on farms
The fight was against the British crown
Outnumbered the colonists never backed down
Minutemen took to the street
While the British hoped for an easy defeat
Paul Revere took to the midnight ride.
Upwards of 40 men joined him in stride.
Never did he yell “The British are coming!”
Thinking otherwise may be unbecoming.
Revere never made it to Concord
He was detained by a British horde.
In the end, it was a stunning defeat
One that England did not want to repeat
General Cornwallis surrendered his sword
George Washington returned it to the lord
The Treaty of Paris solidified peace
Allowing the bloodshed to cease.
Fireworks coming from the left and right
Celebrating America’s victorious fight.
Remembering events from the past
Knowing our independence will last.
We are free thanks to them
Putting an end to the mayhem.
without love we are alone,
i know the feel right here,
the others heart has turned to stone,
taste of love's revere,
lonesome's taste is *****.
Don
...This contempt without
dismay...
...this display of your
affection...
...with my spirit I protect...
...this love a given...
...revered in me...
from you reflect unto
this I return...
In your garden where
courage is in full bloom...
where all fools dismissed...
for this garden has
not the room...
R-evere the Almighty,
U-sing your heart and mind;
B-ow before His presence,
Y-our soul shall be fine.
M-ake your life submissive,
O-n the fifteenth of July;
R-espect and honor Him
T-o offer praise to the Most High.
I-t's time to worship God, giving Him thanks and glory;
Z-ealously venerate Him, revere the Almighty.