Long Common law Poems

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A Forgotten Angel

A FORGOTTEN ANGEL

Who was she?  They wondered
No one knew her name
Where did she live?  They wondered
No one ever saw her playing
How old was she?  They wondered
Did she have any friends?
What happened? ...

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Categories: common law, angel, anger, betrayal, child abuse, courage, grave,
Form: Free verse


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Anglo-Norman Arising

the wealth of norman England is poised to grow
  towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
  kingdoms extend with numbers reducing
  old and new empires jostle, reshaping across continents and...

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© Ian Love  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common law, england, history, identity, immigration, language, people, social,
Form: Narrative

Artemisia, Part 12 of 12

A Daniel, Come to Judgment!

Before I give my judgment in this case,
my custom is to have the plaintiff read
aloud, before the other party, face to face

the statute law that’s pertinent.  The screed,
Miss Gentileschi, starts...

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Categories: common law,
Form: Terza Rima

A Reformed Daughter of the Usa

Perhaps it was a bit of old moral Navy nostalgia misting from Dad's brow as he taught us moral just rule.
At times in my life, honoring my father and mother; one of the ten commandments--...

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© Cindy Lu  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common law, absence, dad, freedom,
Form: Narrative
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Relationships' topics Q and A part one

Q  In Christ Jesus, are women second class citizens and/or second class
     believers in the kingdom of heaven or on the earth?

A   In the kingdom of heaven: There...

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Categories: common law, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Prose


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Politically Correct Love Poem In a Litigious Society

Come live with me and be my love,

Lover status is open to all sexual persuasions in accordance with the liberties extended to the 
Gay, Lesbian and Bi-sexual league.  Living together as my love will...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common law, parodylove, may,
Form: Free verse

Wimpole Street, Part 3 of 7

(In a 19th-century legal judgment studied by all who 
learn the English common law, Sturges v. Bridgeman,
the court found in favour of a "nice" doctor over a
"common" manufacturer, for reasons of pure snobbery.)

The Candyman Can’t

Some...

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Categories: common law, london,
Form: Couplet
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The Legacy of Law - Part One -

Law began by living,
locomotion meeting the rails of electric rainfall,
Consequence coursing through interconnected crossbeams
making all form fruit of the first & final recipe,
one great statute spawned from the storm
billowing from Divinity's genius,
everything in the Universe...

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Categories: common law, adventure, universe,
Form: Epic

The Man of the House

The neighbours complained again of the noise
Of yelling and screaming and a bully's poise
So we attended and entered through the front door
On a common law power of entry against violence to explore

So there was a...

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Categories: common law, emotions, evil, judgement, psychological,
Form: Ballad

The Man of the House

The neighbours complained again of the noise
Of yelling and screaming and a bully's poise
So we attended and entered through the front door
On a common law power of entry against violence to explore

So there was a...

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Categories: common law, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Ballad

The Bill of Rights, Part Ii

No illegal search and seizure
Says amendment Number Four
Probable cause necessary
Before we break down your door.
The warrant spells out what they search,
Describing things they will seize.
So hide them where you know they won’t
Go to the judge,...

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Categories: common law, confusion, education, funny, history, introspection, political, satire,
Form: Free verse
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Mirror of Justice So To Speak

This economic uncertainty under a radical communist agenda 
has taken its direction from China because the W,H,O clearly stated 
that another lock down would damage the health of a nation 
Many small businesses family run,...

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Categories: common law, abuse, betrayal, conflict, corruption, inspiration, mirror, truth,
Form: Narrative
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Sweet Talkers of the Devil

Sweet Talkers of the Devil

Reptiles in human suits are the true sweet talkers of the devil,
and are well known among the various societies in our world
as slick, sleek actors who fancy the breaking of common...

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Categories: common law, allegory, evil, extended metaphor, introspection, metaphor, prejudice,
Form: Narrative
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Sweet Talkers of the Devil

Reptiles in human suits are the true sweet talkers of the devil,
and are well known among the various societies in our world
as slick, sleek actors who fancy the breaking of common law
virtues by their actions...

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Categories: common law, allegory, extended metaphor, introspection, metaphor, prejudice, symbolism,
Form: Narrative

New Generation Marriage Vows Are Gone

(11/2/11)

This is the first day of your new life
This is the day you chose to be his wife.
You both feel that your love is strong enough
That a marriage you could share
And for each other you...

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© Louis Rams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common law, love, marriage, day, love, marriage,
Form: Rhyme

England

England my England is everything to me, 
From the greenest of it’s pastures, 
protected by the sea,
To good old London town,
Which will never let you down.

It’s from here the lion roars, 
Ever so loudly,
where you...

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Categories: common law, community, england, freedom,
Form: Dramatic Verse

England

England my England is everything to me,
From the greenest of it’s pastures,
protected by the sea,
To good old London town,
Which will never let you down.

It’s from here the lion roars,
Ever so loudly,
where you can walk,
in the...

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Categories: common law, freedom, patriotic, pride,
Form: Verse

England

England my England is everything to me,
From the greenest of it’s pastures,
protected by the sea,
To good old London town,
Which will never let you down.

It’s from here the lion roars,
Ever so loudly,
where you can walk,
in the...

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Categories: common law, destiny, england,
Form: Verse

Villanelle 3 'There Is No Folly In Forgiving Well'

Forgiveness always welcomes every Chance!
She finds her way beneath the Cry and Hue*,
Her gentle eye ne’er looks at one askance…

To him, who Bumbles... asks her for a Dance,
She smiles, demure, but to her Love, stays...

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Categories: common law, appreciation, faith, forgiveness, hope, thanks, trust, wisdom,
Form: Villanelle

Repeats of History

Former British colonies on the news
there's people, there's power and there's abuse,
scenes in India seem eerily familiar
as authority beats up those inferior
those sticks and shields shown in a past era
locals beating up local people 
were...

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© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common law, england,
Form: Rhyme
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Forcing a Poem From a Reluctant Pen

Confinement is too much of an excuse
while the papers are spread across the table.
The phone rings:  
It is the Boston Massacre.
Those are funny words when even here,
	even at this time of wind,
	overuse is deadly...

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© Bill Yates  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: common law, imagery, introspection, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Ginsberg

withpen in hand awake, apparations of immortality
consumed inward. This straight heart's delight 
yelling Tiny Nicaragua's a big threat 
	to undernourished Mexico.
By common sense , common law , common tenderness
& common tranquility I want to know...

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Categories: common law, art, devotion, faith, imagination, life, on work
Form: Free verse
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Common Law Proposal - Split Rail Intentions

My grandpa built a split rail fence. 
He did the best he could.
He hand-dug every post hole, 
Sweat and muscle, rough-hewn wood.
Didn’t compromise his standards, 
He was sure to do it right.
He made it bull...

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Categories: common law, desire,
Form: Lyric

Situations

I am not retired, I am too young
 And too broke with too many dreams,
 I have promises I did not make hung
 Around my neck, and often screams
 At my potential to go ahead
...

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Categories: common law, on work and working, work
Form: Verse
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Its Three O Clock and Its O K

“You’re a daisy if you do.”

Doc Holliday

ITs THREE O CLOCK AND ITs O K

     the local joke
    a triple homicide
   in thirty seconds
can see pale faces
through...

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Categories: common law, conflict,
Form: Light Verse
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