Best Washington Poems

I pray a  bright star will shine in the air

    O'er Washington to guide some wise men there

        Bringing gifts of commonsense

            And...

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The devil went down to Washington to see what he would see
Ah yes he said everything looks real good to me
Everything is sliding down as I have planned it
That phrase “under God”: they have all but banned it.
 
This is sweeter than in the days...

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That great river, the Potomac. 
Means so very much to me.
In our nation's capitol,it's full 
of American history and glory!

As a teen, our high school
visited that famous city in
this great American nation. 
Such an excited class with
Samsonite luggage  at that 
train station!

All dressed in nice skirts...

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A park has been making the news
Because people have differing views.
Those who live very near
Wish that all would adhere
To the rules and stop breaking taboos.

But a younger crowd’s recently found
They could party with no cops around
So they flock to this park,
Even more after dark,
Where their...

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Four Two Nine Eight Washington Street
My childhood address
A place where neighbors were not afraid to spank us
And mothers handed out homemade cookies without fear
of being arrested

Four Two Nine Eight Washington Street
A place where we could hear Mrs.McGill's laughter day and night
Knowing she was watching her...

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The mind is a womb
Copulate it
Let the semen of reason
Part the legs of its cervix
And you will see
When moth struggles before its born
The power of its dreams for flight
Words are eggs, you know
Virginal eggs,
I saw him hatch them into bricks
Of ideas that he could carve
Like...

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George Washington Cole

1827 – 1911


So here I sleep.
Buried in this dirt.
Covered in this earth.
Returning to the dust.
Finding heaven in the whispers of the wind.
And as for all my friends here,
All these stilled silent voices of Clark Cemetery,
We represent just a single sand pebble
Just a minute...

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The loving people of our fair town needed a vacation one fine day.
I wasn’t about to argue with them, I’ve often felt the same way.
The journey was a family trip, with the entire menagerie along.
The Las Vegas Dragons, took us there, air Dragon was our...

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I found some pithy quotes attributed to the Father of our Nation,
And thought I'd share some with you to further your education.
I've read his "Farewell To The Troops" but this stuff I'd never heard.
Sounds like he lifted them from The Proverbs as written in The...

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"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your reputation!"

This sage advice was offered by George Washington, the father of our nation!

'Tis but one of many wise adages to us he did bequeath.
 
Can be said that truer words were never spoken through...

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days of Washington
where I lived my childhood,
the sun - which sometimes comes -
never stays

my dad was my sun,
and Mother tells us girls
how much fun our father
used to be

on rare occasions
my dad would shine for me. . . 
till rain came like that of
Washington

In one photo,...

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The forty-second
state, Washington State, is the
State of Washington!...

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Mr. Washington I want to know
what would you have to say?
as you gaze upon this land
if you were still alive today
what would be your thoughts
on a nation that lost its way
would you stand and fight?
like on that long ago day?

Mr. Washington would you stand by...

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Not Alexander, not Caesar, not Napoleon
None of the warring butchers
Can measure up to him
Who could have been but didn't want to be a king
Who didn't allow himself to be a god
Who running far ahead of all humankind 
Grabbed the future 
And brought it back
Like an...

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Here’s your roaming reporter, the Average Joe,
Always reporting, always on the go.
I’m reporting today on the impending battle,
As state troops amass in the city of Seattle.

Much to the surprise of our neighbors up North,
The state of Washington is marching forth
To capture Vancouver Island and Victoria...

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