Best Spangled Poems

Francis Scott Key: 
“O say, does that Star - Spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”

The Answer:

Yes, Mr. Key, the Star - Spangled Banner still waves
Over that magical land expansive oceans away.
True, its residents are as free...

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We clad ourselves in colors as we march,
saluting independence through a foggy dream;
gazing at the night alight with flashes,
sparkles,
and firefly screams.

Rockets made in China, cascade/
to the backdrop of the Star Spangled Banner;
a flutter to the wind blown flags made in Brazil
and "I Love America Pins"...

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~*~
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star spangled banner
standing tall for all to see
the flag of freedom
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U.S.A.
Warner Baxter...

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As the star-spangled glory,
Flies proud and grand,
With the home of the brave,
Though hill scattered lands,

With the star-spangled banner,
Gleaming o’er the shore
As the noble eagle
Stretches and soars

And the flag flies brilliant,
By mountains high,
As the crop fields spread,
Beneath won’drous blue skies....

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Since I was a small child and would try to sing,
when we rise and sing the praises of "Old Glory,"
it brings tears to my eyes. Maybe it's because we
have endured much to keep our flag flying--too
many wars, too many injured, too many dead.
Or, perhaps, in...

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Written: January 16, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Joseph May

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Adventure, Beginning
Coastal Dreams Echoing
Fearless Growing Horizons...

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Flag waving decency goodbye
Actually not its fault
Being only of cloth
Creased by ones from Hell

Veterans Administration now failing
Allowing returned wounded Heroes to die
Hung out to dry on death sentence waiting list
While President Commander-In-Chief sits idly by

Immorality breaking America's heart
Dragged through unwanted sewers
Guns blamed for violence
Humans using...

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There once was a lad named Cy Milgram
A regular cool and hip pilgrim --
   He saw Plymouth 'Rock'
   Said, "Fast forward the clock!" --
Played Jimi Hendrix ~ nearly killed 'em...

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Oh say, did you notice
a national predative anthem?
Moving immediately
urgently,
without reflection of starlight 
sent or received,

From waving flags predicting elite weapons
fueled by complexly masculine 
emasculating
militarized corporate industries
of mutual defensive risks
against international cooperative opportunities
to coinvest

In smoke-filled dawns of manifest destiny
toward freedom for all
self-righteous straight white males
especially with...

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Here I am darling 
at the center 
of my everything,
gazing over a lake
looking upon 
silver stars lovingly
dancing inside ripples.

Sparkling in 
a moving mass
kisses gently ,
touching deep waters,
blinking diamond thoughts
upon a moon face,
reflections flooding 
through the mind 
every last one shines
sweetly on 
you my love.

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Way back in my childhood days
used to love real favourite sweet
they were hard boiled fruit flavours
real refreshing they were to eat

Mars Limited in UK made them
having many flavours totally nine
strawberry, orange lemon naming a few
but my favourite was simply lime

They had a real good tasty...

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I am dancing on the edge of time,
Barefoot I tread a razor of light.
There is no time to vanquish my soul,
No place can be walked like this. 

An obsession has taken root,
In this mind it grows from strength.
The burn is a sting from a scorpion,
Its...

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Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord wrapped in the laughter 
and the sounds of a five year old.

Truth is marching as I witness commencement exercises across the university 
law campus.

Bombs bursting in air has a truer sound and a...

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The Private caressed his balls out of action during the short ceasefire

the Army had scanned him for testosterone because they needed a killer

He bit into a Milky Way as he cradled his crotch to get ready for the fight

his Universe had become conquest for a...

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While you were all sleeping..
I crept in through your back door.
You were off in la la land..
While I silently started a war!

Your "Star Spangled Banner." 
Says "Land of the Free".
Wheres "United" America?  
You could of fooled me!

It then goes on to say..
America home of...

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