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Best Sanctions Poems

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Premium Member Waging War
If you're going to wage a war, there's a few things you must do
Like having robust logistics in place and a battle hardened crew
You'll need...

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Categories: sanctions, conflict, people, soldier, war,
Form: Rhyme



Motherland
Motherland…

I am a desert, barren and hot.
Hoping for the rain, which I forgot.
Once, I was green, golden, and bright.
Nightingales singing night after night.
My fresh breeze...

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Categories: sanctions, emotions, feelings, longing, peace,
Form: Masnavi
Premium Member The Invasion of Ukraine
On the twenty fourth of February in twenty twenty two
Russia invaded Ukraine and fierce fighting did ensue 
Vladimir Putin it seems, wants to restore the...

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Categories: sanctions, conflict, death, military, murder,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Utterly Despicable
Isn't it about time that the West and NATO stepped in
To put a stop to brutal aggression by Vladimar Putin
Men bound and shot, with their...

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Categories: sanctions, conflict, death, evil, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member King Vlad Redux - Second Cold War
King Vlad Redux – Second Cold War

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s grimy fingerprints on current history
are for him nothing to gloat about—au contraire I say emphatically:
His actions...

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Categories: sanctions, betrayal, corruption, discrimination, evil,
Form: Quatrain



The Captain
The captain’s eyes glow ruby red
Atop the steamer’s deck –
A rusted tin can set adrift
By rough Atlantic crests

A crimson emblem sanctions
This whaler’s floating tomb –
A...

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© Nick Ruff  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sanctions, adventure, death, fantasy, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Have They No Shame
Subway, Pirelli, Hellinic bottling company
The  Citigroup Inc, Herbal life and KFC
Also the Kimberly Clark Corporation 
And Hilton are a disgrace to every peace loving...

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Categories: sanctions, anger, humanity, international,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Putin's Great Blunder
Putin said he wouldn't invade, but then he's known for his lies
So when he sent in his murdering scum, it came as no surprise 
It...

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Categories: sanctions, america, death, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member An Absolute Disgrace
The invasion began on the twenty fourth of February
When in from Belarus came, the filth of humanity
The world soon got to know of their cruel...

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Categories: sanctions, children, death, evil, people,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member What a Mess
With sanctions imposed frequently between
Countries around the world,
With Trump and Little Rocket man, still rattling
Scabbards, ridiculous, absurd,
With Hong Kong’s unhappy population,
Protesting against Chinese rule and...

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Categories: sanctions, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Remember Me I Am a Soldier
I'm on my way, to save the day;
On a bus, then on a plane I'm on my way;
to a war to defend an unknown territory
to...

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Categories: sanctions, adventure, appreciation, bereavement, celebration,
Form: Ballad
Mocking the Raven
When I was young, I would mock the raven,
Never dreaming her harsh call was a cry
Across the water to the castle of her brother
King Bram,...

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© Deb Radke  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sanctions, history, imagination, loss, war,
Form: Prose Poetry
Ultimatum of French Ambassador To Leave Niger In 48 Hours From Last Friday
When someone is told to go back in his country
 in peace, it is very wise to go early 
to avoid public shame. 
When the...

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Categories: sanctions, africa, political,
Form: Free verse
Baseball Haikus - a Brit's Perspective
Diamond battleground
Collector's card currency
Hero factory

Little league conscripts
Vocal parental advice
Therapist's profits

Score report passion
Batting statistics frenzy
Relive by numbers

Glossary nightmare
Commentator's lexicon
Head scratching jargon

World series warfare
Stadium armageddon
Sponsorship looting

Counterfeit rounders?
Diplomatic...

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Categories: sanctions, america, baseball, funny, hilarious,
Form: Haiku
An Elegy For Syria
After so many countries, now in Syria,
Increasing is the western bacteria,

The bacteria of hypocrisy and lies,
Which is in a dangerous disguise,

Under the banner of help...

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Categories: sanctions, abuse, peace, people, society,
Form: Nazm

Book: Reflection on the Important Things