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Jamestown Poems - Poems about Jamestown

Premium Member The Anna Belle Trilogy
...Anna Belle 1619 (Part One) She set out to Jamestown in 1619 She's a Nordic ship on the sea She's purple in shades in streams She bathes in the Caribbean breeze She needs no bard's flattery No......

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Categories: jamestown, beauty, faith, for her,
Form: Epic
Ace colonoscopy doctor Kellen Karl Kovalovich
...Ace colonoscopy doctor Kellen Karl Kovalovich revisited January 23rd, 2024 on the evening before yours truly (the one and only Matthew Scott Harris), a stand up comic wannabe, who historically......

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Categories: jamestown, angel, anxiety, appreciation, birthday,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Whither The Fates Carry
...Whither The Fates Carry Anchors aweigh in 1609, Anno Domini! A convoy of ships laden with cargo set sail, And departed Plymouth harbour to cross the Atlantic For Jamestown, Virginia in t......

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Categories: jamestown, fate, history, ocean, storm,
Form: Verse
Ace Colonoscopy Doctors Kellen Karl Kovalovich and Larry Borowsky
...Ace colonoscopy doctors Kellen Karl Kovalovich and Larry Borowsky Though necessary to down: four Dulcolax laxative tablets, quaff half 238 gram bottle of Miralax over span of eight hours, ......

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Categories: jamestown, adventure, age, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Unheard Voices In Jamestown
...Vacationing in Virginia, The beginning of history, Started in Jamestown when, America was young. Taking a walking tour, Noticing things out of the ordinary. I'm wondering do they see it, The s......

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Categories: jamestown, america, celebration, courage, culture,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Independence
...Independence In search of freedom, many braved the high seas, Needing to flee the chains of their home countries. Desiring a fresh start in a far-off land; E......

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Categories: jamestown, america, birth, dedication, freedom,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Letter To Grandpa Ralph
...As I thought upon the coming of February, the month designated as Black History Month, I began to think upon potential ancestors of long long ago. My imagination got the best of me, and this fictitio......

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Categories: jamestown, christian, family, grandfather, history,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Storming the Rock
...My mom has surgery this afternoon, a hysterectomy, to remove cancer. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you! He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace ......

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Categories: jamestown, cancer,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Remembering Four Centuries of Africans In America
...Fields where the bondman’s toil No more shall trench the soil, Seem now to bask in a serener day; The meadow-birds sing sweeter, and the airs Of heaven with more caressing softness play, Welcom......

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Categories: jamestown, anniversary, celebration, history, racism,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Amistad Mutiny
...The Amistad Mutiny Slavery, a dirty word no matter how it’s pronounced: Abducted and herded to the slave fortress of Lomboko1 for trade. To be tossed in chains below deck on the Po......

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Categories: jamestown, africa, america, history, racism,
Form: Verse
Fear Utopia
...The age-old dream is a nightmare, that has haunted us far too long, still it lures in so many souls with the sweetness of its song. But beyond the simple melody a darkness quickly appears, thos......

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Categories: jamestown, how i feel, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
One Knee
...Poet: Ken Jordan Poem: One Knee Edited by: Sparkle Jordan written: September 2017 One Knee Yes, I kneel down on one knee damn right I do - I will not honor an Anthem of a cou......

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Categories: jamestown, africa, america, betrayal,
Form: Prose Poetry
Looked Like Speckledy Seed
...The soil and my wallet was exceedingly poor Like building a house without any door My garden needs flowers but nothing would grow People were coming to visit the show So I planted some pips looke......

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Categories: jamestown, garden, humor,
Form: Free verse
Oh Virginia
...Oh! Virginia Come travel back with me to Old Virginia The namesake of Elizabeth: the Queen No other state possesses such charisma... Oh! Mother, of this nation... evergreen. The Old Domini......

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Categories: jamestown, home, symbolism,
Form: Sonnet
Destroying the Gift
...Money, wrapping paper of disowned creation Destroying the gift, —laying claim to the box (Jamestown New York: May, 2011)......

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Categories: jamestown, money,
Form: Free verse

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