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Premium Member The Very Weird And Wonderful World Of Place Names: UK And USA Edition
THE UK

Poling, Patching, Nether Wallop, 
Matching Tye and Droop

Plumpton, Lickfold, Puddletown, 
Westward Ho! and Throop.

Hole of Horcum, New Invention,
Boghead, Frome, Cat's Ash

North Piddle, Staines and...

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Categories: usa, america, crazy, england, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member God Bless the Usa
I smoked a pack of Marlboros 
Every day, left butts smoldering
In dirty, smelly ashtrays
The nicotine addiction compelled 
Me to quit… yet, I did not
I smoked...

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Categories: addiction, satire, usa,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
9 11
America the Free  ~             America the Brave ~
    ...

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Categories: usa, america, city, death, discrimination,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Smile At a Muslim
These are just a few words about reality,
as Muslims struggle each day with individuality.

What is a Muslim and from whence does he come?
Like you and...

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© Dan Cwiak  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: usa, anti bullying, christian, discrimination,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Gabriela Andersen- Schiess
Gabriela Andersen-Schiess was a long-distance runner
Who ran a marathon in the heat of a Californian Summer
It was the Los Angeles Olympics in nineteen eighty-four
You might...

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Categories: usa, dedication, inspirational, race, sports,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member I Love Guns
I love Guns


Guns make us safe
Guns are rights and freedoms
The more guns, the more freedoms we shall bear
Every man woman and child should be armed
So...

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Categories: usa, america, angst, death, eulogy,
Form: Political Verse



Premium Member Be Loyal
Be loyal whether things are going your way or not.
Unite with your fellow dwellers
Speak your mind 
After you listen to their views
Take them seriously
You are...

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Categories: usa, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Get ready for the Truth
We are the Terrorists




dead babies don't cry
therefore I must...

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Categories: christmas, hate, usa,
Form: Free verse
Far Away Land
They came from "farawayland"
to arms held open wide
welcomed without question by the "Man"

The starving and the homeless
can't begin to understand this
how could someone even do...

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© Pete Yuhas  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: usa, america, conflict, life, political,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Veteran's Day Tribute - Hotan
~Veteran's Day Tribute~
(Hotan)


It's Veteran's day
Today we honour all the
Living military veterans
For they do
Today remember
Their bravery
And their sacrifice
We're so proud of all
American Veterans from all wars
They...

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Categories: celebration, patriotic, tribute, usa,
Form: Free verse
The Swains
THE SWAINS

Under cumulus clouds, grew cauliflowers.
He planted them with love because I adorn them when they were harvested to the table of healthy man, my...

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Categories: usa, appreciation, farm, good morning,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Freedom's Call
Far across the hills and dales,
Ringing o'er the rills and swales:
Ever nearer, ever louder;
Ever dearer, gaining power.
Drawing hearts and minds to one;
Once sounded out, and...

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Categories: usa, america, courage, freedom, soldier,
Form: Acrostic
Breathe
Breathe 

When the night claims you like a wayward leaf of old 
and it takes you to the caves where anything turns gold. 
You don't...

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Categories: usa, image, muse, new year,
Form: Quatrain
50 Fallen Stars
50 Fallen Stars
There's a plague of insanity among us
Is it blind ignorance or just the blatantly ignorant?
A whole new land of despair and those with...

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Categories: usa, allusion, america, anger, art,
Form: Verse
Premium Member America
Oh land of the free
And home of the brave, where are you?
Where is the torch that hearkens
The tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to...

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Categories: usa, america, conflict, freedom, prejudice,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry