cry freedom
...Cry Freedom
Not many Americans know the world is not looking westward they see the fall of the value
they see the poverty of the suffering people who die of curable illnesses because they can’t p...
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Categories:
oversaw, abuse, anti bullying, break
Form: Free verse
Damn Bad Reputation Counts 500 Plus Paw Whet Tick Stints
...Damn bad reputation counts 500 plus paw whet tick stints
The following fictitious poetic vignette attempts a feeble tale of one ordinary day in life of anonymous miscreant.
"I don't give a damn...
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Categories:
oversaw, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Tale Told By Trees
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A tale told by trees, rooted
in the things that yearn
far from sight and light of day
deep within the earth…
Wisdom, cautious, heeds -
woe befalls one who disturbs
a tale told by tree...
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Categories:
oversaw, assonance, corruption, creation,
Form: Other
Tenacious Tom Cat
...Thomas was a cat who was born into a charming life
Once upon a time he had a gorgeous amorous wife
She disappeared in the middle of a storm one day.
He did not wait around, knowing her need to pla...
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Categories:
oversaw, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Jerusha's Rubicon
...Family unity, ties bound with conditions
Cult peoples kept from alternate climates
Narrow track administered to every woman
Mother of two, Jerusha determined to fight it
Prospect of allowed dep...
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Categories:
oversaw, betrayal, care, caregiving, change,
Form: Rhyme
The Pledge of Egregiousness
...All white Westerners and Western ideas are inherently evil
Indigenous peoples are all naturally kind and good 24/7
White Western governments are all systemically racist
It is biologically imposs...
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Categories:
oversaw, bible, freedom, satire, spoken
Form: Free verse
Savoir Faire
...Lovely to know He is everywhere,
For love blooms anywhere He goes,
Answering every fervent prayer-
The source of endless rainbows!
Knowing just what to do and when,
Every single time, right on...
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Categories:
oversaw, blessing, flower, god, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Celebration of Life
...The stage was being set.
I needed to get out of the way so that I
Would not end up squashed by the stage's immense size.
Yet even as the edges of the stage did nudge me, I could
Feel the softne...
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Categories:
oversaw, beautiful, celebration, destiny, devotion,
Form: Free verse
A Most Courageous American President For the Ages
...A Most Courageous American President for the Ages
I thought it would be most appropriate for me to take a moment to
share some of my reflections on the life and distinguished public
service of t...
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Categories:
oversaw, america, celebration, character, inspiration,
Form: Narrative
Not Dead, Just Messy
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Nietzsche got it wrong
And though I’ve often heard it said
I think I’m sure of it myself
Yes - I know I am not dead
I never died, nor was I born
I am older than the Earth
And as for...
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Categories:
oversaw, god, space,
Form: Rhyme
The Tower Picture 1
...It rose from the frozen seas.
It has ramparts of blackened gravel.
It hovered o’er the domain as a dark souvenir.
We were all being observed, judiciously scrutinized.
Its windows of radiant ceris...
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Categories:
oversaw, judgement, war,
Form: Free verse
Reflections By Commodore John Barry
...“He fought often and once bled in the cause of freedom, but his habits of War did not lessen in him the peaceful virtues which adorn his private life.” Doctor Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaratio...
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Categories:
oversaw, adventure, autumn, dedication, history,
Form: Epic
Sodom Gomorrah
...The Sodom and Gomorrah, vault,
the legends so long past,
Lots wife looked back, got turned to salt,
Atomic was it asked?
The Indus valley, vitrified ,
it even melted clay,
a rod of...
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Categories:
oversaw, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
Santy Claus
...Four Score and Many Years Before
There came about a No Toys Law
Burgermeister was the One , Who Oversaw
This Decree led to Lots of Gore
Until One Man Stepped To The Fore
His Name is Known Sin...
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Categories:
oversaw, dedication, history, holiday,
Form: I do not know?
My First
...She handed the stick to me in silence.
A red plus symbol faded on its end.
“What does this mean?” I said in shock.
“We’re going to have a baby!” She beamed.
The hidden magic of your conception,
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Categories:
oversaw, daughterme,
Form: Free verse
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