E Pluribus Unum
...Carrying worn suitcases packed tightly
with meager possessions, lofty dreams,
bringing hearts filled
with longings
for the familiarity of homelands
and family left behind,
they came to America....
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Categories:
colbert, america, immigration, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Labored Breathing
...“After obsessively Googling symptoms for four hours,
I discovered 'obsessively Googling symptoms' is a
symptom of hypochondria.” Stephen Colbert
LABORED BREATHING
cough is...
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Categories:
colbert, sick,
Form: Light Verse
Unintended Consequences
...Are consequences of intention ever what we dream they are?
The good I’d do the ‘just’ result of conscience bending? Gravity
Of dust from stars imploding seems to haunt these mortal coils of mine
T...
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Categories:
colbert, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme
You In Blue
...You in blue
We relaxed on that golden sandy beach listening to aquamarine sea lapping gently, there were flower beds of periwinkle, lavender and navy petunias that compliment white striped azure ...
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Categories:
colbert, beach, beauty, bird, blue,
Form: Free verse
Alternative Facts
...The earth is flat. We'll never die
And unicorns exist.
Olympic athletes never cheat;
Decorum won't be missed.
The sun did shine when Donald Trump
Took office; folks all bowed
Because they for...
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Categories:
colbert, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Ambition
...You stopped me on my way to the well,
said you had something to me to tell.
Something new so I listened to you
Until your words started to ring untrue.
You spoke of those anti- and non- folds
go...
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Categories:
colbert, politicalme, me,
Form: I do not know?