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John Wilkes Poems - Poems about John Wilkes


How one twenty first century married mortal male me - Matthew Scott Harris

...How one twenty first century married mortal male (me - Matthew Scott Harris)...
found himself bewitched about Circe,
particularly after reading book title by the same name.

An enchantress and a ...
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Categories: john wilkes, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberBad Face, Bad Hands

...Why am I filled with remorse?
I have the long face of a horse,
and if you want to know the truth,
the hands of John Wilkes Booth....
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Categories: john wilkes, nonsense,
Form: Epigram



Loop

...10/22/22


They try to get the inside scoop
By beginning to snoop
But they're just full of poop
Like the ground floor of a chicken coop
Rarely intentions honest, too many out to dupe
Pathetic...
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Categories: john wilkes, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Caste a Spell

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O foolish Amerikan klan,
who hath Klux bewitched thee with pale poof?

Kluless to the celestial truth,
Love immutable is infinity grand

Children of the Aryan band,
what doth the dark...
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Categories: john wilkes, allegory, hate, imagery, truth,
Form: Couplet

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

...It was brief and short sad moment of time
That still flashes and rings in the painful memory of the country
Enjoying and his wife Mary Todd the play 'Our American Cousin'
In the midst of the laugh...
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Categories: john wilkes, america, anniversary,
Form: Free verse



Mississippi Voices

...Dark echoes of the past reverberate 
In Mississippi voices filled with hate. 
This morning nooses hanging from a tree 
Remind us all of lynching history. 

Some people claim great progress has b...
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Categories: john wilkes, america, black african american,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberThe Annals of History

...Review the annals of history
   Murder upon murder you'll see

Start with Adam and Eve's son, Cain
   Who murdered his brother Abel in vain

Then there's Moses, the saintly lawgiver
   Who mur...
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Categories: john wilkes, history, murder, remember,
Form: Couplet

A Black Man's Perspective

...Life in Africa was full; years in the bush, a treat.
Music made us happy; drums sounded for dancing feet.
A loving life with family always made us smile.
Living together freely, we never knew defe...
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Categories: john wilkes, africa, america, black african
Form: Rubaiyat

Premium MemberLincoln Lincoln

...Lincoln, Lincoln

Lincoln, Lincoln he no stinkum
he was good man, yes siree.

He the one that set um free
makeum homes for you and me.

Him the one who wears black clothes
had tall hat and c...
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Categories: john wilkes, america, tribute,
Form: Free verse

Useless Useless

...April 14, 1865
A chilled southern wind
Lincoln's last hours
Our American Cousin...

John Wilkes Booth
born: May 10, 1838
Taurus the bull
claimed he had too great a soul
to die like a common ...
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Categories: john wilkes, education, history,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberShot Forsooth

...Alas, Abe Lincoln was fatally shot forsooth,

By that nefarious cad John Wilkes Booth!

Booth was shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett,

Sending him on his well-deserved eternal orbit!

Robert L. Hinshaw,...
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Categories: john wilkes, history, humorous,
Form: Clerihew

Free Cee But Other Than That Mrs Lincoln How Was the Show

...OTHER THAN THAT MRS. LINCOLN,HOW WAS THE SHOW?

Gettysburg has long since grown cold by too many graves
Because a tall man yearned to free the slaves
Those who white thought darkness a curse
As John ...
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Categories: john wilkes, angst, betrayal, freedom,
Form: Monorhyme

Proven

...today it has been proven that our justice system does'nt represent justice. it just 
fixes things the way they want things to be fixed. today a murderer was judged not 
guilty and will soon walk fr...
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Categories: john wilkes, allegorytoday,
Form: I do not know?

Can a Historian Explain This

...Lincoln elected to Congress in 1846
Kennedy elected to Congress in 1946 
Lincoln elected President in 1860
Kennedy elected President in 1960 
Lincoln's secretary named Kennedy 
Kennedy's Secreta...
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Categories: john wilkes, history, mystery, political,
Form: Free verse

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