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60 miles from Cherokee
...I took my bike on Amtrak, got off at Charlottesville. Climbed up to the Blue Ridge parkway, the first of many a hill. I met a Canadian Carpenter as I got closer to N.C. He was cycling alone; his w......
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Mark Springer
Categories:
charlottesville,
autumn, endurance, loss, mountains,
Form:
Lyric
When Democracy Almost Died
...The faith in our Democracy Was almost lost most shamefully, When losers made their foolish claims And railed against imagined blames. The lap dog trogs obeyed the call To challenge what was cl......
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John Ransburg
Categories:
charlottesville,
angst, betrayal, conflict, hate,
Form:
Rhyme
Poem For Heather Heyer
...1 When she woke up that day she had a body. She had no reason to imagine that by the time night fell she would be a person the whole world was mourning. When she woke up she was listening. She......
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Stanfield Major
Categories:
charlottesville,
12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Broken Glass
...Some recalled Kristallnacht, the white mob’s facial fever, once the same fever of a night, now the fever of a day-mare. Some recalled Charlottesville, the white mob’s lust for blood, once the......
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Thomas Wells
Categories:
charlottesville,
allusion, hate, horror, political,
Form:
Political Verse
If It Weren'T For Double Standards
...A mob of angry activists go and deface a public street, they painted that ‘Black Lives Matter,’ and the mayor said,”That’s fine with me.’ But when someone spoke of baby lives they would not let ......
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David Welch
Categories:
charlottesville,
anger, evil, political, power,
Form:
Rhyme
The House Our Fathers Built, the Woman and Her Almost Husband
...The heirloom, Neo-classical, Palladian, almost as old as light, was mine from conception, so, when the latchkeys were placed over Simian crease, I put my ears to the hardwood floor, listening for t......
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Francis Brown
Categories:
charlottesville,
allegory, america, betrayal,
Form:
Narrative
License To Breathe
... Publican politicians talk in half-price right angles Dodge City liberty being smoking barrel bargain sold at a chill, Colt-45 degrees AC (alcoholic crops) bootleggers selling Proh......
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
Categories:
charlottesville,
imagery, metaphor, perspective, truth,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
My Home Virginia
...Carry me to my home Virginia Headed south through Arlington We can stop off in Manassas On our way to Lovingston Take me back to the Peaks of Otter Let's return to Mabry Mill We can drive the......
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Kevin Hailey
Categories:
charlottesville,
history,
Form:
Rhyme
Loving Coincidences
...Prayer poems of peace Bore fruit this weekend - two times - Washington and Charlottesville: Peace showed greater heart ... Nine-Eleven was birthday I stopped. Mature joy returns......
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Anil Deo
Categories:
charlottesville,
america, august, birthday, black
Form:
Choka
Time Is Running Out For President Trump
...Trump is the power The voice of a nation A moneyman, no morals or ethic code A narcissist born for a life in capitalization A nuclear bomb Desperate to explode Trump's time in office has been ......
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Robin Silver
Categories:
charlottesville,
evil, political, prejudice, race,
Form:
Rhyme
Make America Great Again Huh
...e everyone, so they fight in the street Good job Mr. President! Misleading the Sheep Distraction-Retraction...Hail to the Chief! Reaction-Infraction...Jail to the Thief! Minions, placate your ego. Kiss your ass-piring swill Turn neighbors on neighbors in "Charlottesville" "Violence in Virginia", exposed your "many sides" "March for Truth!" @Hashtag: TheRussianRides Lack of compassion, 'Not' a leadership quality Creates disharmony, resentment... N......
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Okanagan Bell
Categories:
charlottesville,
america, conflict, corruption, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Texas In My Mind
...In that darkest of time at Charlottesville When hate ruffled their minds And madness erupted in kind But dumb Trump bluffed in haste, Hate, hastes, I was dazed, As wicked drove on Heyer in sou......
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Abimbola Mosobalaje Davis
Categories:
charlottesville,
america, caregiving, emotions, friendship,
Form:
Epic
Charlottesville
...Robert e Lee was a treasonous ole soul To defeat the republic his goal Slavery was abolished the people were free But only two third a southern decree The republic with stood the brutal onsla......
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Sean Ferris
Categories:
charlottesville,
philosophy, political, social, society,
Form:
ABC
Name of Heather Heyer
...Name of Heather Heyer Name of Heather Heyer is magnified, And we will finally feel satisfied inside; Charlottesville, Remembers her still; In heaven daughter now does abide. James Serious M......
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James Horn
Categories:
charlottesville,
allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
Silence Is Deafening
... Three days late, and a dollar of truth short No condemnation of neo-Nazi hate, no negative KKK report Only tweet silence was heard ... didn’t hear a peep, not one word Domestic terror......
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Freddie Robinson Jr.
Categories:
charlottesville,
allusion, dark, political, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
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