Paul Revere
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18th April 1775 on the strong big-boned mare
'Brown Beauty' may have been her name
borrowed from John Larkin a very good horse
of Narragansett Pacer fame
a copper-bottomed silversmith
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Categories:
charlestown, america, animal, celebrity, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Charlestown
...Whitewashed cottages and circling gulls
The crest of a wave hits the beach as it rolls
Evening shadows hang, on old harbour walls
Be quick! We’ll get home before darkness falls.
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Categories:
charlestown, eve, sea, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Us Residency Yet Delayed Year 9, But Jesus Is Real To Me
...I wanted to write & testify, one-time suicidal Dr. Anil Deo, is reborn during second half-century on earth! Yes, Jesus is real to me, to revive hope and the desire to live or write, or preach ... whe...
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Categories:
charlestown, child, education, endurance, family,
Form: Prose Poetry
To Win By Losing, Or the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Part I
...General Cornwallis of Great Britain
faced a problem that he couldn’t resolve,
he’d won at Camden, they’d captured Charlestown,
but still the southern colonies wouldn’t fall.
Instead he faced a ...
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Categories:
charlestown, america, conflict, courage, freedom,
Form: Epic
Daniel Morgan's Masterpiece, Part I
...Back in seventeen eighty-one
The revolution hit hard times,
Britain had taken Charlestown
And at Camden had crushed the lines
Of General Horatio Gates,
Leaving nobody to resist,
Except the Sw...
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Categories:
charlestown, america, conflict, hero, history,
Form: Epic
Old Ironsides
...Only silence dresses her rigging now
To the call of the bosun’s whistle
Her hatches now stand locked and secure
Where long past sailors once lingered
She is the last of the old frigates
Moored i...
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Categories:
charlestown, history, inspirational, loss, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Forefather
...May I lift sorrow from your sunken chest
Hold your weary frown at valor’s behest
I wish these words we could have shared
My opportunity…tears from your despair
How many brethren did you lose th...
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Categories:
charlestown, history, inspirational, introspection, loss,
Form: Dramatic Monologue