Uplifting History Poems

Waterways, red cliffs,
ancient underwater caves,
back to the Pangea age,
 continents fused as one.
I stand in the stardust
of a million-year-old memory,
a flutter of songbirds,
a bouquet of...

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COOKING UP OUR HISTORY

It’s surprising how food can change your whole life
Bringing people together like you and your wife
In your family gatherings there is food...

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the hapless toad
who croaked a verse
and moved the trees around him

did sway the branches
sway the leaves
at the most profound of meaning

and too did cry 
the...

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Always hold on to hope. 

In Greek mythology, Elpis is the spirit of hope. 

Pandora, (Greek: “All-Gifts”) in Greek mythology, the first woman. 

Pandora's box...

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 Quantum Theology

By Mark D. Stucky

Spirit filled the formless void
before matter and energy were born,
before infinitesimal became infinite,
when, from a singularity, a speck of nothing,
the...

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Coronation
By Michelle Morris
05/05/2023

I wonder how King Charles feels
On the eve of his coronation
Disquiet or fears about 
Letting down our nation?

Or perhaps calm and optimism
Joy, peace...

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I will stop reminiscing over the 1700s when the 2000s stop mirroring the same values
plantations upgraded to prisons, chains to handcuff, masters to head leaders...

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We stand here,
Bruised and beaten,
From battles lost,
And battles past,
From the tidal waves of history,
That swept us,
Taking away more than we can give,
Leaving us with less...

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Lava stiletto lips
drips Medusa kisses
transmitting stone corpse aperitifs
she slithetrs hither on 
out of night sways of
narcoleptic nuptial napkins
snake strand locks of love
conceal couquettic tenderizing
fetish fantasies...

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A poor soul approached who was singing the blues
  He asked, 'What does God no longer want me to do?'

'What is hateful to you,...

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I am Sam Nujoma
The father and defender of my homeland. 
The man who surrendered his youth, 
To fight for my youth. 
The man who gave...

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Tide of history,
Lapping, frothing,
Violently in.
And quietly rolling out....

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Sweet, beautiful, innocent girl wearing 
new white sneakers 
strides proudly 
into 
school, 

Flanked 
by guards 
with weapons 
for protection, 
ignoring sick slur scribbled on the...

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Today's Sounds

Music rolls off the banjo, bluegrass
Active cheery sound, gland it’s around,
Folk music in little town passed down by word of mouth;
Family remembers and other...

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I dream of a world of unique identity,
where we don't group individuals for simplicity.
I dream of a world where you can't accuse systems,
where self reflection...

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