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History Off And On Poems

These History Off And On poems are examples of Off And On poems about History. These are the best examples of Off And On History poems written by international poets.


Premium Member Popping off
This was last Christmas - 39 days ago - doesn’t that seem like ancient history? 

We were in Lisa’s (parent’s) 50th floor flat, in Manhattan....

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Categories: off and on, christmas, grandmother, humor, music,



Premium Member Black and White
My steps are not too distant from yours 
...and yours 
illuminating offers of respect, 
removing doubtful intentions.

look around when crashing down
I am beside you, waiting...

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© Lee Norton  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off and on, anger, care, england, goodbye,

You Decide
You can’t progress 
Eyes can see it  
Your eyes show as clear as day 
You learned the art of taking advantage of others 
Maybe...

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© Rita Lopez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off and on, africa, america, change, universe,

Premium Member Hats Off To Cats
For National Cat Day, October 29, 2022

Egyptians worshipped and revered them;
Superstitious people feared them;
When wicked witches commandeered them,
They rode on brooms and sometimes steered them;
In...

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Categories: off and on, cat, humor, tribute,

Take the Limits Off
now is the time to raise the next generation
of children of color
as now is the time for them rise and receive
like all others
in this time...

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Categories: off and on, god, gospel, spiritual,



Premium Member Off Course
storm, weight of rain sloshes
o’er the sides of the acrylic tub
thunder of strobe, eyes blinking
slashes of screams, disaster —
utterance of lips, gutteral
door jammed, eye to...

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Categories: off and on, angst, imagery, prayer,

He Must Be Gone Fool
THEY CAME FROM EVERYWHERE
THEY ALL WANTED TO SEE
THE SPECTACLE
THEY KNEW THEY WERE A PART OF HISTORY
THEY STOOD IN LINE
ALL NIGHT TO GET
THE TICKET TO THE...

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Categories: off and on, culture, leadership, music, repetition,

Missing Off the Grid
At some point on the edge of this human trial
  of being frustrated, angry and tired
I stopped posting for awhile, 
  the exposes...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off and on, angst,

For Me Is'T Easier This Way: a Collect of About Two Or Three Poems Yestereve Dashed Off
The singularity of my voice, 
Wailing out in this dark, wild, and philistine-infested wilderness
Today; Its uniqueness alone amongst several million babbling, 
Balbutient tongues, and inked pens and...

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Categories: off and on, april, arabic, art, assonance,

Pens Off Safety
My pens off safety and the trigger won't jam
You couldn't out write me if I had a broken hand
To get my name in the history...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off and on, character, poems, poetry, poets,

Off From Ur Lands
Off From Our Lands!

know not why we ran away from home lands, 
know not how to fit in the new lands! 

in the depths of...

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Categories: off and on, history,

Someone Took the Roof Off
Someone took the roof off
and I almost blew away
I could have fell forever
from where I lay
Down past the last light
for a good few million miles
sister...

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Categories: off and on, space,

Off To War
Brother and Father gone
Over fields they roam
As they disappear through dawn
Someday they will come home

Even though they are cold
They will keep on going
"Be brave," they...

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© Leah Eben  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off and on, history, veterans day, war,

Your Love Caught Me Off Guard
Captured by your charm
Lost in your gaze
Scared of no harm
Yet shaking at the feel of your warmth
Begging time to stand still
Asking the stars to capture...

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Categories: off and on, addiction, adventure, angel, baby,

Premium Member Off the Path
You've stumbled off the righteous path, into the hushed
Wilderness of the unknown, beware for salvation's sake,
Go back nomad; travel not these paths of no return.
But...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off and on, dark, halloween, history, holiday,


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