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Concession Speech

...When a candidate loses, That person must reach All who gave their support With a televised speech. So I watched VP Harris, The crowd fighting tears, Though it didn’t do much To assuage all m......

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Categories: close ranks, america,
Form: Rhyme

Port Hedland strikes them down'

...At last a rationale has struck! And the poisions out of style Port Hedland council has recognised that deaths have Grown.. Too wild; and how.' I'll give it here to you.! From one a week On average......

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Categories: close ranks, allah, appreciation, assonance, education,
Form: Rhyme

A Study In Bronze

...I’ve unfurled the Southern Cross tonight and put it On the wall, and as I gazed the longest while.. I thought I heard the dingo’s call? It couldn’t be as all Round me were the sounds of London go......

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Categories: close ranks, endurance, freedom,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Captain Pugwash and First Mate

...Your voyage began in the summer of 69. The adventures of life lay ahead. Though you knew it would not all be plain sailing, Your four years of prep put you in good stead. At times, when your se......

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Categories: close ranks, anniversary, imagery,
Form: Rhyme

Death of a Lancer

...My one true love with eyes of sparkling blue Our hearts as one it was our destiny Heaven sent you for me and me for you It would not last but end in tragedy. War intervened I’d have to go away ......

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Categories: close ranks, death, horse, love, soldier,
Form: Sonnet

Usins and Themins

...USINS & THEMINS Usins had a funeral, for a boy who’d seen enough He hung himself on Wednesday, up in Ballyduff Themins had a funeral, for a girl who died too soon She’d been bullied all her lif......

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Categories: close ranks, political,
Form: Rhyme

Copla Tres: This Bad Guy World

...COPLA TRES (THREE): This Bad Guy World Bad guys signal to each other In cryptic lingo and hand signs Close ranks bind ties Egg-white eyes of the murderer Encroach the pupil with designs Embryo die......

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Categories: close ranks, philosophy,
Form: Didactic

Rondelet: Panic Stations

...Panic stations Uneasy the herds where packs rode Panic stations Packs close ranks when lone wolf notions Disrupt the pecking order mode It's the lone voice that bears the load Panic stations (c) ......

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Categories: close ranks, philosophy,
Form: Imagism

1861

...1861 Dust rises from the rutted road. Cannon laden caissons rumble slowly forward. A red sun competing with the campfires glow. Weary troops break camp, joining the ranks of colleagues on the move......

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Categories: close ranks, historydeath, men, war, death,
Form: Narrative

Mother's Day

...MOTHER’S DAY Mother in the family, is a joy and light forever Their sacrifices from infancy to adulthood, Are all extensions of ......

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Categories: close ranks, dedication
Form: Free verse