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Good Citizen Poems - Poems about Good Citizen

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NAIJA AND BADD BELLUS
...Naija people let us embrace the truth, Badd Bellus is Badd Bellus, It is Badd Bellus when your Father beats his chest, And declares that "he is the giant of Africa," But he cannot boast of ordin......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, africa, betrayal, corruption, humanity,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Virtuous Life
...Your life on earth, though short or long, is like a note in an endless song. Live virtuously and make it count, So, you can live on like a fount. A virtuous life runs counter to, the natural d......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, beautiful, care, courage, integrity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Rocker and a Cigar
...I may not be happy with the way things are, I may express dissatisfaction In my local bar, But I refuse to burn down my street in extreme reaction to some civil distraction-- seems......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, how i feel, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Kindness Is
...Kindness is… Kindness is the harmony of birds’ songs in the breeze It’s the way the moon so hauntingly reflects with calming ease It’s heaven’s chorus ‘round the world while fol......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, appreciation, beauty, care, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Being a Good Citizen
...If you see Something, or hear Something That could cause harm, Or perhaps much worse, Say something! ......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, encouraging, how i feel,
Form: Verse



Small Portrait of a Good Citizen
...The good citizen is a person of respect... It doesn't have an easy life and always lives in the grip... But he doesn't get out of line, he doesn't give in to temptations, he is not impressed wit......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, allegory, allusion, appreciation, extended
Form: Free verse
Am I Really
...I SAY I AM A GOOD CITIZEN WHEN ASKED BY TEACHERS AND PEERS AT SCHOOL YES, I PARTICIPATE IN CLEAN-UP DRIVES I PICK UP LITTER ON THE SIDEWALK ON PUBLIC PLACES I GET THE STARES AND SOME AWE AND I ......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, class, environment, for teens,
Form: Free verse
Cigarette Runs and Traffic Lights
...It is night 2 am I am driving to the store for cigarettes A short trip Or it would be Except the light turns red The minute I reach it I slow my car to a crawl Hoping that I can inch my w......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, humanity,
Form: Free verse
I'M Calling You Out
...I’m calling you out! Many ‘came and went,’ but after George Floyd, I thought it was done; Now, two more possibly got hanged, and another, shot with a gun. ‘Black disrespect’ is real! In the midst ......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, anger, conflict, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mask Can Wait
...Wear a smile Wears a mask Mask for others Mask for you You want to be safe You want to be good Good citizen Good neighbor Neighbor of the world Neighbor who shelters in place Place your be......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Blitz
Another Day At the Community College
...Stopped off for eggs with ham(thought about keeping kosher for a while) Have to say the ham was tasty! Came up into the ESL Lab My supervisor said he likes his councilman At 84 my mothe......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, poetry, poets, political,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Blind Man
...The blind man walks slowly to the voting polls, reaches for a lever and pulls it. There! Now I’ve voted. I’m a good citizen. Leaving, he stumbles and falls into my arms. Did you vote today? ......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, dark, political, satire, society,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hunger Pangs
...The sign actually said ‘Universal Disposal’ but the haggard squalid creature Had no time for such ephemeral discourse he could just about spell his name Kanja meaning water born and his parent......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, poverty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Purpose In Life
...It’s 4:00 A.M. and my alarm clock rudely awakens me. As I wash my face, I look in the mirror I ask, “Why do I do this? I don’t have to, and there are so many things I’d rather be doin......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, character, giving, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Do It For the Doing's Sake
...I pick up litter on the road. What shines is often roadside trash. I do it for the doing’s sake. What glitters most is always gold, To us who keep a highway clean. Most cans and broken glas......Read the rest...
Categories: good citizen, analogy, environment, irony, perspective,
Form: Blank verse

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