Monuments Poems - Poems about Monuments

...It sits out in your driveway a glittering metallic sculpture. It costs more than your house, you love it more than your spouse. You can hardly drive it, it’s too high, you can barely park it, it......Read the rest...

...In the grand story of life, a tale unfolds, Of the Haves and have-nots, their stories untold. For in this world, where survival reigns supreme, Life's true meaning obscured, like a forgotten dream......Read the rest...

...Beneath heavy eyelids woven from the shadows of the night, In the gardens of silence, time whispers questions through the ages, Why, amidst walls frailly built from the silk of longing, Do I inces......Read the rest...

...The garden you planted is regrowing, Just like you said it would— But the desolate husks of last summer’s foliage Still stand stark; Everlasting monuments Of what once was. Yet time marches ......Read the rest...

...Allow the rain Hunt for berries Echoes cast our shadows Accept the start Deduce the summer nights Lemon scented mead Initiate the Eclipse Escape the Bunker Silver snow storms with warm she......Read the rest...

...In bustling cities where dreams take flight, Amidst the chaos, people strive and sway, A tapestry of faces, colors bright, Unity in diversity, a sight divine, In every heart, a love beyond compar......Read the rest...

...For crying out loud, the flowers are gorgeous, Fresh, happy, young, alive, and vivacious. Regrettably, we, humans, cut their lives short, From time to time, from events to events. For God’s sak......Read the rest...

...Note: This poem is the twin poem for "She Speaks for the Dead." This one is in the mockingbird's perspective. I perch upon the locked gate, awaiting the deepest hour of night. My abode is ......Read the rest...

...If time was beauty She would be eternity If she had lived in the time of the pharoahs, not one pyramid would have been build for all there resources would have been used to build monuments t......Read the rest...

...DISCLAIMER : THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE IN ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE IN FRANCE WHICH TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 1OTH 1944 TO MY READERS , " SOME LINES IN THIS POEM ARE GRAPHIC , AND SOME MAY FIND THEM ......Read the rest...

...This is the empire of man, Arson , Is the tongue of modern day prophets Salvation, In the bone and marrow of the "other" The faith-starved stand tall, And their monuments taller The ......Read the rest...

...Many white Americans still struggle with the issue of racism in the 21st century.This started with the Confederate monuments. The Confederate monuments do not have the same meaning to black Americans......Read the rest...

...War, War We need more War. Come patriots, Come comrades, Let’s all go to Waaaar! Raise your banners, Gather your muskets, Sharpen your swords, Let's all go to Waaaar! Won’t it be fun, T......Read the rest...

... They wanted the eagle as national bird. Franklin opted for the turkey, plentiful in his day, an easy shot and an easy meal. He had a point, of course. The eagle was a predator, howeve......Read the rest...

...Calloused canvas, etched with sun and rain, A map of toil, where muscles speak their pain. No crown adorns it, nor scepter's gilded shine, But in its grip, a legacy entwines. Not pharaohs' monu......Read the rest...