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Who's Boss?
... One of the clowns in my circus wants to be ringmaster and crack the whip one of the sailors on board my boat wants to be captain and steer the ship but there's only room for one under ......

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Categories: buck stops here, boat, fun, how i
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Struggle for America's Soul
... The struggle for America’s soul now almost 250 years old Shoulder-to-shoulder at her border freedom contends with law’n’order From ‘Give me liberty or give me de......

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Categories: buck stops here, america, change, conflict, freedom,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Deer
...The Musk deer searches the forest, For the fragrance so dear, She does not know, the musk lies in her navel, Inviting us to look for virtues within ourselves. With the eyes like that of deer, ......

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Categories: buck stops here, animal,
Form: Free verse
The Buck Stops Here
...The promises fell as excuses became, the voice of the man who is casting the blame While off on vacation these moment to share Informing the masses he hadn’t a care “It comes from a......

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Categories: buck stops here, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Shot In the Dark
...‘The buck stops right here’ he reflects cowering in the wheat field Near the stream drenched in cascades that had been so gentle Bull’s eye straight from the arrow of time presiding over the pe......

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Categories: buck stops here, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Buck Stops Here
...O no! Don't say that. Please, say it ain't so! I dared to unveil to her the ways of my father, and she says to me, "You are just like him". How could she draw such a conclusion about me and my fat......

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Categories: buck stops here, bible, christian, family, father,
Form: Free verse
A Deadeye Wrangler
...Egalitarians of a smaller world with forks for fingers chew loudly on the gravy train of poor boys paper thin paychecks spit me out cause I got no cash better to be on the street with a shoele......

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Categories: buck stops here, 8th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Surviving Your Own Life
...My father and I did not share all that much, More like passing a truck on the road Parent’s squabbles I overheard offered me clues And at times I caught glimpse of his load. His freight always ......

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Categories: buck stops here, family, father son,
Form: Ballad
Ice Queen
...the bars on this cell rattle and rage yet there is safety in this cage. my heart exposed too frequently given undeservedly. Roaring, fighting for resilience yet to be discovered, feeling ra......

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Categories: buck stops here, confusion, love hurts,
Form: Acrostic
Xgadgados, Abuja
...I had to down my tools I had to terminate the calling I struck wielding the ngungi.. I struck the great gadgados Defender i neutralized What is mine by right The mob was unleashed on me Thou......

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Categories: buck stops here, africa, anger, conflict, feelings,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Penny For Your Thoughts
...I searched for a Penny So I could hear her thoughts Sadly there weren't any My heart was left in knots Perhaps a wooden Nickle Or maybe a thin dime Would help me in a pickle So this girl co......

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Categories: buck stops here, heart, humor, lonely,
Form: Sonnet
Obama Wake Up From Your Nap - Thousands Are Being Slaughtered In Iraq
...Hey Mr. President Obama, it's time to wake up from your loooooong sleep and see what's happening in Iraq! It was your decision to remove all troops and advisers from Iraq, now there are thousan......

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Categories: buck stops here, leadership, words,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Va Death Waiting List - Update - From Original Post 05-15-14 Shinseki Resigns - Actually Fired
...Below is my original post from 2 weeks ago, President Obama has announced that VA Secretary Shinseki has resigned "voluntarily" from his position, but let's face the fact the President fired him ......

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Categories: buck stops here, abuse, death, veterans day,
Form: Narrative
The Rumbling Presence Underneath
...It's always there. And it would speak with eloquence if I would simply stand aside-- out of the way of anything besides my clamorous self... that much beloved (and hated) fellow who cannot seem to re......

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Categories: buck stops here, senses,
Form: Free verse
The Buck Stops Here
...If it were up to me, I would like to change the world's views; On who it can afford to keep, and who it can afford to lose. If it were up to me, People would pay dearly for their crimes; Including m......

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Categories: buck stops here, fantasy, people, people,
Form: Rhyme

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