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Cecil Poems - Poems about Cecil

Premium Member Dig What I Say
Say, dig what I say Talkin’ bout a new jazz vibe/ Man, move over/ the Jazz Cookers are hittin’ their stride in the groove to stay alive/ Eddie Henderson/ Cecil McBee/ George Cables,Billy Hart and Billy Harper/ swingin’ harder jazz be flying/ downbeat, upbeat, man, count It off/ their soul auras are in the jazz notes they play/ David Weiss and Donald Harrison are fryin’ their...

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Categories: cecil, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Premium Member For Cecil
A silent prayer was spoken – A gentle life grew dim. So many hearts were broken – As you hurried home to Him. A song, a word, reflecting – Your kindness and your light. God will forever be protecting – Love that made you so right. A hope that we’ll see you soon – Beyond the moonlit skies, Where believers hearts will swoon – As mourners...

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Categories: cecil, appreciation, christian, death, faith,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member hotel cecil
Is Hotel Cecil cursed? A portal to hell? How many have died there? Accidentally or by murder and suicide? It is the most notoriously haunted hotel in America. Associated with macabre incidents, serial killers. Downtown Los Angeles is host to these seven hundred rooms. Shall I book you a room? There is always a vacancy. Diabolical laughter....

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Categories: cecil, vacation,
Form: Free verse
Cecil For Treatment
Now he’s going for a treatment That might swallow much liniment And lick up copious supplement ; About this, no long argument … Watching was I Sir Cecil hop, Not once, not twice, in real pain stop, His discharging sweat sadly mop And his injured feet sometimes drop; All these in the next street flop, A watcher to pity The Fop And arrange A...

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Categories: cecil, body, courage, cry, health,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Epitaph For Cecil the Magician
Cecil the Magician knew a heap of tricks, But, alas, couldn't get himself out of this fix! Entry for Jesse Rowe's "An Epitaph To Make Us Laugh" Contest (11 Apr 2019)...

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Categories: cecil, humorous,
Form: Epitaph



Cecil County Maryland
(Land that doth marry mother lode of sublime earthen land and sea). Age of exploration ushered cruel fate against “red” men living in bliss by agents patch of eden north o the Mason Dixon line latitude: 39.64839 ...

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Categories: cecil, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Island Beauty By Gideon Cecil
The sea sings her love songs again elegant coconut trees smile in the Caribbean sun, Verdant trees laugh on this pristine Island. A paradise to fall in love again. Sea birds flutters on green coconut trees I swim below and felt the sea breeze the magnificent beauty of this alluring island things of nature dream of a new gorgeous day. The touch of the waves...

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Categories: cecil, nature,
Form: Free verse
Fickle Love By:Gideon Cecil
The macaws are singing for you in the rain, Your lover is kissing you again. What's all his kisses worth If he breaks your heart and flirt? Love is like a lost memory on the pages of the sea, If he loves you sincerely only God in heaven knows. Love is like the wind that comes and goes He loves you today Tomorrow...

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Categories: cecil, love hurts,
Form: Narrative
Mark N Cecil
Mark n Cecil Mark worked for old Cecil, Outside old Dirranbandi town, Mark was a 14 year old boy, It was puzzling made him frown, The Brown Snakes and the Rabbits, Lived under the Bark Hut floor, You could hear the babies squeaking, When the snakes they asked for more, Peanut shells were one foot deep, Behind ole Cecil's door, The thunder box exploded as the...

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Categories: cecil, adventure,
Form: Ballad
Cecil
His looks were noted as being exceptional He could pose for a camera like a professional For a lion his life was one of peace and quiet He had everything required including his diet He spent many hours gazing fondly at his sons Who would follow his footsteps to be the royal ones A day arrived when he saw men before...

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Categories: cecil, africa, animal, betrayal, death,
Form: Couplet
Dreams of Life By Gideon Cecil
Dreams of Life by Gideon Cecil A still sun is dreaming in the skies, The soft wind is kissing her eyes. Her love for me is hidden in disguise. Love is just a dream full of surprises. Life is a mixture of sunshine and rain, We dream today tomorrow we suffer pain. We love in the morning and part at noon, Oh...

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Categories: cecil, character, christian, courage, god,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Justice For Cecil the Lion
Cecil the lion of Zimbabwe, famous and beloved, Shot by a bow hunter after being lured from his home; It took Cecil forty hours to die, how he must have suffered, They tracked him down and shot, skinned and beheaded him. It was senseless, cowardly, cruel and barbaric, Oh I weep for Cecil the lion with the rest of...

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Categories: cecil, anger, animal, beautiful, death,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Poor Cecil
Hear the mighty lion roar From the past and distant shore Africa long ago lost it’s maim Humanity has been lost in Africa’s shame Kill one lion Hear the western nations roar Slaughter complete races You will hear western nations snore Children starved, women raped Soldier kings justify their burning hate We stand by and pay no heed As millions are slaughtered like African weeds We have...

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Categories: cecil, africa, animal, humanity, ,
Form: Light Verse
An Ode For Cecil
Cecil the king of the jungle How are the mighty fallen Tributes have come in from all around the world From the animal and human kingdom Oh cecil See the way you were killed Like a common criminal Humans forgot you are a king Oh Cecil! Oh Cecil! We weep and mourn for you Vividly I remember when you strode this earth like a...

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Categories: cecil, allegory, animal, bereavement, betrayal,
Form: Ode
Cecil Deposed
As he lay surveying new surroundings, a predator beyond imagination bore down on him from above with a grin....

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Categories: cecil, africa, beautiful, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Tetractys

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