Long Statehood Poems

Alaska; the wilderness state, the last frontier:
Where majestic mountains,
Deliver streams into flowing rivers:
Down slopes covered in forests
Of Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock,
That dominates the landscape.
The name Alaska originates
From the Aleut word ‘Aleyska,’
Meaning the ‘mainland’ or...

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whether you like it or not, 
the people of Palestine are going to get 
statehood---
yes, they are going to get sovereign statehood,
and they will one day have the same international
recognition of any other country in...

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The GOP Presidents Club

Nineteen Republicans have occupied the Oval Office since 1861.
Around the table gather GOP presidents from Lincoln to Trump,
Sipping bourbon and wine and diet cola.
Reminiscing times basking in each other’s company,
With smiles of...

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Our state flag is light blue, we began statehood on November 16th, 1907 and we're  the 46th
state in the nation. Our nickname is the Sooner state, our state motto is 'Labor Omnia Vincit'
 ...

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they wanted to express their happiness with
words, even though it 
never seemed the moment would come.
The territory of greenland
has been voted yes to statehood
and the new city of
Thule will be build and will become
the capital...

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Theodore Herzl's, "If you will it's no dream"
Lord Balfour's declaration gave it more steam
   Hebron's Massacre and Arab Riots
   White Paper's Rejection and Hitler's 'Zeig-Heil-It'
Nothing deterred us, no matter how extreme.

The...

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the tragedy of 1948 

Israel declared statehood the west was happy
the Jews had suffered much and deserved a state
the fact that 700 thousand Palestinians lost 
their homeland was overlooked.
We were all pro- Israel back then...

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LETTER   TO   THE    TAXMAN


We have to give too much in tax payment.               
I suppose...

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Over a hundred years of miracles
     dating back well before statehood
   Pioneers who made the desert bloom
     Though no one thought they could 

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Real life

  We clamour to be heard for our space which invariably 
 will intrude on others’ space which we dismiss in a torrent of abuse
we will not listen to voices of reasonableness.
We say...

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Hello, my name is Seth and I'm from Brooklyn,
I've come to pluck your olives harsh and crude,
and with forced barrels of my gun rude,
shatter your dream of statehood,
before the CNN crowd.
Weep and whine as you...

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These two words are universally misunderstood
By all human beings irrespective of their statehood
Though outwardly they appear to be analogous
They connote a deep meaning that is not obvious
But to the ignorant many, it may sound ridiculous.

A...

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Seriousness leads to statehood
Eventually it does
Fun maintains anarchic mood
A peaceful little buzz
It helps the plants to grow
It colours up the day
It makes me want to go
Just every which way
I’m living on the fun side
In hiding...

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Meghalaya! How I bethink thee
To groweth and developeth 'longside thy company;
Thy past gl'rious days we're heavily chain'd
By the f'reign'rs, putting thee in pain,
Thy wealth and happiness we're taken hence
Putting thy people in w'rries'
Years and years...

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Started from King Macedon
Dividing and conquering people 
Come Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte
The tactic survived today
They created of nations from the states.

Sulu archipelago has been divided
Nationhood superseded statehood 
The statehood gone forever
The imagined nation comes...

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