Education Hero Poems

Born in New England in the wake of the Civil War,
Her folks fled Irish famine and landed on our shore.
At age five, she took sick,...

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My illness sometimes pushes me, I decide to push it back

My illness fails to retaliate because I go on an all out attack

My mission is...

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Like, from within boiled kettles raise sprites, Maya the Echo,
Dominates Marvel Comics with her facial art deco;  
Adopted daughter of Kingpin, lion-like rough villain,
Kills...

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A hero is a genuinely born fighter
A hero does not fear death
A hero fears no danger
A hero is concerned about self
But also about the others
Who...

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    There sat in opulent xanadu, the 
 demagogue of empirical hedonism, 
his granary once fuelled regal reign of epicureanism:

gregarious, restive, much-awaited...

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Golden 

The sun has turned white. 
When I was little it was 
yellow, and orange. 
I miss the color it once was. 
I know that...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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What's new with me...Matthew?

Well for starters Nationwide
road service emergency
one man cutting crew
with battery charger in tow knew
exactly why no juice (think electricity),
his hunch found trunk...

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"Be more than you are Miss Daniels, raise the bar
Follow your dreams and choose your unsurpassable star
Do not vaguely tell me that you do not...

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Brave Woman

Wounded and outnumbered by U.S. soldiers,
The Northern Cheyenne Warrior ‘Chief Comes in Sight,’
Fights to stay alive in the Rosebud Creek valley,
When his sister spots...

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I
Behold Him; keep beholding Him
Six decades: how to be Christian
It is He who paid for my sin
I am cleansed by imputation

II
My soul's asking, Have you...

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There once was a teacher called Marty
Who taught each class as if it was a big party.
With a sax he explained he was jazzy
If there...

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Heroes

When need arises they rise up in every town
No matter the toll it takes, they just carry on,
But not everyone will recognize who they are
For...

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I honour them like I honour freedom, liberations,
They were guests to this earth just like anyone, 
They had their own individual desires and ambitions, 
But...

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Gordon Aikman was the director of research,
For the Better Together campaign for the vote,
For the Scottish Referendum so as to search, 
Folks hearts until they...

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