Founding Father Poems

HALLOWED HALLS

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Striking, revered portraits line the massive, hallowed halls
Reflecting the faces of the Founders; those who have given all.
These Heroes focused on peace and were positively sure.
They knew e...

A Rum n Raisin Special - Seeking Milton

...Their human ma and pa were spark out in reclining chairs
But Rum and Raisin watched the TV with enraptured stares
The western had just ended with the credits rolling past
And Raisin said, “That gu...

Please Do Not Forget To Pray

...O' Please do not forget how to  pray
For all of your friends and your family
As well as anyone else you may
Recall existing in your family's tree

O' Please do not forget to pray for
The Peace ...

Milton Creek

...It was the day after the new year and there wasn't a peep
The folks of Soup Creek were hungover and in a deep sleep
The mayors annual meeting was to be held that afternoon
And the venue was an...

Crime - Question Without End

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Crime yesterday may be "civil - ized" today
From debt, in England, sent famed Dickens ... Founding Father, Penn, to penitentiary
Is but a civil debt without jail, thank heavens

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Yes a crim...

History of Havard Yard

...Okay. So, according to her license plate, Sarah had something to do with the name “Welbeck Street” and had once asked if the Journal would consider using “Harvard Yard” in her name. Also according to...

Who Among Us

...Who Among Us?
By Franklin Price
12/20/2020

Who among us will now stand up, as our founding fathers did.
Look at where we are today, because we've run away and hid.
Washington is driving us, no...

From Sea To Shining Sea

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Sounds of silence – Peace be still
Deliver finest melody to me
Paraphrase a delicate reality
For purpose she was born
From sea to shining sea

Revere those whom freedom drew
To sc...

The Founding Father of Science

...The scientist may assert there is no God,
While the sunset fields bloom goldenrod;
Yet, report of mystery dimensions unseen,
And multiverse based on vibrating strings!

But real proof of God res...

Perfect Sight

...Perfect Sight
By Franklin Price
01/01/2020

The year is twenty-twenty
Symbolizing perfect sight
Time we got corrective lenses
On the left and on the right

Two eyes looking forward 
Coming ...

Perfect Sight

...Perfect Sight
By Franklin Price
12/18/2019

Coming year is twenty-twenty
Symbolizing perfect sight
Time we got corrective lenses
On the left and on the right

Two eyes must be looking forwar...

Just a Citizen

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Crank around forward and history repeats
Comprehending every moment is mental feat
Once black chains performed at white man’s feet
While whitey conspired to tear Lincoln from his se...

Mugabe's Reboot

..."Return of another Goliath, is it?"
Of Course the man was fearless
But time always decides when
Every great man shalt cease to inhale,
Run away from us and
Turn into an angel

Much cherished w...

Former Subjects of the Crown

...Close on three hundred fifty years ago
American independence
not foregone conclusion,
British soldiers in league with Hessians
witnessed successful campaign battles
admirably groomed unbridled
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What the Wit Wanted

...What the Wit Wanted

Founding Father Benjamin Franklin
A stout wit with more than one chin
As our national symbol, he wanted the turkey
For he had yet to taste Native jerky


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