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Blockades Poems - Poems about Blockades

The Future of Israel
...As spoken by the Voice of Wisdom O House of Israel, Heed the sound of the wind that carries ancient truth across the sands of time. Once you wandered through deserts and kingdoms, Once you suff......

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Categories: blockades, betrayal, child abuse, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Streets of Solitude
...I would have sought some beautiful retreat, Remote from cities and the din of men, ~ Some tranquil shore where lake and forest meet By limpid stream or flower-lit, sylvan glen, And would have rea......

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Categories: blockades, how i feel,
Form: Free verse



We Live In the Future
...We Live In The Future By David N. Donihue You want me more drunk than I’m willing More bothered than is me Throwing punches at preachers post-Xanax spree Yet we live in the future Where ......

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Categories: blockades, adventure, cool, crazy, funny,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Developing Nation
...It seems the roots of our humanity Began its civilized nature upon land. As much as nearby waters flowed & nourished, Firm ground was needed as most would stand. Like the seas, the eart......

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Categories: blockades, history,
Form: Narrative
Not In My America
...It doesn’t do any good to mind your own business, if you’re black, you’re going to get knocked down. Makes no difference if a hundred people beg them, they’re going to keep you pinned to the groun......

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Categories: blockades, america, anger, black african
Form: Lyric



The British Crusade That Ended Slavery
...From the beginning through all of our ancient civilisations slavery was an aspect Until the arise of the irresistible force which removed this unmovable object For in 1066 the law of the land......

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Categories: blockades, africa, america, corruption, england,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Frog That Cannot Jump
...He has great expectations and dreams They are to be accomplished Blockades and obstacles are to be dispersed He is smarter than his wisdom and effort He forces his way through Pushing down, kic......

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Categories: blockades, dream, faith, old, political,
Form: Free verse
A Storm of Tears
...What is it like to cry? All those blockades of mind made stone, A river of emotions held beyond, Making its own gateways through it all, To come finally flowing out. Down soft material, Droppin......

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Categories: blockades, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A New Interpretation of the Twelve Zodiacs
...The twelve zodiacs In the Chinese calendar Signifies twelve potentialities Twelve characters Twelve charms All will contribute to The varieties and success of the world One may believe that ......

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Categories: blockades, character, dedication, happiness, men,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eggshells
...for some reason around your fortress you’ve built insurmountable blockades and from their safety you thrive on lashing out catapulting showers of fireballs and cannonballs it took a whil......

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Categories: blockades, anxiety, character, people, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Irony Wrapped In Riddle
...Look at this irony. Stroke of fate So cruel that I can’t breathe so straight! Curfew’s cleansed city’s air, Pollution fairly fair, Yet, my mask blockades both fresh-air gates! Locked in house, h......

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Categories: blockades, city, irony,
Form: Limerick
Our Redemption Will Come
...Forgive me if I ask how long before we converge again around the bonfire in the wee hours to douse this chilly dust-laden winds of the season. It was a misery, but it should happen again. That subt......

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Categories: blockades, africa, anxiety, birth, christmas,
Form: Free verse
The Machiavellian
...With honeyed comments, you absorb adulation in vain; drinking it in like a congratulatory champagne. Down your nose, you smoothly cajole; Deft at choreographing leverage to reach a goal. Th......

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Categories: blockades, betrayal, irony, power,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Journey On Jericho Road
...Journey on Jericho Road Shattered grace in jagged nights on the road to Jericho; Ev’ry step and ev’ry breath are filled with shame I know I am to blame; I build a wall to hide my face so you c......

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Categories: blockades, faith, hope, journey,
Form: Lyric
18th Century 19th Century
...Colonies compressed Tyranny their stress Empires progress Wealth by conquest European dominance Great Britain Spain France Religion insurance power the dance Americas their settleme......

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Categories: blockades, africa, america,
Form: Rhyme

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