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Premium Member This Is Feminist Us
It's peaceful here in my backyard.
The crows sound happy
with warm October sunlight.

I just read about a deadly gathering in Las Vegas.
Absence of sun-drenched peace.
Inconvenient this time of lost loss.
Death is always inconvenient,
even when invited.

A veteran,
about...

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Categories: civilian, anger, fear, humor, integrity, mental illness, military,
Form: Political Verse



Be Embarrased By Arms
Be Embarrased by Arms

The right of a person to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon when in a
well-regulated militia necessary for the security of a free state. In other words, if 
you...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: civilian, encouraging,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member The Search For Idealism
Placed First in:
Can`t Believe It was a Na Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Silent One

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Categories: civilian, humanity, inspirational, men, world,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Strange Justice Dreams
It is a strange dream
in which an animal rights advocate
is swamped with questions
from Chief Justice Roberts.

A vicious dog,
trained to attack humans 
with politically incorrect audacity
to trespass against his white supremacist Master,
has been imprisoned
and sentenced to...

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Categories: civilian, caregiving, earth, health, humor, peace, mental health,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Zeitgeist
competing cousins, interbreeding homo-sapiens
  hominins humming mostly human song
  altruistic generalisers, ever close to dying ways
  opportunistic, never staying long

  self-aware, inquisitive, enlarging brains, empathising
  real representative intelligence
  modelling...

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© Ian Love  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: civilian, destiny, earth, hope, humanity, philosophy, power,
Form: Verse



Thank You
Thank You!...

It's Black history month, so we come to celebrate, 
all the hues of brown that made our nation great! 

From Fredrick and Harriet to Mandela, and Muhammad Ali, because of the stance they took,...

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Categories: civilian, america, celebration, culture, humanity, leadership, pride, tribute,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Our Ship Arrived
m                 m
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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: civilian, adventure, analogy, appreciation, boat, celebration, sea, travel,
Form: Concrete
Premium Member Retirement Planning
Retirement planning
may feel like civilian re-entry planning
as from-above ballistics continue heavy incoming
so persuasively my objective is not to win outside
but to get home safe again inside,
although I sadly know
home will never be that home of...

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Categories: civilian, earth, health, history, humanity, integrity, love, retirement,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member If there was just one thing I could change
"After the Port Arthur Massacre, mass shooting in Tasmania, Australia, on April 28–29, 1996, that left 35 people dead and some 18 wounded, it led to stricter gun controls, notably a  ban on all...

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Categories: civilian, world,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Coalition of the Willing
Coalition Of The Willing

It was a merciless day;
A Day of Infamy.

The Coalition of the Willing: The United States,
Great Britain, Australia, and Poland;
Disrespectful of International Law,
And the United Nations,
Attacked Iraq on March 19, 2003,
Claiming that the...

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Categories: civilian, conflict, history, murder, war,
Form: Verse
Keep It Simple
If you tell me what you need we can  work out a plausible deal, if you tell  me what you want we can solve this historical debacle in an unprecedented miracle.

You have been...

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Categories: civilian, appreciation, arabic, business, change, community, friendship, integrity,
Form: Narrative
Aging In a New Place
I can’t speak for other men but as I grow older I have found listening to my wife makes life easier. 

So when she said we should move to a retirement community while we’re still...

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Categories: civilian, age,
Form: Prose
This Is Nigeria
This is Nigeria where every thief is honest;
Where every politicians are good yet, they are probe.
This is Nigeria where every students are wise.
This is Nigeria where every He-Goats smell not.
This is Nigeria where every eyes...

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Categories: civilian, africa, art,
Form: Ballad
Gomorrah Toys


Military maneuvers,
conducted by starship troopers,
make a Lot of king Chedorlaomer noise

Earhole space
penetrated by the Pentagon puffing pace ... 
stealth sound of smoke signals
Warning drumbeat signs 
of an incoming, deadly drone invasion

Attack helicopters hover
over tempting topography...

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Categories: civilian, truth, violence, war, wisdom,
Form: Alliteration
Just What You Need
They gather in groups waiting to go through the border; missiles are flying in the air and people are running everywhere .

They have been standing there for a couple days waiting to cross over but...

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Categories: civilian, america, betrayal, children, dedication, endurance, environment, freedom,
Form: Narrative
Who Are You Gonna Call
Hey babe what's happen' man oh man!
"Who are you gonna call?" When some
Low life louse sky high on happy pills?
Breaks into your castle beats U up?
& Ur spouse &  beats up your kids?
A civilian...

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Categories: civilian, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Smoking Gun
“Smoking Gun”


Twisted Blistered dance with me
Come on Brother Snow get off your genuflection mojo knees
The World’s about to turn and merge
Vibrating dimensions souls that turn 4th and 5th must be better than 3rd
The World’s a...

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Categories: civilian, humanity, imagery, war,
Form: Free verse
Condolences Forever Invoked - 9 11 2001
Condolences Forever Invoked - 9/11/2001

(I sit corrected for typing year 201, when most of America untrammeled by hordes of humanity, and probably far more similar to the garden of Eden, which approximate space/time continuum disparity...

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Categories: civilian, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th grade, grave,
Form: Free verse
Im a Soldier
I’m a soldier, reborn from the
Battles of the East
Conceived by loveless parents
Raised by a dysfunctional family.

I’ve been betrayed, forgotten, abandoned
Several times heartbroken
But the dream of becoming a soldier
Is the one who kept my head over...

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Categories: civilian, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 7 Reasons To Not Talk Gun Control
Today we have a list of seven best reasons
not to even think about talking gun control
after an automatic rifle out of control
critical event,
one for each day of the week.

Monday:
The automated guns might hear us,
and continue...

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Categories: civilian, america, humor, integrity, mental illness, patriotic, peace,
Form: Political Verse
Brain Wash
According to Dr. Jennifer Clark, our students in our public school systems.
And our colleges and universities are being brain washed and indoctrinated into the doctrine of Progressive Socialism. They are being brain washed into thinking...

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Categories: civilian, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Stop Defunding the Seattle Police Department
The Seattle City council is under the influence of radicals.  Seeking to defund their city's police department by 50%.  Fifty years ago, Communist China did the exact same thing. Now communist China is...

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Categories: civilian, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Putin As Vlad the Impaler Reincarnate
The latter classified as a voivode
(prince) of Wallachia
(part of modern Romania).
Surrounded by enemies
that included the Hungarians,
the Ottomans, his younger brother,
and Walachian nobility,
Vlad employed extremely
cruel gruesome measures
to inspire fear in those
who opposed him.

He earned his nickname
by...

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Categories: civilian, abuse, anger, bereavement, conflict, crush, dark, goodbye,
Form: Rhyme
Message Delivery
poet talking tough
must take a stand
poisoned children
to put me under thumb
the gossip mill of word of mouth
learning how to swim
understanding genocide
living in this predicament
its me versus you, versus them
time to make a decision
time to take...

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Categories: civilian, visionary, warchildren, house, me, children, house, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Slava Ukraini
A year ago, the Russian state launched an unprovoked attack
Seizing land from Ukraine but they've bravely fighting back 
If Russia can't have it, they operate a policy of scorched earth
And turn many towns and villages...

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Categories: civilian, death, evil, horror, war,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things