Long Pbs Poems

" Damn you, let go my gun! "
The morning hasn't even yawned yet
and a terrible tussle is in my sight,
Drouillard is wrestling his rifle from the hands of this Indian thief
and the Field brothers are...

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We love William Brangham of the PBS News Hour.William encourages accountability in the things that  we do and PBS News wants us all to abide by the rules so that no one gets abused...

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Her full name was Labyrinthia Pennyweight Babineaux, but her closest friends called her Libby. She was of blended French, German, and Native American heritage. Her Great Great Grandparents were said to have come from a...

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"The Morality Police" 

hair showing
not used 
for drying feet

life 
of a young woman 
innocent

tortured, 
brutally taken
and murdered 

for what?

in the 
controlling hands 
of the Morality Police -

monsters are real, 
they do exist
there and here

many demons...

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Overcoming my depression.  How can I best accomplish it in the troubled times like these?  Frequently I recite in my mind my favorite Bible verse John 3:16, "For God so loved the world...

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See this girl in the painting, this skinny girl
working on a puzzle at the bottom of the stairs.
With big rimmed glasses and her plain brown hair,
she’s an ordinary girl, with nothing seeming special.

Now see this...

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he spoke of his wishes not for these masses of gathered people not o like him.
he wished hthem to boo and jeer him.
he saw fit to be unloved and less desired.
they spoke ill of him...

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Lisa Desjardins ducked down while "The Jan 6,2021 "Criminal Inserrection" was taking place. Lisa put her life in "Harms way on that terrible day"!Lisa Desjardins said to herself I can! Democracy itself is at stake...

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One day we were surfing for something to watch on TV when purely by happenstance
we found on PBS “Astrid and Raphaëlle’ a detective show…from France.

Astrid, who works in Criminal Records, is Autistic with a photographic...

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The sun is ruler of our earthly realm.
O’er solar planets it maintains its reign,
each morning taking luminescent helm
for daily doings in our world’s terrain.
The varied rocky planets had a time
perhaps with weather mild, when water...

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When I was a young boy, we had rabbit ears,
got ABC, CBS and nothing more.
If we would wrap the antenna in tin foil,
we’d sometimes get NBC on channel four.

Then along came something they called UHF,
if...

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I am kept behind a restaurant.
I no longer swim the ocean free.
I cannot come and go as I want.
I was taken away from my family.

I am land locked in a stagnant,
Dirty pool of water.
My only...

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A is for Alf alien life form
B is for Bay Watch women with form

C is for Cops reality’s top show
D is for Dear John a real funny show

E is for Emergency the Adam-12 off fireman...

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The house is empty, my husband is at work,
I am sitting with my dog just relaxing when
PBS television broadcasts a music special.
Oh all those Motown tunes from the 1970s,
Now that’s hotter than hot, I feel...

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Pangolins

Oh precious little Pangolins
How many people know of you?
Though forty million years you've lived
Your numbers have become too few.

While hunted for your scales and meat
By poachers, a great price they seek.
You curl up in a...

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Kyron comes from Wales as he was born in Newport, 
And like his older cousin was born with achondroplasia, 
He followed Gareth into the Paralympics with purport, 
Because he’s a field athlete and also a...

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Cartoons

Saturday morning, early, 
we sat around the toob…(tv)
We laughed. 

Road runner was too fast, 
the coyote was always too slow. 
Thundar was a Barbarian, 
and Strawberry was a shortcake.

Shaggy chased bad guys, 
Scooby was a...

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Jo was born in Yorkshire, England, 
In 1979, but moved up to Glasgow,
And in 2011 saw a spinal tumor take,
So embraced fully the Spinal Games.

Thrown into wheelchair rugby brutal,
She became the Crushers vice-captain,
And began in...

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Just about to launch a new career

Or maybe I should call it a hobby

Dani Spies has certainly caught my attention

With her mouth watering recipes

And easy step-by-step videos to help us along

I'm drooling all over the...

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Sundays, my mother and I watched movies on PBS.
Jezebel, Sabrina, In the Good Old Summertime
Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland.
I practiced their detached look of desire
In bathroom mirrors, when no one was looking.
I learned to...

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Just about to launch a new career
Or maybe I should call it a hobby
Dani Spies has certainly caught my attention
With her mouth watering recipes
And easy step-by-step videos to help us along
I'm drooling all over the...

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A PBS SPECIAL: IF AS SUNG BY BREAD

Mm mm, if I had a sweet tooth,
I think I would be sugar proof.

A cake would be nice
to satisfy this appetite.

Sweet rolls are in the stove.
Let me turn...

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Gobble gobble I run from you.

Gobble gobble I don't want to be in your next stew.

Gobble gobble when will this end.

Gobble gobble maybe 9 or at 10?

Gobble gobble I have tripped.

Gobble gobble I hear the...

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Mr Rogers 
Mr Rogers 
 
 
He walked normal he seemed a natural man but his voice was used he had that 
way about him a different way of talking mabe because he was on...

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I watch the news on PBS
The rare times I’m inclined,
For their reporters are, to me,
Well-spoken and refined.

Election times are when I turn
To listen to their panel
And there’s no need to ever feel
I need to change...

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