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Premium Member The Loss of the Andrea Gail
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters:
These see the works of the Lord and his wonders in...

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Categories: the americas, america, death, fishing, ocean,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Third World America
I lived in Shenzhen, China, for my 6th and 7th grades - China was AMAZING.

In China, blond hair is unusual, I stood out like neon...

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Categories: the americas, 11th grade, angst, city,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Reporting Live Across the World
Reporting live on the soup, with Americas MOST. WANTED. POETS.
 Standing here with our host John, 
With an exclusive update on criminal poets, captured and...

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Categories: the americas, dedication, friendship, funny, sweet,
Form: Narrative
Poetry Commentary Exposure of Isis
(So many were protesting about America's secret involvement with ISIS but I didn't believe it until I read this latest news, shocking and disgusting. Poor...

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Categories: the americas, allegory, political, power,
Form: Acrostic
Little Corona
Little Corona
declared one day
"I will be the strongest,
most powerful I say !"

"I shall conquer the world,
and establish my reign.
The world in my hands,
never free again...

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Categories: the americas, dark, death, evil, fear,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member Shield of Justice
Captain America’s shield of justice
Is more than a symbol of law and order,
It stands for all that is brave and true
In America – from border...

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Categories: the americas, america, freedom, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
Reject the Self-Hatred, Part I
Programmed fools demonize our culture,
try to undermine, demoralize,
say that it’s all ‘white supremacist,’
it’s ‘patriarchal,’ ‘all built on lies.’
Overblow every mistake they find,
project onto us all...

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Categories: the americas, america, culture, how i
Form: Rhyme
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: the americas, history, tribute, , memorial,
Form: Rhyme
Cinco De Mayo and the Conquest of Puebla
Cinco De Mayo, the fifth day of May, to all Mexican and Mexican-Americans, is a very special day,

It celebrates the Mexican's Armies, unlikely victory over...

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Categories: the americas, history, cinco de mayo,
Form: I do not know?
Democrats Vs Republicans
Democrats vs. Republicans
Where oh where to begin
If one takes a dive into their lives you would see how one side  always wins
For the red...

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Categories: the americas, history, hope, life, political,
Form: Couplet
Africana
Africana, a poem that details the pre - colonial, colonial and post -colonial Africa, her rich history, struggles and  unique cultural heritage in a...

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Categories: the americas, africa, black love, books,
Form: Prose Poetry
Architects of Humanitarian Crises
Copyright © 2008 #03
4/12/2008 // (Edited: 1/22/2013/lp
(a historical glimpse of humanity's rise)

*This poetic epic begins with the
greatest sin against humanity

*This poem is dedicated to all
serving...

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© Les Pruitt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: the americas, christian, devotion, faith, history,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Freedom of the Press
ABOUT   THE   PRESS


The media, the press was established as an institution to fight for humanity and human right as well. To...

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Categories: the americas, freedom, , western,
Form: Ballad
Juju
Totems are formed through a talisman tribal identity.
                 ...

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Categories: the americas, creation, nostalgia,
Form: Bio
Goree Island
Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Goree Island
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: February/2014


 I see the blood
of my ancestors 
that swell
 in the Atlantic ocean 
on 
Goree Island -

The unmerciful ill winds 
that fell 
over my people, 
in...

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© Ken Jordan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: the americas, africa
Form: Prose Poetry

Book: Reflection on the Important Things