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Premium Member A Woman's Self Worth
A Woman's Self-Worth, is highest among all, for it was a woman, God created, in thy divine holy image.  Friendships, relationships, and holy matrimony,...

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Categories: roosevelt, christian, emotions,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Trick
(THE GHOST)

In the naked eye,
Pure death approaches!

Incredibly hollow, kick the bucket long ago
No, whiff nor smell when “THE GHOST” is around
Abuses the whiteness, in which...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: roosevelt, abuse, bullying, death, fear,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Why the Passion of the Christ
Women all around the world
a tribute to you twirling
everyday work and struggles
A woman, wife, mother, chauffeur,
nurse, doctors, lawyers, engineer,
short order cook, baker, teacher,
poet, artist, librarian,...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: roosevelt, mother, son, strength,
Form: Ode
I Love America, Differently, In Fuller History
I
The Servants of Free Men on the Mayflower
Knew "abundant life" in Jesus, Great Savior
Two servants, too, rose up to sign The US Constitution
Lover of His...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: roosevelt, america, appreciation, celebration, community,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Hello Mister President - From a Neighborhood Child
“HELLO, MR. PRESIDENT!”

We had all been issued small American flags on sticks.
Jack was on probation, as was I, but we were, reluctantly by Mrs. Mengin,...

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Categories: roosevelt, childhood, old, old,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member My Horse For a Kingdom
I rode to power on a Midwest horse, 
Bearing amongst the feathers in my cap this terse brief 
from my broken people:
To lay waste to...

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Categories: roosevelt, horse, usa,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Rough Riders
The U.S. was fighting against Spain over their colonial policies with Cuba,
And Asist. Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his position just to join...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: roosevelt, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Usa Is Not Perfect
The USA is not perfect
  never has been
    never will be 

Unlike Russia, which has
  ‘no alcohol problem’ 
 ...

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Categories: roosevelt, america, history, international, leadership,
Form: Free verse
Mount Rushmore
I looked up at the mountain,
the result - I was in awe!
George, Teddy, Tom, and Abe,
were the faces, that I saw!

Faces carved in granite.
Fourteen years,...

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Categories: roosevelt, history, tribute, , memorial,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Into the Light: Safe Haven, 1944
INTO THE LIGHT: SAFE HAVEN, 1944
                   ...

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Categories: roosevelt, celebration, holocaust, remember, voyage,
Form: Verse
Premium Member A High Calling
A high calling indeed
to protect the most vulnerable
in nature and mankind
.....Excerpts from Cherokee Proverbs, Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir



a prayer...

Oh God, Father of all that...

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Categories: roosevelt, devotion
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Donald
Teddy Roosevelt once said -
"speak softly
and carry a big stick”

Donald 
in referencing this statement 
might respond- 
I may not speak softly-
or do anything softly
but I...

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Categories: roosevelt, anti bullying, body, discrimination,
Form: Blank verse
Wish
I wish I could have 
    seen Theodore Roosevelt 
Eugene Debs, Calvin Coolidge
    speak their minds
I wish I could...

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Categories: roosevelt, memory, time, time, travel,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Our Brave Young Men
Throughout history from time to time, our country has gone to war;
they called upon our brave young men to enlist and join the corps. 
Some...

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Categories: roosevelt, courage, dedication, hero, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Addressing Inequity
History books are filled with men’s escapades
Are women’s accomplishments seen as charades?

Joan of Arc had visions of saints leading her
to save France from Britain’s tyrannical...

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Categories: roosevelt, history, people, women, women,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things