Long Lafayette Poems
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On Monmouth's Fields, Part IIn June of seventeen seventy-eight
General Clinton led British troops north,
forced to abandon Philadelphia,
he now marched leisurely for New York.
He knew American troops shadowed him,
and he realized that he had a good chance
to draw Washington out...
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Categories:
lafayette, america, conflict, confusion, england, history, usa, war,
Form:
Epic
On Monmouth's Fields, Part Ii...He reformed the routing patriots,
formed a line atop a rise, Perrine’s Hill,
brought in General Knox and the artillery,
commanding the mass through sheer force of will.
He needed to buy time for the main force
to march on...
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Categories:
lafayette, america, conflict, confusion, england, history, usa, war,
Form:
Epic
Getting My BreathWe are in the age of raging time,
rhyme and reason down the drain
with our coffee grinds,
quick views and videos, terror on the tubes,
smart-mouths cursing
between commercials
repeating Breaking News.
Find somehow a parking place,
stand in line, glazed...
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Categories:
lafayette, lifelife, me,
Form:
Personification
My Respnse To Church QuestionsSt. James Discernment Question Answers
Thank you answering these questions and helping the Discernment Committee
with it's work.
From: James Thomas Horn
#1 Remember a moment that was a high point, when you felt our church was doing...
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Categories:
lafayette, allegory, analogy,
Form:
I do not know?
Lost Causeman created thunder awakening brooklyn with the promise of hell to come
if god is generous it will rain on the night of unregulated fire works
for dogs and cats not to fear the roar of drunken...
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Categories:
lafayette, firework,
Form:
Free verse
Dad Never Knew His FatherDad never knew his father. That soldier died in a war.
All Dad heard was brief stories of the man that went before.
Grandma had some pictures and some medals on a wall.
But Dad never knew...
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Categories:
lafayette, absence, father, grandfather, patriotic, soldier, son, war,
Form:
Couplet
Louisiana Support Me TodayMonroe*,Shreveport, Alexandria*, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge*, New Orleans*,
support the woman who has either visited or lived there before. She's coming straight from
the top of the bottom of the map. She wrote...
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Categories:
lafayette, education, family, holiday, life, people, philosophy, places,
Form:
Light Verse
In the City Cafe of TunisWe, pedestrians, who love open range
walk in and out for freedom and bread.
It is now high time for autumnal change
And the city streets are propelling us ahead.
Reality is contained and so in it is my...
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Categories:
lafayette, people, city, drink,
Form:
Verse
Il Mono Della Lunaaspirante suono escono abitare come violino,
per aprire la crescente punteggio su par
con quelle che parla delicatamente, si trova
diretto dal piano di un parente prossimo.
essa sollecita più in pace mentre a dissipare,
la prua ha...
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Categories:
lafayette, love,
Form:
Verse
Each Small Ornament Reminds Me of YouI always considered you littered my home,
Small knickknacks adorning overcrowded shelves.
The marble statues you bought from lovely Rome,
I leave them there, a memory of ourselves.
And in gay Paris, you just went mad with joy
Those miniatures...
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Categories:
lafayette, appreciation, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
A Wooden Cross~A Wooden Cross~
South of Lafayette on interstate 65
I saw a wooden cross.
The roadside monument,
weathered and grey,
was a tribute to a loved one
who lost his life in a car crash.
At 70 mph I only saw it...
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Categories:
lafayette, death, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
A LostI lost my outside cat tonight
a dear to me I am drenched in tears
as I will miss the company
of rubs and what not
looking for a meal and share of fleas
my heart broken again
all old...
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Categories:
lafayette, absence,
Form:
Free verse