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How one twenty first century married mortal male me - Matthew Scott HarrisHow 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 minor goddess
in ancient Greek mythology and religion
depicted...
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Categories:
john wilkes, 12th grade, adventure, age, beautiful, literature, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Free Cee But Other Than That Mrs Lincoln How Was the ShowOTHER 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 Wilkes Booth stood...
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Categories:
john wilkes, angst, betrayal, freedom,
Form:
Monorhyme
A Black Man's PerspectiveLife 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 defeat.
Greedy slave hunters...
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Categories:
john wilkes, africa, america, black african american, freedom, slavery,
Form:
Rubaiyat
Loop10/22/22
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 how low they're willing to stoop
Against...
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Categories:
john wilkes, dark, deep, life, poetry, rap, sad, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
The Assassination of Abraham LincolnIt 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 laughter...
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Categories:
john wilkes, america, anniversary,
Form:
Free verse
The Annals of HistoryReview 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...
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Categories:
john wilkes, history, murder, remember,
Form:
Couplet
Can a Historian Explain ThisLincoln 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 Secretary named Lincoln
Both concerned with Civil Rights
Both lost children...
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Categories:
john wilkes, history, mystery, political,
Form:
Free verse
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 star say unsooth?
Thy divided house is quaking from the...
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Categories:
john wilkes, allegory, hate, imagery, truth,
Form:
Couplet
Proventoday 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...
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Categories:
john wilkes, allegorytoday,
Form:
I do not know?
Mississippi VoicesDark 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 been made
And racist...
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Categories:
john wilkes, america, black african american, slavery,
Form:
Quatrain