Atrocity
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Whether the Indigenous People,
robed in leathers, head dressed in feathers,
who had their own sovereign nations,
wanted it or not,
June 2nd 1924,
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge
condes...
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Categories:
calvin coolidge, america, identity, political, western,
Form: Free verse
A Christmas of Hope and Peace
..."Christmas is not just a season, but a state of mind. To cherish
peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy is to have the real
spirit of Christmas."
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Categories:
calvin coolidge, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
No Leaks, No Spewage
...A tight-lipped President, Calvin Coolidge
Never prone to very much verbiage
He kept his interviews brief
Causing reporters much grief
Now we pine for his kind ~ That's a truage...
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Categories:
calvin coolidge, history, spoken word,
Form: Limerick
Can of Spam
...First thing I do is check the date
Good thru two thousand eighty five
Haven't had a can this fresh
Since Calvin Coolidge was alive
You can call it quirkiness
Each time I give the top a thump
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Categories:
calvin coolidge, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Calvin Coolidge
...Calvin Coolidge
!....?...!!...? (.)...(.) No please
1933 the Great Depression hit
" I feel I no longer fit"- his tweet...
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Categories:
calvin coolidge, fun,
Form: Clerihew
Wish
...I wish I could have
seen Theodore Roosevelt
Eugene Debs, Calvin Coolidge
speak their minds
I wish I could travel back
in time to see Daniel Webster,
meet Lewis and Clark
I wish time w...
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Categories:
calvin coolidge, memory, time, time, travel,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Wish
...I wish I could have
seen and heard Theodore Roosevelt ,
Eugene Debs and Calvin Coolidge
speak their minds
I wish I could travel back
in time to see Daniel Webster,
meet Lewis an...
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Categories:
calvin coolidge, fantasy, imagination, science fiction,
Form: Blank verse
President Calvin Coolidge
...'Tis well known that "Silent Cal" Coolidge was a man of very few words!
He considered that long conversations and inane babble was for the birds!
A lady bet if she could elicit more than two...
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Categories:
calvin coolidge, funny,
Form: Clerihew