Idealists Poems - Poems about Idealists

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...Imaginative idealists, Inez, Ian and Inkwell Ida
Illustrious industrious iguanas from Fiji Fida
Invited intelligent Ivan to invest in indigo ink in coveted China
Industries in Indiana, Iowa, Illin...

Murdering the CEO

...When the frustrated socialist sees that health care isn't free
He turns into a killer, claims he's saving you and me
He murders a CEO, to make a point, because he could
For the goal of perfection ...

Disease of Sanity

...The congregation of passportology
Is an overwhelming majority
Don’t know much of my geneology 
Even don’t belong to minority 
But anyone can attach me of course
To the less equal nation in Orwel...

Vanguard

...David sought a vanguard for revolution,
The Black Panthers seemed the perfect solution.
He built them a foundation, it employed his friend,
Until she found fraud and met a quick end.

Betty’s mu...

The Buzzbomb An American Sonnet

...Given the incredible gift of wings,
always saw a different perspective;
Soaring high sailing into a nose dive,
you could say her energy’s a buzz bomb;

They never thought that she was possible,
...

Dying on the Vine

...My idealistic mind dies on the vine
Day after day I worthlessly define
The rightful place for the needle 
The steady decay of idealistic people

Illusions of hope in murky pools rippled 
Vision...

Going, Going, Gone Extinct

...Say bye-bye to these:
    "Hold, please." (Hold what?)
    Typewriter Repairman Ads
    "Dial this number..." (What's 'dial?')  
    Down-time... Offline
    Compliments (Complaint Departments h...

A Search For Idealism

...Without solid footing, idealism is a dream
From a position of strong sociopolitical reality
Words kill idealism without a scheme
Idealists deem the short-term triviality.

The ideal ...

Dream Crashers

...Demented hall of dream crashers 
scented thick with calamity; 
Disoriented visitors can’t bolt, 
tormented by a lack of serenity; 

Swirling thoughts sit overloading 
looming darkness calls bac...

Frolicking Flirty Elusive Entities

...elusive ethereal energy evades each extra entity

frivolously frolicking, fearlessly, forever flirty 

gratefully gleaning gentle grievers’ gratitude

happy heavenly hopper hastens home 

imp...

We Were Idealists In 1969

...Optimism pranced up and down in hip hugger bellbottoms
Joy resonated from those who wanted peace not war
Gratitude basked from the corners of those who had not been drafted
It was 1969, and we wer...

Illusion That War Could Not Touch Us

...Spring of 1971, happy laughter
Multi-colored flowers and happy faces
we drive painted vans our parents can afford
We pile in, meeting new friends, some potential lovers
Peppermint breath greet us...

A Nightmare

...The other night I dreamed of spiraling downward,
But the earth delayed rising up to receive me.
I watched my unending fall into masses of despair
Falling rapidly, I found that I could not flee;
I...

Poets On the Other Side

...Where do we poets go?
Hiding in the shadows of small towns and big cities,
Where do we poets go?
Spilling our hearts out onto paper for the world to see,
Where do we poets go?
When we no longer ...

Yesterday's Dreamers

...from the cauldron of universities
budding philosophers
burgeoning idealists
determined to fix the world
of all its malice and corruption



AP: 1st place 2021

Posted on October 30, 2020...

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