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Best Roll Call Poems

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Roll Call
When the forests are felled
By our swallowed words
Hungry ears will burn~

For an owl to say   who




8/29/2019

Silence Poetry Contest
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Categories: roll call, bird, environment, silence,
Form: Free verse



The Last Roll Call
Get ready,
it's here,
like a thief,
hidden so near.
Into our homes,
taking our dreams,
something is wrong.
Give, give, give,
what we don't have,
sure,
we're mad.
Taking for granted,
time heals all,
but in the...

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Categories: roll call, confusion, life, people
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Garden Mom
A myriad of enchanting flowers 
at grandma's grandiose garden
that bloomed like perennial wildflowers
used to fascinate a multitude of people
who entered the porch 
of  our...

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© Jcb Brul  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: roll call, garden, mothers day,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Soul Contract - Part 2
"Soul Contract (Part 2)"

If God created us? Who created God? And who created that God’s God?
This is like throwing a pebble in a Pond
the waves...

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Categories: roll call, dark, destiny, freedom, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Hospital Stay - Part V
5.

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Categories: roll call, angst, body, cancer, confusion,
Form: Free verse



The Hardships of Honesty - Neither Will I
I often surprise many people in many ways
With the words I say…with the actions I make…
It’s extraordinary how many seek high praise
With the words they...

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Categories: roll call, angst, conflict, emotions, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Soldiers Called
Soldiers Called
© 2009 (Jim Sularz)

In a strange Land, in a far-off Sea, ships set sail to scar Man and Earth.
When diplomacy fails, shattering Hopes for...

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© Jim Sularz  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: roll call, veterans day, war,
Form: Ballade
Premium Member Lamb Among the Literary Lions
LAMB AMONG THE LITERARY LIONS

Housewives, secretaries, the odd pro willing to stoop,
All came, delinquents, child prodigies, derelict old men
“All welcome” – the Chair of the...

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Categories: roll call, abuse, anti bullying, people,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Going Away
I reckon time
By my children’s ages
My daughter is 30
My son is 25
No, this happened 
A long time ago
Before I met their mother
How many years was...

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Categories: roll call, life
Form: Narrative
The Gardener
Wet skies
Grey dawn 
Blankets the coast.
Black rocks
Sea foam 
Triggers the most
Atlantic applause,
An encore to those
Just hearty enough
To make a life on The Rock.

And to answer...

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Categories: roll call, death, garden, memorial day,
Form: Free verse
A Victim of the War
A Victim of the war 
 * 
 Steve L. Siegel 
 December 2, 2014 
Once there lived a fine young city boy, 
once so...

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Categories: roll call, death of a friend,
Form: Prose
Halloween Night
A Hallows Eve of trick or treating, elaborate costumes, candy eating,
       Lantern’s dimming upon nightfall, locked doors marks next...

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Categories: roll call, death, evil, fear, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
Pity Me, Or On Second Thought, Pity Them
What can I do?
My brethren - Dank. We are
not fit to wipe the asses of
these sons of the star of David -
and yet, we crush...

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© Kelsey May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: roll call, bullying, heartbroken, jewish, patriotic,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member He Has a Name
When the poets fall silent Man will not only lose his voice but also the notion of Life. ~Suzette Richards

Steeped in the pain of his...

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Categories: roll call, grief,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Empress of Ireland
THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND

Two mighty workhorses, colliding Titans,
Leviathans of the Saint Lawrence river.
Devastation’s maritime wrecking balls,
Slamming head on, even after the warnings 
Sounding, had been...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: roll call, boat, death, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs