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Pennsylvania Panic
~Pennsylvania Panic~
He was shot, and could have been dead.
I saw the red blood running...
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Categories:
america, history, hope, strength,
Form: Rhyme
JD Vance on Donald TrumpRepublican Vice-Presidential nominee JD Vance’s comments on the catastrophe, that is Donald Trump:
In DMs, he wondered whether Trump, “Is America’s Hitler.” (2015)
“Fellow Christians, everyone is watching us when we apologize for this man. Lord help...
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Categories:
angst, celebrity, corruption, history,
Form: Free verse
Kamala Means Lotus Flowerstepp'n down from presidency ~Kamala, de facto nominee
Kamala means lotus flower~accent on Ka,' Zen power
top of the ticket changed~ but the message remains the same
...
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Categories:
character, freedom, history, political,
Form: Monoku
GNRT DAY 32 A LITTLE HISTORY
Today as we traveled from Michigan into Canada
across the twin cities of Salt Ste. Marie….
on the 300 miles of this journey…we learned a little more history….
The name Canada most likely came from the Huron-Iroquois word...
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Categories:
history,
Form: Rhyme
It WouldaIt Woulda
It Woulda Worked
Until You
Ruined It!
That's Why We
Can't Learn
From
Mis-takes.
-Gray Squirrel
07-22-2024...
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Categories:
education, history, life,
Form: Free verse
The illusion of timeless silenceThe ILLUSION of a TIMELESS SILENCE
Drenched the RUSTIC creaking barn
Its tortured wind scarred face
Snarling at the SWIRLING winds
A lonely BLOSSOM sprouts atop a fencepost
Mice scurry about an empty silo
A naked scarecrow dances in a barren...
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Categories:
farm, history, memory,
Form: Verse
Blink Twice
Eastern Europe’s shtetl life
romantically recalled
Fiddler on the Roof
beloved by all
...
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Categories:
history, jewish, new york,
Form: Rhyme
The way it wasI listen to stories of how it was back in the day and wish it was that way once again...
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Categories:
history,
Form: Monoku
The Jewish Man of WarThe Jewish Man of War
Jesus was a pacifist, this we are told,
And that’s the story that’s been sold.
Some of the names surrounding his cause,
Demonstrate behavior to give this pause.
Simon Zelotes is one of the...
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Categories:
christian, history, religion,
Form: Verse
RememberThe past is like a lesson book,
Into which those who are wise look.
The insights gained inform their view,
as they assess the current milieux.
The past we know is not too kind
To those who blot it from...
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Categories:
character, future, history, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Sinter's Cross, Part III...Since that day there has been a cross
perched high atop the bluff,
and when the town grew up they thought
they should show him their love.
That’s how we became Sintertown,
their way to show respect,
when the first cross...
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Categories:
history, conflict, courage, death, hero,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Sinter's Cross, Part II...A warrior shrieked, pitched sideways,
bled when he hit the ground,
the Apache spurred their horses,
looking to flank around.
But John expected such a thig,
he looked right and saw one,
the Indian jerked violently,
bullet through his eardrum.
Just them a...
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Categories:
history, conflict, courage, death, hero,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Sinter's Cross, Part IYou see that there? That’s Sinter’s Cross,
on the bluff by the stream,
a cross has stood there with his name
since eighteen eighty-three.
That was the year John Sinter fell,
but I’ll not skip ahead,
I’ll do it right and...
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Categories:
history, conflict, courage, death, hero,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
To Walk the Land of My Fathers
O, to walk the land of my fathers
to trod their sacred paths
Grant me strength to...
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Categories:
bible, father, god, history,
Form: Couplet
24 Hour News - Euro 24Can anyone follow the news anymore?
during Euro 2024,
after the UK elections,
when I want to know the latest selections,
In Gareth Southgate’s team,
In Sir Keir Starmer’s team,
with everyone analysing, prophesying,
what this or that might mean.
Even if we...
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Categories:
10th grade, england, history,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of History Poems
Read wonderful history poetry on the following sub-topics:
acrostic, american, black, haiku, limerick, narrative, rhyme, students, teachers
and more.
Definition | What is History in Poetry?
Poems Related to History
past, yesteryear, yesterday, antiquity, good old days, ancient times, bygone times, days of old, days of yore, old days, olden days, story, account, tale, record, annals, relation, biography, autobiography, recapitulation, saga, journal, narrative, recital, version, diary, narration, report, epic, prehistory, memoirs,