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Centenary Poems - Poems about Centenary

Lunar Calendar Full Moon Festival

...17.9.2024, Tuesday,
Lunar calendar Middle Autumn Full Moon day.
The moon hangs up high in the dark but clear sky. 
It is so full and bright.
I must have witnessed it,
For more than half a centen...
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Categories: centenary, august, for him, lonely,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWe Are All Colored--

...We are all colored, What is this;
Term in the US in contrast with "white" Colored Middle English;

Coloured was first used in the 14th century;
Binding to be anything non Caucasian, European ...
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Categories: centenary, analogy, appreciation, discrimination, humanity,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Jinxed Jesting Jejune Junior Jobber

...Jinxed jesting jejune junior jobber...
just jabbering gibberish (A - J)

Again, another awkward ambitious
arduous attempt at alphabetically
arranging atrociously ambiguously
absolutely asinine ...
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Categories: centenary, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse

Words Fall Short In My Soul

...Queen Elizabeth II was her name
Quite familiar in the world was her fame!

Her Majesty was the fascination of the time
Hardly one may forget her face, in the lifetime!

Kindness was her message...
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Categories: centenary, bereavement, death of a
Form: Couplet

Playing With the Relativity

...All is relative, 2 and 2 are not 4,
               but 22 ... an 8 is nothing else
               that two 3 back one
                to the other ... I0 in reverse
                is Q.I not onl...
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Categories: centenary, allusion, analogy, creation, hilarious,
Form: Prose Poetry



Ccp Turtles Grassing Line

...my latest anti CCP turtle poem--



CCP Turtles Grassing Line
China’s virtual hotline
Report online remarks
Slander Communist Party history
Crack down “bygone nihilists”
Party’s 100th centen...
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Categories: centenary, abuse, satire, war,
Form: Verse

Jinxed Jesting Jejune Junior Jobber Part 1

...Jinxed jesting jejune junior jobber...
just jabbering gibberish (A - I)

Again, another awkward ambitious
arduous attempt at alphabetically
arranging atrociously ambiguously
absolutely asinine ...
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Categories: centenary, dance, hello, imagery, motivation,
Form: Alliteration

Perdition Be Damned

...Perdition Be Damned!

Body electric zapped
lower gastrointestinal tract
wracked with wretchedness
pitted, rocked, and tortured
severe muscle spasms cramp
deathly hallowed deliverance

beseec...
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Categories: centenary, atheist, death, father, funeral,
Form: Free verse

The Centenary of Remembrance

...The Centenary of Remembrance

The ranks of sunflowers follow the contours 
Of the vale, marching across to the ridge in 
The distance. Roots reach down into the
Rich soil, feeding greedily on th...
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Categories: centenary, remembrance day, world war
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberFor the Fallen In Flanders Field

...Famished and flagging footsoldiers;
facing fatigue, fitful fever,
faeces and foul, foetid fungi.
Fostering feelings, frustrated,
for this faraway, foreign field.

Forays so fraught with fine fa...
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Categories: centenary, conflict, death, history, remembrance
Form: Alliteration

Premium MemberFor the Fallen In Flanders Field - Original

...Famished and flagging footsoldiers;
formerly fitters and farmers.
Facing fatigue, fitful fever,
faeces and foul, foetid fungi.
Fostering feelings, frustrated,
for this faraway, foreign field.

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Categories: centenary, conflict, death, history, memorial,
Form: Alliteration

Premium MemberHappy 100th Birthday - a Time To 'Re Joyce'

...Poetry

Aged eighty Joyce started to write
Her poems my senses ignite
Imagery so divine
I just wish it was mine
Great poetry brings such delight

Making Fudge

Joy...
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Categories: centenary, birthday, celebration, poetess, tribute,
Form: Limerick

A Magnificent Mothers 102nd Birthday a Special Tribute On Mothers Day

...Majestically sitting and driving jula with a self styled stick for walking  
Orthodox  favourite dress of woman you are in, keeps you glittering  
Teeth still clinging to your mouth to help your gl...
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Categories: centenary, anniversary,
Form: Classicism

On the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme - the Flowers of the Forest

...Waving poppies, ruffled by the summer breeze, look up 
At the deep sky and warm sun, pillows of clouds gentle 
Contrast to the green below and the scattered red faces 
With soul black eyes. Childr...
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Categories: centenary, death, memorial day, memory,
Form: Verse

Ireland 2

...It is time to celebrate our nation centenary
Rebels for our nation we weren't born
Enshrining our visions for a united land
Leaving a legacy for each and every citizen
Accept this gift of freedom...
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Categories: centenary, celebration, freedom,
Form: Acrostic

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