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Thomas Edison
Tom sat there eating the last of his bread,
wondering if the next day he'd get fed,
felt like a dumb cluck,
down on his luck,
till a light...

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Categories: thomas edison, history, humor, science,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
diverged a lesson
It was awesomely bright
called  incandescent  light...

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© Jt Nyx  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: thomas edison, growth, inspiration,
Form: Clerihew
Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison
Drank milk instead of medicine.
He died of diabetes - 
Should have had his milk with Wheaties!...

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Categories: thomas edison, people,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Abc World's Famous Scientists In History
A  is for Anton van Leeuwenhoek- in his simple  microscope made him well-known,
B is for Benjamin Franklin who invented  the electricity ...

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© Len Gasun  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: thomas edison, cancer, inspirational, me,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member Inspiration Taps Softly
Sometimes late at night as we succumb to sleep
We greet creative thoughts beyond those of counting sheep

It’s said Thomas Edison held coins in his hands
That...

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Categories: thomas edison, on writing and wordslonging,
Form: Couplet



Medicine
Sometimes I just go crazy
Trying to give my kid his medicine
You have to be some kind of genius
You know, like Thomas Edison?

And I've tried almost...

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© Larry Belt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: thomas edison, funny
Form: Rhyme
The Genius
Nikola Tesla came to America in the 1880's to work with Thomas Edison,
a lot of his brilliant ideas getting patented by others who had a...

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Categories: thomas edison, betrayal, blessing, for him,
Form: Clerihew
Have No Fear
An idea wrapped up in a dream, 
it will never work, don't even try. 
Another wacky out there scheme, 
better to let it lay and...

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Categories: thomas edison, faith, fear, hope, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eureka
Eureka - a love song Tanka series
~ art by Edward Burne-Jones ~

It's a fair question:
as you smile that smile, you ask
how much I love you…
"You...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: thomas edison, love,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member The Chair {personification} In Couplet Form
I sit at the end of your final stroll
Setting you free is my only goal

At the end of your life so tired and beat
I quietly...

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Categories: thomas edison, death, history
Form: Personification
Steve Jobs
The Thomas Edison of our time....

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Categories: thomas edison, business,
Form: Monoku
Ft Myers
Rare hidden gem in Florida
Home to Thomas Edison,
Harvey Firestone; Henry Ford
America hidden blessing
Golden history landmark Royal Palm Hotel
Where the rich and famous relax
Palm trees sway...

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Categories: thomas edison, adventure, beach, celebrity, city,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Unwritten
Quote By My Dad  "A quitter never wins and a winner never quits." 

My dad did not teach me much,
the few things he did have...

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Categories: thomas edison, books, child, dad, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Just -- Trust Me - 2nd Half Text Plus Full Audio
Here's the deal, folks...
   This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this...

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Categories: thomas edison, hyperbole,
Form: Verse
The Miniature Airborne Lamps
Winking on before the stars
These little airborne lamps
Endowed my neighbourhood
As my wide grey eyes feel good

I must stop and stare
As electric insects appear
No one can...

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Categories: thomas edison, beautiful, insect, light, night,
Form: Romanticism

Book: Reflection on the Important Things