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Oswald Poems - Poems about Oswald

When he said

...The gelatintion of used
 and fry grease waste.
fry your catfish in me
fry your chickens bay-bay
them potatoes fry crisped and all
grease slatting on the wall
shrimps and zuchinni too
baking so...
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Categories: oswald, america, creation, film,
Form: Bio

Premium MemberAnswers for Souls

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“Some prayers are followed by silence because they are wrong, others because they are bigger than we can understand.” - Oswald Chambers

On a dark and lonely road,
She walked with purpose,...
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Categories: oswald, appreciation, christian, christmas, god,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberLove Like No Other

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God and love are synonymous. Love is not an attribute of God, it is God; whatever God is, love is. —Oswald Chambers

Just as the dew quiets the star’s gentle song,
Kissing away dar...
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Categories: oswald, appreciation, blessing, christian, god,
Form: Rhyme

Dealey Plaza, are you keeping right on the still unresolved Elm street?

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I had a cat, a large one
I thought I loved the cat
The cat thought he loved me too!

Then, one day,
They took the cat away
The cat, with the bassinet, the little furry presence
And Sameeha...
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Categories: oswald, absence, anxiety, repetition,
Form: Free verse

Who Killed the President

...Who killed the president?
It was a fine forenoon when the pilot left the ship in Wilhelmshaven
in Curacao, bound for Maracaibo, Venezuela 
the sea was like a mirror at ease being back on the ocean...
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Categories: oswald, america, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Blank verse



Premium MemberConspiracy Theories

...Conspiracy theories are nothing new
 I'm sure you know a few
 But they can take you down a dark maze
 And used by politicians to manipulate you

 The moon landing was said to be fake
 With wind...
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Categories: oswald, crazy, people,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberIt's Not Byron's Fault, Anyway

...Byron didn't wait for me.
Across the hall Becky tried not to look.
Chalk was everywhere.
Knuckles was already suspended.
Trailing the varsity jackets I
Oscillated between chic and irreverent.
S...
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Categories: oswald, school,
Form: Acrostic

Mosque Cowed Covenant I Keep Putin Off

...Mosque cowed covenant I keep Putin off...

and withheld broadcasting
the following communication
tucked away these many years,
when president number forty five
donned, jump/kick started, and tw...
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Categories: oswald, absence, abuse, addiction, adventure,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Day I Met Oswald Berkley

...From afternoon siesta nap
        with clear focus of mind
 in holey torn vest a barefoot child leapt -
   out bed and door and gate 
           a pool in St Anns to find,
 and followed the ...
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Categories: oswald, adventure, childhood,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberCelebrity Commonness

...What sad fate does all of these celebrities likely have in common?

Aaliyah
Aaron Hernandez
Abraham Lincoln
Amy Winehouse
Anna Nicole Smith
Bob Marley
Brandon Lee
Brittany Murphy
Bruce Lee
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Categories: oswald, anxiety,
Form: List

While Vehicle Underwent Routine Oil Change Today

...While vehicle underwent routine oil change today...

At Norm's Save Station
551 Gravel Pike, Collegeville, Pennsylvania,
yours truly suddenly realized
fifty eight years earlier
(a preschooler l...
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Categories: oswald, absence, america, anger, bereavement,
Form: Free verse

Lambs To Slaughter

...Sometimes,
the very best informed
remain the most naïve

Cronkite
in 1963,
“Oswald Was The One”

The Mob sat back
and licked their chops,
“Bobby’s Finished Now”

As millions mourn
in fal...
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Categories: oswald, memory,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPlease Do Better Please Fix This World

...We did not try as hard as we could
We got staid and stodgy and old and stale
We gave up after awhile
When we discovered our votes counted less than others
Discouraged, depressed, disappointing ou...
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Categories: oswald, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

November Twenty-Second

...Fifty-odd years ago
JFK died.
If you were living then,
You must have cried.

TV ran on and on – 
Pink hat and shots;
Oswald and Ruby
Connecting the dots.

Bloodstains on Jackie,
The LBJ pl...
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Categories: oswald, america, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme

Silent Watcher

...SILENT WATCHER

Oh the things she's seen,
Pterodactyls swooping low,
Nagasaki all aglow,
Iceage creeping over land,
Maradonna's cheating hand,
Armstrong making one giant leap,
Humpbacks singi...
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Categories: oswald, moon,
Form: Rhyme

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