Long Lbj Poems

It was a long and turbulent year
Beset with death, war and crime.
Oh! Where do we  journey from here?
Alas, a New Year begins its chimes.

Last January misfortune began
North Korea captured the Pueblo ship
While Americans soldiers...

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Close your eyes: Picture a long-ago time and place
   When life was lived at a much slower pace
Think Deep South, small towns or big cities
   Your lot in life there determined...

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Schools are closed, there is no mail
And stores hold special sales.
To honor our first president,
That’s what this day entails.

Though technically, our 16th prez
Is celebrated, too.
To make a Monday holiday,
That’s what they chose to do.

The 40-something...

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HRC and You and Me

Bill retired and did ride off into the dust
Return again we always knew he must
With Hillary wo happened to be trusty
Even though great shape not very busty.

Many experiences Hillary had been...

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things seen on book shelves
they are always interesting
part of person's life

on books we will prey
with Meacham went all the way
just like LBJ

while in pool we splashed
after we would become smashed
then in our beds crashed

weather cold...

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The Boring Teacher

By Elton Camp

Coach Lindsey is an ignorant creep
Who puts all of his students to sleep

Sports is the only thing that he knows
Yet, into the history classroom he goes

He doesn’t know how people did...

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It's really not that bad a place
Just a little run down is all
The paint's peeling due to factory defects
The  golf course needs work on the greens
Nine flags need replacing
Both fireplaces could stand pointing
The kitchen...

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The Great Society has returned
  Its leader now not LBJ
But Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.
  His hair all white; his ideas frayed

It didn't work then, it won't work now
  'Coz it's not a...

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We have our whims with acronyms,
especially with our Presidents:
   Remember JFK and RFK?
   ~ They paved the way for LBJ.

'Course FDR started so much more--
   the AAA and the...

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Our leaders who are Caucasians
On some previous occasions
Would A-bomb Japan
And Viet Nam hides tan
But hate all bias against Asians

Author's comment: Hate crime is always bad. Here's an idea for a political cartoon:

Frame 1: Truman and...

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Fifty-odd years ago
JFK died.
If you were living then,
You must have cried.

TV ran on and on – 
Pink hat and shots;
Oswald and Ruby
Connecting the dots.

Bloodstains on Jackie,
The LBJ pledge;
All of America
Sitting on edge.

John John saluted,
The widow...

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