Februrary the first for Britain'
...On Englands streets its people gather in ones twos
Threes in their thousands for this matter.' To stand and
March to celebrate the very essence that made their country great.' There will be burgher...
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Categories:
burghers, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Wee Willie Winkie
...Wee Willie Winkie ran through the town,
upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown.
The ladies were aghast at what was on display;
they went into a tizzy, which caused some disarray.
Complaints w...
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Categories:
burghers, humorous, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme
U K is O K, try it for your holidays
...Welcome to the British isles, where cash is flowing
Where much resides, history on every side of killer
Kings and queens provide, a tapestry of style and wiles
Villan's and villein and many wrecke...
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Categories:
burghers, 11th grade, appreciation, december,
Form: Free verse
Oswego, Ny
...OSWEGO, NEW YORK
The summer sun was setting
and the urban landscape
where the river flowed north
into the last Great Lake settled
into quiet, the working class burghers
and their beautiful fa...
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Categories:
burghers, places, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Subjects
...From my bathroom throne
I overlook heads of trees
men for all seasons
who sway and still
like felt and feathered burghers
dependent on his lordship’s
words.
In glowering times
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Categories:
burghers, assonance, bird, nature,
Form: Free verse
If Not Us, Who
...IF NOT US, WHO?
IF NOT YOU, WHO?
In a nation filled with political miscreants and tyrants,
Led by unworthy leaders,
All moving towards the path of the gutter,
Despite her uncommon number of ta...
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Categories:
burghers, africa, corruption, humanity, leadership,
Form: Political Verse
The Wandering Minstrel
...In history one can read of an earlier time,
When poetry and lyrics written in rhyme,
Were commonplace. A travelling band
Of troubadours would wander the land,
Writing and singing, to bestow deli...
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Categories:
burghers, music,
Form: Ballad
The Old German Problem
...THE OLD GERMAN PROBLEM
The burghers of Hamburg are themselves usually Hamburgers, so there!
The burghers of Frankfurt are themselves usually Frankfurters, it‘s only fair!
But it’s possible to me...
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Categories:
burghers, food,
Form: Light Verse