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Orators Poems - Poems about Orators

VISION OF A TORMENTED WORLD

...The din of darkness,
 The cacophony of impostors,
 The symphony of ignorance,
 The decadence of progress,
 Colonial heritage,
 The empire of the pharaohs,
 The agony of the pyramids,
 The orde...
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Categories: orators, 12th grade, adventure, africa,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberGod Showed Up On Tuesday

...God showed up Tuesday
Walked slowly amid His children
Found the doors to his houses locked
The poor huddled in the shadows
Of bell towers that called to no one
Listened to the empty words
Of ro...
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Categories: orators, god,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberIn Praise of Endings

...If this was the last war
I'd see purged the shadow bombs that press us from sleep
I'd no longer view sky high places that bleed red
                                                to the clouds
b...
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Categories: orators, change, conflict, hope, peace,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLiving Dead

...A vast multitude adorn in dregs purloining, 
Fashionable filth clocked with piety, 
Showmanship on sacred alters, 
Multitude of compromised public orators. 
Fair formalities of professors void of...
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Categories: orators, allusion, bereavement, bible, christian,
Form: Free verse

Wave of Fantasy

...Let’s sail away to Acapella,
A celebrity haunt owned by Penn and Teller.
I shall act as your prince, you’ll be Cinderella
When we’re sat on a beach in Acapella.

It’s not as sexy as Cannes or as...
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Categories: orators, celebrity, fantasy, guitar, imagination,
Form: Narrative



Premium MemberI Stand Up For America

...I was born December 5, 1941 on the eve of Pearl Harbor
And I remember the aftermath of the Great Depression,
I remember the horrors and anxieties of World War II,
This generation has l...
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Categories: orators, america, patriotic, pride,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Greatest Performance of My Life

...A small desire like a spark, I do not know lit from where,
Frenzy of becoming an orator in me did flair;
I watched often, like blackbirds, seldom shutting my eye-lids,
Each speech of great orators...
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Categories: orators, confidence, courage, trust,
Form: Rhyme

Urgent Message To Send Mephistophelian Madman Back To Stone Age

...Though I wrote no book 
attention summoned to look 
at following--->>>

Urgent message – to send Mephistophelian madman back to stone age

predicated upon past and present, I gauge
will offer ...
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Categories: orators, abuse, america, bullying, conflict,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberCatherine the Great of Russia

...She had no idea what a fantastic legacy of enlightenment she left
She was assertive woman who took no guff from any mortals. 
Her self-confidence was well known; she was feared by men. 
She gladly...
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Categories: orators, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberThe Contrast

...In slumbering slope they lay, 
their gaiety snores in rhythmic peaks of cadences,
The lily livered japes 
Kings from central castings,
Heroes of one hour, 
jostling  for President with mere word...
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Categories: orators, africa, character, courage, freedom,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Premium MemberGreek Orator Demosthenes

...Demosthenes was 'de most' famous of orators in ancient Greece!

His "Philippics" attacking King Philip of Macedonia is considered a masterpiece!

History recorded this and many other of his incis...
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Categories: orators, history, humorous,
Form: Clerihew

Gratitude: a Choice

...An ugly contraption, but you didn’t mind ; a temporary solution of the permanent kind. It served you well in those hard years when you were most unwell, when you needed utility more than beauty, econ...
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Categories: orators, allusion, appreciation, friendship, inspirational,
Form: Prose Poetry

Premium MemberC O U R a G E

...C	Children who stand up for what is right.
O	Orators who are careful not to attack certain people.
U	Unity in the form of listening and learning.
R	Responding to everyone in a calm, rational way.
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Categories: orators, courage,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberGenocide Party

...Persuasive orators deliver
fiery discourses
messages rendered meaningless
for what can be said or heard
when no one listens

Generations of fertile minds
now give rise to contempt
dis...
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Categories: orators, political,
Form: Free verse

Raps Blueprint

...I pattern my rhymes to relate to the divine plans of the maker/
Marvel at how my nouns and verbs seem to dance on the paper/
Advanced orators don’t hesitate to drop the prepositions/
And don’t use...
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Categories: orators, rap,
Form: Free verse

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