And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
...And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," Presiden...
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Categories:
honorific, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Honorific
..."The Honorific Bridge"
: by Suzanne Alexander
[neé C] Nicknamed missilverwood
In worth unmeasured
free wealth pursue,a sak...
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Categories:
honorific, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
The Honorific
..."The Honorific Bridge"
: by Suzanne Alexander
[neé C] Nicknamed missilverwood
In worth unmeasured
free wealth pu...
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Categories:
honorific, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Tom and Mabel
...Just Tom and Mabel in the village,
No honorific ever known,
Too far down the pecking order for
Such respect to be shown.
Like so many in that village
My Dad and Mam worked on
A still almost feu...
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Categories:
honorific, appreciation, in memoriam, parents,
Form: Rhyme
Ford's Theater April 15th 1865
...Ford's Theater, April 15th, 1865...
Petersen House, Washington, D.C.
I admit to own a passion
for the Civil War in general,
and the life and death of
the sixteenth president in particular
bet...
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Categories:
honorific, absence, age, america, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Existential Crisis Still Encompasses Mein Kampf Valentine's Day 2022
...Existential crisis still encompasses mein kampf Valentine's day 2022
The following lines written disjointed fashion
attempting to mimic strategically
moving pieces erratically on chessboard
id...
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Categories:
honorific, angst, endurance, february, how
Form: Free verse
Rest In Peace O Great
...Heartache!
Huge heartache!
No, no, no! Unstoppable the tears!
Everything is good to look but I’m not
I’m dumped into heartache and logged tears
Long sighs, much heart beating in hearing the new...
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Categories:
honorific, death,
Form: Free verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 66
...She was happy to deliver the news if only to get a glimpse of Lumi. They had
met some years back, before he had been exiled to the northern desert. She thought she would never see him again and w...
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Categories:
honorific, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 32
...“What concerns you,” he asked?
“This one looks much like his kin, has he inherited other aspects of his father as well?”
“Do you mean magic?”
The guard just looked at him, knowing he kne...
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Categories:
honorific, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Being Proactive After Getting Hoodwinked
...(alternatively titled: tardy duff fender of assertiveness,
especially after adjusting following insanity clause
affixed with rubber baby-buggy bumpers)
Methinks I nearly got snookered
courtesy ...
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Categories:
honorific, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Yuki Onna's Sadness
...Yuki onna San, Yuki onna San
Woman made of snow
Why do you cry so
Is it for loss of a husband
Or is it for a loss of a child
Why yuki onna
Why do you weep in despair
And spread your icy tea...
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Categories:
honorific, missing you, myth, mythology,
Form: Narrative
Existential Crisis Encompasses Mein Kampf
...Offenbach to boyhood, I pined nostalgic
Tale of (H)offman woe (mine)
linkedin, speedier than quick
brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,
fast as fired ballistic
soon after conception, when
yours...
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Categories:
honorific, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Bio
Title Destination
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Ladies say, I’m an everyday gentleman
Haters say, I’m a dark knight
I was born on poor ground fit for a pauper,
never lived a prince Waldo life
Honorific titles, I had none —
no sir,...
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Categories:
honorific, perspective, truth, wisdom,
Form: Bio
Cartoonist Extraordinaire
...Political Cartoonist
Political cartoonist extraordinaire that is Zunar the man...
Look at the sheer brilliance in the works of this this man....
A cartoonist long considered an antagonist for ...
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Categories:
honorific, absence, blessing, celebration, community,
Form: Free verse
Sir Raymond Smidrick
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Sir Raymond Smidrick
He always walked with an air of royalty,
gaining entrance by tapping doors
with his finely carved, mahogany wood, walking cane
On the top of the staff was a scu...
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Categories:
honorific, appreciation, hero, military, perspective,
Form: Verse
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