Paul Revere
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18th April 1775 on the strong big-boned mare
'Brown Beauty' may have been her name
borrowed from John Larkin a very good horse
of Narragansett Pacer fame
a copper-bottomed silversmith
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Categories:
minutemen, america, animal, celebrity, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Monkey Business
...marauding foxes
mutilating fruit
minutemen mischief-makers
marching upon us
pick our pockets
laugh at our loss
“No mangoes for sale”
maimed, mangled, mashed
sweetness sham...
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Categories:
minutemen, animal, culture, environment, fruit,
Form: Free verse
Sighting Through the Crosshairs
...Our Constitution, page-by-page, provides a guide from age-to-age.
As citizens our views consist of strict or loose constructionists.
Yet, we should keep - we can agree - a free, but just, society
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Categories:
minutemen, 12th grade, conflict, death,
Form: Rhyme
Masquerading Ms
...Mysterious Mumbo micron meanders most monochrome mornings
Merry Mickey monster makes mentionable mackerel marmalade
Michigans maleficent mayor maimed Mrs.Maryjane May Marlow
Mumbling meager monarc...
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Categories:
minutemen, word play,
Form: Alliteration
Freedom Worth Celebrating
...Cannons firing from the left and right
Taking place during America’s fight
A fight for independence
From England’s transcendence
Colonists paid increased taxes to England’s royalty
Causing wi...
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Categories:
minutemen, america, celebration, england, firework,
Form: Rhyme
The Maryland 400, Part I
...The British had stumbled
in Boston the year last,
but came again for vengeance bold
to bleed freedom, damage untold,
with fire and with blast.
To New York their ships sailed
thirty thousand men...
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Categories:
minutemen, america, courage, freedom, history,
Form: Epic
Song of the Minuteman
...I am the minuteman
and I’ll lay thyself in a grave,
whether from distant lands
or if you’re just from down the lane,
Stand against freedom and
I will treat you all just the same,
God help you i...
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Categories:
minutemen, america, conflict, courage, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
History's Buffet
...History, it has always seemed,
at least it always has to me,
Is not something to be forgotten,
For from it much is gleaned.
It strikes me as more sensible,
if I may be allowed to say,
that's ...
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Categories:
minutemen, appreciation, growth, history, how
Form: Rhyme
Victory Woods, Or the Battle of Saratoga
...That day in the October sun
The British they marched along
Across Mater Barber’s wheat field
A force in red, quite strong.
The drummer drummed, fifers they played
We heard their martial song,
A...
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Categories:
minutemen, america, freedom, history, independence
Form: Narrative
God Bless America
...When we pledge our allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America.
And also to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God.
It doesn’t say under budda or allah or any other f...
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Categories:
minutemen, hope, inspirational, passion, philosophy,
Form: Narrative
Misery Children,Mortal Life,And a Precious Peace So Free
...Rabies Baby
Diseased old Granny
Fossilized Daddy
Traumatized Mommy
Hysterical Brother
Angry in-law nephew
Tobacco niece
Stove Top Cheetah pets
minus the complexity tonight
These individuals ...
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Categories:
minutemen, death, introspection, life, loss,
Form: I do not know?