The Colonization Of Hawaii
...Colonisation Poetry Contest
Kai Michael Neumann
Hawaii, my birthplace, and hometown
Fell victim of being colonized and uprooted
Those dirty rats ceased the cheese
By the 1900's the U.S annex...
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Categories:
overthrew, corruption, home, introspection,
Form: Free verse
The Dive
...I wanted to find freedom
To be all by myself
To do the things I’d love to do
Put nothing on the shelf
And then, at last I found her
She was awesome, she was fun
She took me here and overthre...
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Categories:
overthrew, child, fun, life,
Form: Ballad
Platitudes of Exactitude
...Platitudes of Exactitude
Platitudes of exactitude redefining my whole attitude
Don’t want to seem rude but I can’t help but conclude
That the truth will protrude
From a form that just wants ...
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Categories:
overthrew, international, love,
Form: Rhyme
Those Hands
...He spoke and what He willed appeared,
then stooped and scooped hands full of clay.
He shaped a man whose eyes were closed,
till He blew breath into his nose.
When enemies against Him stood,
Hi...
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Categories:
overthrew, christian, creation, god, religion,
Form: Free verse
The Song of Victory
...(????? ??? ???? ???? ???? ???? ??? ???? ???? ????)
The parties of the buffalo
Presented (mis)guidance to my mind
Symptoms of sanity - I forgot
Poured tricks into my ears
Empty it of instructi...
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Categories:
overthrew, 1st grade, allah, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Saved, At Last
...Some who preach, erase the darkness
With their inspirations of grace,
Their gentleness and faith, the way
They speak of the One who brought love
To hearts and souls, to those who know
He is the ...
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Categories:
overthrew, blessing, christian, faith, hope,
Form: Free verse
A Journey To the Truth
...Once i made up my mind to find the monster,
causing all the misery in the planet.
So I set out on a journey to save earth and it's inhabits.
I first encountered a scrawny boy with no arms.
"Oh...
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Categories:
overthrew, truth,
Form: Rhyme
I Can Smell Your Dna Through Your Blood
...The residue of you scent stronger this time
The blood stained a pattern of liking.
The fingerprints you embedded left a trail of depression, even though i resided beside you.
Smelling your DNA ra...
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Categories:
overthrew, allusion, beauty, dark,
Form: Free verse
Titanic
...Global pride! Greatest story-theme worldwide! Oceanic!
Voyage liner - Atlantic! British cruise ship! Titanic!
Born in the yard of Harland and Wolf! Floated to venture!
Who did ever dream of a dead...
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Categories:
overthrew, adventure, beauty, boat, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Catherine 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:
overthrew, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Lyric
Dwight D Eisenhower
...Choosing a favorite President is quite an arduous task
Given that most politicians usually wear a spurious mask,
but as a student of History, there was one that I admired;
" the scrappy kid from K...
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Categories:
overthrew, history, presidents day,
Form: Rhyme
Gorbachev
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Glasnost, unmuted voice, long overdue
Once Berlin Walls and Iron Curtains fell,
Regime of old school fools he overthrew
Brave Afghan Soviet troops still live to ...
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Categories:
overthrew, death, history,
Form: Acrostic
A Journey Through My Life
...Pin drop,the silence was loud
Hashtag a baby is born, dead gone the mother was
Bang bang,the landlord overthrew
Loud cries,papa had fled
Nosiy chaos was the start of it all
@JayHeart
I came ...
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Categories:
overthrew, absence, addiction, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Regained
...During my pleasant and leisurely morning strolls
Gaze at the enthralling golden shower clusters.
Like to laze near that tree, eulogizing its elegance,
And reckoning how exult was it for its flamb...
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Categories:
overthrew, confidence, faith,
Form: Free verse
'twas the Night Before Christmas and Christ Was Left Out
...Twas the night before christmas
and Christ was left out,
with no peep of the Good News,
no mountainous shout.
Stockings were hung
by the chimney the same,
but no one made mention
of the ...
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Categories:
overthrew, celebration, christmas, giving, god,
Form: Rhyme
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