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Charlottesville Poems - Poems about Charlottesville

Premium Member 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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Categories: charlottesville, autumn, endurance, loss, mountains,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member 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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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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Categories: charlottesville, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Categories: charlottesville, allusion, dark, political, truth,
Form: Rhyme

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