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We Go 2 War -Living In The USA
... I had the worst terrors last night My mind was in a gruesome sight The ‘ol apocryphal scene Insighted by the new regime Migration bill stirs fear among Farmworkers chant that It’s Wron......
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I Am Anaya
Categories:
contemporaries,
song, usa,
Form:
Lay
They got the whole world in their hands
...They got the whole world in their hands Worth north of a trillion dollars, (plus or minus a billion dollars here and there), the unnamed obscenely rich, (which top 15 billionaires projected to......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
contemporaries,
america, anger, angst, bullying,
Form:
Free verse
In an age of cheap poets and marketplace philosophers
...In an age of cheap poets and marketplace philosophers, When words intertwine beautifully but lack depth, My contemporaries have already given me the greatest reward, Their indifference, thei......
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Dan Enache
Categories:
contemporaries,
fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
our hero has arrived
...OUR Hero Has ARRIVED When we were children playing in the street we had our hero, usually a rugged actor perhaps it was Gary Cooper. He had to be tall walk with a swagger To be able to do thin......
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Jan Hansen
Categories:
contemporaries,
adventure, age, appreciation, best
Form:
Free verse
''Old and New'': Agree
...Back in the days of yesterday and today, or, traditions and contemporaries ... she came. Ye......
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Hilo Poet
Categories:
contemporaries,
destiny, fate, imagery, life,
Form:
Verse
The Goodness of Walking With God Part 2
...When walking with the Lord you will grow in your awareness of sin in your life and your need for a Savior. More and more we w ill grow in hatred for our sins and want to rid our lives of them. Mo......
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Roxanne Dubarry
Categories:
contemporaries,
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Narrative
Chronicles of the Pied Piper of Mar-A-Lago
...I'm not sure how it all began, When this soothsayer became heroic to some. As he molded a story of greatness, Against what our nation has now become. Those that listened were mesmerized by his......
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Timothy Mattson
Categories:
contemporaries,
corruption, political,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Five Words of Change
...Five Words of Change There are words that make my toes curl, my skin crawl and the hair on my arms stand straight up like taking off a polyester sweater in winter crackling with static electricit......
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Sam Kauffman
Categories:
contemporaries,
change, life, words,
Form:
Haibun
Clerihew Bevan
...Robert Polhill Bevan an under rated atitic man Rival with contemporaries in the Bloomsberry set though critics say a better bet......
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Brian Strand
Categories:
contemporaries,
art, people,
Form:
Clerihew
Dragons and Fairies
...Once long ago, in a faraway land, people believed in dragons and fairies. Some even claimed to have seen them firsthand while out picking mushrooms or blueberries. They were friends back ......
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Emile Pinet
Categories:
contemporaries,
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
When
...Could you tell me when America became so selfish, introspective, a host of clueless, unrealistic fools, that see only ourselves above all others, sole contemporaries of time and history? ......
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DM Babbit
Categories:
contemporaries,
america, analogy,
Form:
Blank verse
The Owelle
...The Owelle of the realm of Onitsha their title, Zik of Africa Our vintage title. Zik a real patriot with core values your contemporaries were at the regions ......
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Joseph Jeremiah Naye
Categories:
contemporaries,
appreciation, celebration, courage, dream,
Form:
Epic
Am I Vexed, No
...Am I Vexed? No! Am I vexed to face music? We both are ‘same sex.’ It’s beyond man to fathom the depth of man’s soul though perhaps a computer (imagined) might spin all t......
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Brian Johnston
Categories:
contemporaries,
best friend, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day
...A wind of gratitude is waving River of love is dancing, exhibiting wonderful styles whiles meandering Cloud of commemoration is drifting. All to say ‘’ayeekooo’’’’Osagyefo y3 ma W'amo’’.. The......
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Chrisdad Kojo Arthur
Categories:
contemporaries,
africa, anniversary, bereavement, celebration,
Form:
Lyric
I Cant Write Nuttin On a Full Stomach
...I can't write nuttin' worth a damn on a full stomach! Hunger pangs fuel mine poetic juices, yours truly moost best be famished resembling lovely bag of bones beyond irreparable damage wrought ......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
contemporaries,
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
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