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John Wilkes
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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Matthew Harris
Categories:
john wilkes,
12th grade, adventure, age,
Form:
Free verse
Bad 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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David Crandall
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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Dalton Ogletree
Categories:
john wilkes,
dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Caste a Spell
... 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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Freddie Robinson Jr.
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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Sherif Monem
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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Tom Mcmurray
Categories:
john wilkes,
america, black african american,
Form:
Quatrain
The 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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Gershon Wolf
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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Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
Categories:
john wilkes,
africa, america, black african
Form:
Rubaiyat
Lincoln 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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Marilyn S Jennings
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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Ken Carroll
Categories:
john wilkes,
education, history,
Form:
Free verse
Shot 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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Robert L. Hinshaw
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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Jeffry Cohan
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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John Loving Iii
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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Abhishek Jain
Categories:
john wilkes,
history, mystery, political,
Form:
Free verse
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