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Where Are They Now?
...In this country Politicians line their pockets from back-door deals Sports figures kneel with raised fist, and protest our flag Hollywood celebrities exclaim they will leave our country Sil......
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Sharron Read-Lambert
Categories:
pickets,
corruption, humanity, march, meaningful,
Form:
Free verse
1862
...1862 TWAS IN THE SUMMER OF '62 WHEN MEN WORE GRAY AND OTHERS BLUE WHEN SOUNDS OF MIGHTY BATTLES RAGED AS WAR BETWEEN THE STATES WAS WAGED OH WHAT YOUNG MEN WERE WE FULL OF LIFE AND FANCY F......
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Tom Fleece
Categories:
pickets,
soldier,
Form:
Rhyme
Jumping Fences
...Did you know you’re trespassing? Gated communities with white pickets; white teeth. All of their new blood rushes towards leagues of Ivy and ROTC gold. Loud engines. Window signs. (......
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Scorpio Fleming
Categories:
pickets,
community, family, growing up,
Form:
Free verse
An Odd Thief
... There’s an odd thief in our neighborhood Who steals stuff that he must think is good Beginning with my small bushes and trees Which at the start, made no sense to me Then parts of my fence su......
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David Fisher
Categories:
pickets,
grief, imagination, riddle,
Form:
Rhyme
Forest
...In the mists of the giant bark beneath rise old growth saplings out of crag and earth, where tumbles an ancient evergreen leaf from that marvel of great and splendid girth. That footing s......
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Keith D Trestrail
Categories:
pickets,
beauty, growth, nature, tree,
Form:
Sonnet
Whitewashing the Fence
...I've constructed a picket fence around me to keep jackanapes out Through pickets they can see me, but I never allow them to touch private parts of me I keep concealed, and don't talk about so much ......
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Lin Lane
Categories:
pickets,
imagery,
Form:
Rhyme
Luneta
...On this landmark an image stands... statue of a man. Man of honor and talent, admiration of any man. Born with great love for country Died with one heart of chivalry. Studied in different......
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Clifford Villalon
Categories:
pickets,
hero, memorial, memory,
Form:
Idyll (Idyl)
Leave It At That
...7/31/22 Can't get time back Regardless if I tip my hat Going down a different path I'll leave it at that No matter if it's been a rotten day They always got a lot to say Then towards god t......
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Dalton Ogletree
Categories:
pickets,
dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Worth Fighting For
...Soon the sun will shine Through the east facing blinds I haven't worked in seven months Yet, I rise every day before him And write a poem or two The ceiling fan wobbles Finches, sparrows and ......
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Steven Young
Categories:
pickets,
addiction, bird, daughter, family,
Form:
Free verse
Leopards Loose in the Domain
...Out of a neon jungle the big cats prowl the wind in the willows unrecovered, for when the cats and wind begin to howl I am stoned and the boys truly mothered! So I rip in and bowl an insw......
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Keith D Trestrail
Categories:
pickets,
friend, games, sports,
Form:
Sonnet
Ecotone
...Ecotone I did not plant the prairie tickseed that appeared among The cultivated flowers of my garden and quickly dominated. It seemed to say, “We live, still! My house sits in a tension zone......
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Paul Thomson
Categories:
pickets,
environment,
Form:
Free verse
Picket Fences
...I am offended; That you've placed me here; Nailed upon two-by-fours; Tacked up by metal spores; Attached to this space; Adhered to this place; Picket Fence What sense does it mak......
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James Edward Lee Sr.
Categories:
pickets,
analogy, environment, how i
Form:
Free verse
Washington's Miracle, Part Ii
......It also left their powder pretty wet, but their was something command had foreseen, and they brought extra artillery guns, less vulnerable to the moisture’s sheen. Washington hoped they’d ma......
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David Welch
Categories:
pickets,
america, conflict, courage, history,
Form:
Epic
Disenchanted Sandcastles
...Disenchanted sandcastles Alone on a silent shoreline, sea breeze emotions paint my skin Sands of time slip away as I count the stars wondering why so many seem to smile, when I don’t St......
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Chris Green
Categories:
pickets,
loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
1984
...What a year – Tim was just a little boy of 25 – naïve and Lost in ‘innocence’ a critical time bomb waiting to happen Blue-eyed he listened to Nena’s 99 Red Balloons flying high While Band Ai......
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Kai Michael Neumann
Categories:
pickets,
conflict,
Form:
Free verse
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