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Elgin Poems - Poems about Elgin


Premium MemberWE SEE LONDON DAY 4

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After I woke up and went out to our little balcony to write…
a ladybug landed on my computer and decided there to stay
As she traversed the perimeter of my computer…
I knew it was going to be gr...
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Categories: elgin, travel,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberI Am a Proud Greek Sundial

...I AM A PROUD GREEK SUNDIAL

I only tell of sunny hours historically,
And go back to when I was built, 
Fifty years before Christ was born,
Have been renovated and rebuilt!

My name is Tower of...
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Categories: elgin, pride,
Form: Personification



Gratitude

...It's about how many cars I didn't hit
How many tickets I didn't get

The pale blue sky
Sweet things that make me cry

Feeling great
Not filled with hate

My man
And all of our plans

Our ...
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Categories: elgin, blessing, change, growth, happiness,
Form: Free verse

The Hernia

...It was in the summer past,
When I had a raging cold.
I felt something move ‘down there’
It was protruding and bold.
 
No, it wasn’t my male part,
The lump was next to that.
I could feel a bit ...
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Categories: elgin, fun, giggle, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Sweeping Truck

...A sweeping truck came down my street today; 
its brooms and brushes whirling on the ground.
Wetting the pavement and making thin mud.
Gathering stones, dirt, lost buttons and leaves.

Up and dow...
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Categories: elgin, culture, society,
Form: Free verse



Notes Upon Watching the Nets

...A nice, pretty Jewish woman 
told me a while back 
that she thought Basketball was for Black people 
   What she didn't realize is that it used to be called 
"The Jewish Game".  
I passed through a p...
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Categories: elgin, dream, hope, sports,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberIntroduction To Oake of Caemarthen

...Take yourself on a journey into the past with this remarkable first book in the series, Sword of the Holy Grail. Award winning author and poet Isaiah Zerbst brings you his first novel, Oake of Caemar...
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Categories: elgin, bereavement, books, christian, england,
Form: Prose

Archaeological Expeditions To the Moon

...Archaeological Expeditions To the Moon

By Sugob Elcitra

[Dr. Sugob Elcitra is the founding president of  Lunar Research, Inc.  His company plans to offer private trips to the moon for those able to...
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Categories: elgin, satire,
Form: Narrative

Stealers-Keepers Is Being Questioned

...“Stealers-Keepers” Questioned

By Elton Camp 

If something has been stolen long enough
Then is it all right simply to keep the stuff?

The Guggenheim some art to Italy has sent
Illicit when ...
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Categories: elgin, history,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things