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Best Strike Up The Band Poems

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Premium Member Strike Up the Band!
Proud parents gathered for the fifth grade band presentation.
The kids labored long and hard to enhance their musical education.
'Twas the band's first concert since its...

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Categories: strike up the band, music
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member We Go To War
We go to war
to acquire more
  Land  

We go to war
to protect our investment
  the Oil 'neat the sand

We go to war
to...

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Categories: strike up the band, cry, perspective, war,
Form: Rhyme
Jimmy Buffet-Coral Reefers
10,000 people gathered on the beach that day
as he entered the stage wearing sandals he'd say, 
"WOW!  look at YOU  come to lend...

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© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: strike up the band, thank you,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Christmas Time Is Coming
Christmas Time is coming . . .

Sometimes the celebration gets totally out of hand.
Anticipation swells the air, music, music everywhere.
Lift the baton, sound the horn,...

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© Cona Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: strike up the band, celebration, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mississippi Bullfrog
darkness approaches
your time is at hand!

bullfrogs arise!
strike up the band!

wild rice surrounds you
your kingdom awaits

guard and protect her
'till shadows abate...

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Categories: strike up the band, nature
Form: Rhyme



Peter Panish
I've been watching
Peter Pan
I think the man
Had quite the plan
If he could
I know I can
Find my way
To Neverland 

The only difference 
Between him and me
Is...

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Categories: strike up the band, fantasy, inspirational, life, youth,
Form: Rhyme
The Pastor's Daughter Nelly
I’ll tell you all a story
Tis one close to my heart
Has love, Has life, It has a cow
A haystack torn apart
The man in question?
Well that...

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Categories: strike up the band, farm, fun, girl, humorous,
Form: Lyric
Spaghetti
Soooooo.... this is just a random song I made up, inspired by a wacky dream I had...which was inspired by the Undertale game. I've been...

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Categories: strike up the band, appreciation, crazy, dedication, food,
Form: Lyric
Sports
Sports is such a crazy mess
All that wasted time watching your team
But if they win you’ll feel your best
It's crazy how it can affect your...

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Categories: strike up the band, baseball, basketball, sports,
Form: Rhyme
To the Soupers
Sometimes I wonder what I'd do 
If I didn't have soup and I didn't have you?
When the night is dark and the stars are gone
I...

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© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: strike up the band, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
I Should Have Stayed In Bed
Tried to stay in Dream Weavers world ,silenced alarm
     Back to dream weavers sow
     Hour late for...

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Categories: strike up the band, funny,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member I'M Going Home
I'm going home to
Belize of my birth
Beat the drums
My fathers fashioned
Honk the horns
My brothers firmly hold
Strike up the band,
All a we da one.

I am home!
Not...

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Categories: strike up the band, anniversary, appreciation, beauty, blue,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Why Fireflies Dance
Pausing on a late trip to South Dakota
I pulled off of the highway
Somewhere in Kansas
And shut off the lights
Reflecting that it might be good
To clear...

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Categories: strike up the band, nature, travel,
Form: Blank verse
Soultrain
The Soul-train was leaving the station,
Believers were gathered on board.
Their hands were all reaching for heaven, 
And happily praising the lord.
But someone was left on...

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© Tim Parry  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: strike up the band, funny, hilarious, humorous, religious,
Form: Rhyme
Room For One More
Things are getting gross around here, wanna join? 
Like tar pits, and there's room for one more 
Big old rib bones poking up out of...

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Categories: strike up the band, horror,
Form: Free verse

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