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Grief History Poems

These Grief History poems are examples of History poems about Grief. These are the best examples of History Grief poems written by international poets.

KNOWN JUST TO GOD AND ME

KNOWN JUST TO GOD AND ME
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Categories: death, grave, history, patriotic,

RFK JR, A RE-POST



With sadness, that never ceased,
I watched your Father shot on live television.
I was living in Chicago and Elena, a baby 
in my arms asleep.
Your Father,...

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Categories: america, feelings, history, how

The Lighter Side of Tragedy

   Where were you when JFK was shot
      Who were you suing

   A lawyer who can't...

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Categories: grief, history, memory, remember,

The Ballad of Red Feather

Pretty like the crystalline canyon rocks -
   Fair like a deer wandering in the morn' -
With the Great Spirit as a faithful witness
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Categories: history, native american, racism,

Orchestra of Being, Harmony and Wisdom

In the orchestra of being, 
   life’s patterns emerge, 
Ancient voices resound, 
   as harmony weaves its surge. 
Music breathes life...

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Categories: character, deep, history, metaphor,

A History of Ghosts

For generations raps, taps and table turnings were
the signs of a spirit calling; the ghoul of you trying to 
deliver a message - to finish...

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Categories: history, analogy, angst,

Sky Changes Sea Color

Years add on and still are not free,
Earth's jewelleries are precious golden;

Yet are seen deemed with worth are cling .
In all the fumbles, ponder within;

As...

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Categories: africa, grief, hate, history,

The Only Star For Me

all my deepest thoughts, all my inward reflections 
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Categories: history, star, symbolism,

Rehashing History: the Still Legendary Lizzie Borden

"Lizzie Borden took an ax
And gave her mother forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty-one."

Whoever wrote this jump-rope song
About Lizzie...

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Categories: father daughter, history, humor,

Auld Sangs

Sing tae me the auld sangs that ah learnt when a bairn,
Sitting at ma mithers knee hearin the lilting tunes,
Carrying me far awa in ma...

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Categories: history, allegory, culture, desire, grief,

Tricky Chirp

The Tricky Chirp

The nester bird comes to live, 
in a nest, they did not make. 
Yet... the bird, 
feels right at home 
and not alone...

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Categories: history, age, angel, change, discrimination,

Caring and the Job

Caring and The Job

The caretaker got out of the car. 
She went to the back, 
opened the door, 
and pulled her ward out too. 
He...

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Categories: history, abuse, addiction, america, angel,

Thought Police

Thought Police

Be careful what you say, 
be careful who you say it to. 
It might be heard... 
by someone that does not like it!

They will...

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Categories: history, abortion, abuse, addiction, allah,

Ashes and Thirst

Ashes and Thirst

Evil comes in all shapes, and all sizes. 
We have all heard this many times... before. 
But how truly large, or small can...

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Categories: history, abortion, america, anxiety, funeral,

Unsettled Calm

Unsettled Calm

Why am I writing this, 
when they say... 
really no one cares? 
I don't believe they are right. 
The more "they" try to prove...

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Categories: history, america, community, confidence, confusion,