Mensch Poems

Objections overruled about using the word shh it? No way!

...Objections overruled about using the word (shh...) it? No way!

The word "it" is a pronoun,
a word used in place of a noun
to refer to a person, place, thing, or idea.

As a pronoun, "it"
is a...
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Categories: mensch, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberART REP-AR-TEE monstich C

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LOWRY stylised matchstick mensch...
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Categories: mensch, art,
Form: Epigram


Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part i

...Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiet?s of mine

     ("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered 
after assassinating Julius Caesar.

     Alte...
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Categories: mensch, 10th grade, adventure, allah,
Form: Free verse

Oy vey iz mir, one day in the life of a common house broken schmeckle

...Oy vey iz mir, one day in the life of a common house broken schmeckle...,

who did pötschke
and squander many an opportunity
to become a mensch
instead he became persona non grata
condemned to ...
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Categories: mensch, adventure, angst, appreciation, confidence,
Form: Rhyme

Unitarian Church returnee

...Unitarian Church returnee

After a hiatus of countless years
plus an additional 
almost three months 
since a major makeover,
(I experienced the magic
wrought courtesy
a bonafide big hearted ...
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Categories: mensch, 3rd grade, age, america,
Form: Free verse


I stand proud with pride

...I stand proud with pride...

exuding suave debonair air 
plus head and shoulders taller
(than the empire state building -
hey what's a little hyperbole, eh?)
since September eleventh
two thous...
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Categories: mensch, adventure, beautiful, color, faith,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPark Bench Sage

...I sat next to an old geezer on a park bench
He looked at me, said "I can see you're a mensch"
Let me tell you what I've learned in the past 80 years.
"Oh no", thought I, but his words flew like sp...
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Categories: mensch, bible, evil, motivation, youth,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberMit dem niedrig carbon, Weg low grade carbon out

...Politiker niedrig carbon auß
Low grade carbon Politicans go!
Ihr seid nicht nuztfoll kein wert
Kein ahnûnug
You are of no use, you are mindless
Cronies.' 
Der zukunft ist heir im Berlin heute
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Categories: mensch, appreciation, business, community, education,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberJagged

...Written: October 19, 2023

Poem in the Fragmented Form Created by Poetess: Constance la France

The good work is done by people with jagged, broken edges because those edges cut things and...
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Categories: mensch, analogy, anger, angst, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme

Various Heresies 9

...Various Heresies 9

Post-Nashville Covenant
by Michael R. Burch

We love our God.
We love our guns.
We despise the weak.
Don’t call us Huns!

We love our kids.
We love our schools.
We lov...
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Categories: mensch, christian, death, god, heaven,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberPangiellas Tale

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                 ~ Pangiella~
                     9/9/2023

Pangiella wed-a wealthy Pakistani.
He bought her a pricey Mogdiliani!
Plus, an annual supply of Pastrami

Be assured, he wa...
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Categories: mensch, adventure, fun, humorous, imagery,
Form: Rhyme

Non Labor Relations Day September 1st 2023 Poem

...Non labor (relations) day September 1st, 2023 poem

Aye dream of Genie (as a lad din)
Schwenksville, Pennsylvania -
keystone state abbreviated as Pea Yay,
this stupid non huge poem
deployed cou...
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Categories: mensch, 12th grade, adventure, angst,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberA Horse and His Philosopher

...He saw the noble beast collapse in blood and dirt, 
Lashed by the owner’s cruel and ruthless crop
He rushed to cradle its head upon his stained coat, 
And wept with sorrow that choked his broken h...
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Categories: mensch, emotions, feelings, horse, mental
Form: Ballad

My Epitaph Writ Large

...My epitaph writ large...
courtesy third person singular.

Mise en scène pour décès
pardon his feeble attempt at French,
a unilingual English language
quibbling, and scribbling mensch
strongly ...
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Categories: mensch, absence, adventure, bereavement, blessing,
Form: Rhyme

Goodbye Six Pack Hello Poetry Scribes

...Goodbye six pack hello* poetry scribes

My poetic side COSMOFUNNEL
wordsmith thanks tumblr in his noggin
ofttimes triggering babbling brook 
to swell after deluge
becoming stream of consciousne...
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Categories: mensch, adventure, angst, april, body,
Form: Rhyme

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