Long Abe Poems
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A Vain Word
A Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch
Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands grey pearls
under moss-stubbled oaks, full of whispers, complaining
to the darkening...
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Categories:
abe, autumn, beauty, extended metaphor, grief, heartbreak, moon,
Form:
Sonnet
Naked Redmeat Emperors
RE: Continuing RedMeat Only,
much less any Green Leafy Salads
Abraham Lincoln thought it politically unhealthy,
and probably economically unwise,
to disinvest his Cabinet,
much less his entire Constitutionally incorporated population,
from ecopolitical diversity.
What is politically healthy,
probably not an all RedMeat...
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Categories:
abe, anti bullying, body, emotions, health, loss, love,
Form:
Political Verse
Winter Thoughts of Ann Rutledge
These are poems about Ann Rutledge and her romantic relationship with Abraham Lincoln.
Winter Thoughts of Ann Rutledge
by Michael R. Burch
Winter was not easy,
nor would the spring return.
I knew you by your absence,
as men are...
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Categories:
abe, history, lost love, love, presidents day, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
Abe Lincoln Writes
ABE LINCOLN WRITES TO JOSHUA SPEED
Dear Joshua:
You know that I love you,
That I have always loved you– only you!
The woman means nothing to me– nothing!
Henceforth, don’t write angry letters to me!
Mary always was and...
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Categories:
abe, history,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Elle To Abe
How cryptic would I have to be to get this off my chest
One score and yet it seems like yesterday it was the best
Most simple feeling that a girl could ever come to realize
A moment...
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Categories:
abe, heartbreak, lost love, memory, youth,
Form:
Ballad
Abe Lincoln As a Democrat
Abe Lincoln As A democrat
© Ben Burton 8-25-2014
The evil of men being sold
Long past, since Mr. Lincoln's fight
Still, dark suspicion blooms and grows
And loots the cause of civil rights
The North designed a whipping horse
Down in...
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Categories:
abe, black african american, political, racism,
Form:
I do not know?
His Name Was Abe
I do not remember any of my grandfathers nor any uncles in our ...
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Categories:
abe, mentor, youth,
Form:
Narrative
Poetry Diva S Rhyme Schema
POETRY DIVA’S RHYME SCHEMA
Pupa stupor you could hear the bazookas.
From Bermuda to Aruba
A super family reunion
They were sophisticated, as they contemplated which cabins were theirs.
When all came together, they became intoxicated, which caused syncopation in...
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Categories:
abe, poetry, usa, voice, wisdom, word play, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Sir Walter Scott Kaufmann
Yet with the recent collapse of the garden estate, Abe knew
The devil had appeared down, in, up out the chimney flue
As a result Eve had lost the Rose, petals fallin' to the ground
His brother Cain...
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Categories:
abe, abortion, anger, assonance, brother, cancer, christian, christmas,
Form:
Alexandrine
Aphorisms- Idiomatic Expressions
*Aphorisms/ Idiomatic expressions*
(Short, pithy, instructive sayings passed down through the years)
Composed: by Tom Wright
7/12/2018
The man who coined the aphorism “Seize the Day”
Didn’t always mean “The Ends Justify the Means” but may.
Many have said “Rules Were...
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Categories:
abe, satire,
Form:
Lyric
Christmas Miracle In the Ghetto (Co-Written With John Moses Freeman)
Peering at the radiating faces of happy families
So much joy emanates from well-to-do children’s sparkling eyes
Wish I could replace the grief, put smiles on the faces of my sons
Without a glimmer of hope even promises...
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Categories:
abe, family, holiday, hope, upliftingme, world, love, me,
Form:
Narrative
Joe In Wonderland
We've a third string coach running the team
who can't even remember his own play book
so a batch of amateurs
are running the show
from the bench
from the trenches
of their minds
Its a play book mirroring ...
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Categories:
abe, cheer up,
Form:
Free verse
OLUPONNA; MY LAND AND TERRAIN
OLUPONNA: MY LAND AND TERRAIN.
Oh my mother land; wealthy in soil
To my grip held so highten; not soiled
So cultured and nurtured in legendary
To a land whose worth is never lost in form
Will I soon...
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Categories:
abe, africa, confidence, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Delusions of Green
Late within this certain night,
Reflections of a friendship gone astray,
Spiral above my thoughts as I readily ponder
What should be said if I were to speak
One last time to you my old freind
For unlike...
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Categories:
abe, friendship, nostalgia, visionary, money, time,
Form:
Free verse
First Amendment In Jeopardy
Lifeblood of democracy hemorrhaging
ousting the "FAKE" president only recourse
to staunch impending grim demise,
since forefathers drafted
United States Constitution
ratified more'n two centuries ago
hoi polloi must take to the streets
denouncing severe curtailment
impinging sacred freedom of speech
linkedin with paramount...
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Categories:
abe, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse, eulogy, gospel,
Form:
Ode
White House Possibly In the Future
White House Possibly in the Future
When my wife had looked at her clock
She was in a complete state of shock
Seemed like the usual same old song
I again had been sleeping all day long.
After I finally...
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Categories:
abe, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Couplet
No Such Things As Hate Speech, Part I
You hear dumb people screaming it
all over the networks today,
latest excuse for censorship,
“Hate speech! Hate Speech!” they always say.
They’ve even pushed some governments
to think that it’s a real thing,
politicos lusting for power
are only too eager...
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Categories:
abe, evil, freedom, political, rights, society, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
The Box With a Broken Heart
Going through box after box
Memories floating around
Then I stumble upon parts of you
Items showing me the true cost
Reluctantly I sift through our broken dreams
Things I thought would never end
Our past-time of smiles has...
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Categories:
abe, feelings, heart, love hurts,
Form:
Rhyme
Hagar the Horrible Blessing
I
We sing of Hagar the Horrible, yet she is a brilliant blessing -
This late in April 2019; no not for April Fool's Day
I must submit (a poem, at least) - here the reason we play
II
On...
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Categories:
abe, africa, analogy, april, black african american, blessing,
Form:
Ballad
Frozen Ground
I bent down to pick up a penny from the frozen ground.
I could smell myself, the acrid stench of sweat and soot,
the taint of vapored vagrancy
that marked my movements, masking me from the reality that...
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Categories:
abe, angst, death, loss, sadme, me,
Form:
Prose Poetry
School Rap
the story behind this [rap] is that my brother needed to write one for school and ran out of
time so my dad made me write it for him instead. and yeah thats basically it...
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Categories:
abe, education, school, write, day, me, school, write,
Form:
I do not know?
GNRT DAY 42 THE PLANNED AND UNPLANNED ON OUR WAY TO NEW HAMPSHIRE
On this road trip we make tentative plans as to the memories we’d like collected
but we often find the best memories are totally unexpected.
Take today for instance..
We planned to visit The Old Round Church in...
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Categories:
abe, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
"listing Hard Knock Blessings"
(Internal Rhyme)
Dreary was upon the time, as wearily I lived from my mind,
Sad when I was a lad, was mad contrary to current fad!
These are reflections of no relief, as all rejections kick at teeth,
Lad...
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Categories:
abe, introspectionschool, love, school,
Form:
List
The New Colossus-2
The New Colossus-2
Not like that loser green chick with the lamp,
Our New Colossus has his own gold door,
Behind it he tweets out his grand revamp:
Abjuring that which made it great before,
He seeks to make his...
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Categories:
abe, parody, political,
Form:
Political Verse
A 1952s
A 1952s
I pulled the penny from my pocket to toss it
In the change jar. All my change goes immediately
Into the jar upon arriving home. There it collects
Until I go to the bank and have...
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Categories:
abe, endurance, money,
Form:
Free verse