Best Rushmore Poems
Below are the all-time best Rushmore poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of rushmore poems written by PoetrySoup members
Overheard On Mt RushmorePicture this: Mt. Rushmore
With its most imposing heads
Discussing certain rumors
Which the White House likely spreads.
“He can’t be really serious!”
Groused Teddy, steaming mad.
“I think he is,”...
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Categories:
rushmore, america,
Form:
Rhyme
Mount RushmoreI 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:
rushmore, history, tribute, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
Mount Rushmore, Carved In StoneMount Rushmore; Carved In Stone
From deep within the earth’s crust,
An orogeny pushes
The batholith upwards
To become ‘The Shrine of Democracy,’
Of weathered presidential faces
Chiseled in rock in...
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Categories:
rushmore, america, education, history, inspiration,
Form:
Verse
Added To Mount RushmoreSure like my image to be added to Mount Rushmore
It could be animated with me chuckling forevermore
In the history books I'd be
One who wrote about...
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Categories:
rushmore, silly,
Form:
Limerick
What To Do If a Dog BitesI was running from the man
Or the cops if you please
I hopped over a fence
Landed funny, scraped my knee
Looked around and saw a...
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Categories:
rushmore, animals, funny, health,
Form:
Rhyme
Human RightsHuman Rights June 27,2015
Human rights for you and me
Palestinian children living free
People free without a tear
Children playing without fear
Irish children white,...
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Categories:
rushmore, international,
Form:
Lyric
The PitchTHE PITCH
why
I ask
did she do that
i console myself
sun got in her eyes
trying to remember
is it mary lou
or carrie
never mind
whichever just gave me the finger
this english...
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Categories:
rushmore, humorous,
Form:
Tanka
Theodore RooselvetIn the historical archives, many trails have led to
The making of a legend, those born with the pioneer spirit
Of individuality, bred deeply within their soul.
Such...
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Categories:
rushmore, character, history, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
The Magnificence of the MountainsFor there is freedom on
top of the mount,
as I quench my thirst
from the Niagara Falls fount.
I have seen the Rockies
and the Appalachians,
on journeys...
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Categories:
rushmore, mountains,
Form:
Rhyme
Six GrandfathersThis statue of four done the American way
For the Black Hills of Dakota, with the Lakota should stay
Carved to commemorate, the first one hundred and...
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Categories:
rushmore, history, native american, places
Form:
Ekphrasis
Categories:
rushmore, america, appreciation, goodbye, leadership,
Form:
Rhyme
American BeautyWe often hear America the
Beautiful being played
somewhere…
The Bald Eagle is the national
symbol of the United States…
There are many monuments
and memorials that...
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Categories:
rushmore, war, , memorial,
Form:
Verse
MariaHolding back wasn't a option anymore
My lust for her was as big as Mount Rushmore
I was going to make her mine
It was only a matter...
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Categories:
rushmore, addiction, betrayal, emotions, husband,
Form:
Bio
Rapid City (Poems From 7th Grade #3)Rapid City, South Dakota
I always like Fall best
You can eat buttery pancakes
From huge Ihop
And Omelets
And Toast
And skillets
And lots...
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Categories:
rushmore, childhood
Form:
Free verse
A Canadian's Letter To Americans: a Thousand Points of Light
A Thousand Points of Light! ! ! ! !
Once a beacon of democracy
A shining light on the hill
The ‘American Dream’
Anyone can ‘make it’
Never...
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Categories:
rushmore, conflict, corruption, leadership, power,
Form:
Free verse