The Virgin Dead
...The seeds of war are planted
in the soil of greed
within the garden of an unholy trinity.
Children of the poor sent off to war
to weave the satin feathers
of a murder of political crows.
The w...
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Categories:
portfolios, war,
Form: Rhyme
Schools are Changing
...Gates once locked with poverty's rust
now swing on golden hinges
Every child a key-holder:
the girl whose fingers paint light from darkness,
the boy who dreams in mother tongues and thinks in mat...
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Categories:
portfolios, appreciation, books, care, change,
Form: Free verse
The Entrepreneur
...A recent share on a post, that is so relevant to poets writing in a world seeped in instant self gratification.
Title.
The Entrepreneur
(A lone voice whispers)
We do what we do, because...
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Categories:
portfolios, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Faux Dough
...
Blowing up things, unfortunately,
Birth’s the printing of endless money.
By Gov’ments and world money makers,
That overwhelm global undertakers.
Yet we cry out that war is unsound,
That it s...
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Categories:
portfolios, money, peace, war,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Once Pawn a Time
...Once pawn a time...
About four plus weeks after
frazzling fiasco from friggin fraudsters
white knight still mourns swindled money
Lynne Costello Senior Civil Investigator
(assistant to Philade...
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Categories:
portfolios, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Wealthy
...I have a dream of affluence.
Of dripping gold and bread..
To feed the mouths of children
Save the hungry from their dread
I have a hope of heaven.
Where the generous are free
To liberate th...
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Categories:
portfolios, giving, god, spiritual, thanksgiving,
Form: Rhyme
The Great Life Supporter
...After the big bang in space you hang and hang
Getting ready and steady before our history began
Beating a couple of a billion stars to become the Sun
Molding the ashes of earth for the descent of...
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Categories:
portfolios, allegory,
Form: Rhyme
Wealth That's Hard To Ignore
...Democrat leaders like to ignore
That Trump has helped the stock markets soar
Many Dems are wealthy
Portfolios healthy
These are truths the Progressives abhor...
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Categories:
portfolios, leadership, money, truth,
Form: Limerick
You Can Change the World
...Todays Governments
are climbing into debt
saving lives
shutting down economies
Fighting Covid nineteen
attempting to save lives
taking us down into trillions
of dollars and debt
Headin...
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Categories:
portfolios, inspiration, international,
Form: Narrative
Bird's Watch
...The cock crows
Cock a doodle doo.
I am up in bed.
In my study, while
revising my writing
hear the Cuckoo's call.
Coo, coo it caws without
break. Distracted,
I bang the window,
...
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Categories:
portfolios, bird,
Form: Free verse
Going After Gold
...GOING AFTER GOLD
A hundred years ago or so, the story has been told,
A fever swept across the land of going after gold.
It seemed each person caught the urge, and they just could not rest,
The ...
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Categories:
portfolios, religious,
Form: Rhyme
Greengay Advocate
...When I was about twelve
I began to see my future
as a ruthlessly effective
overpoweringly sublime advocate for justice
as global peace outcomed and measured,
As a courtroom drama officer
of th...
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Categories:
portfolios, adventure, health, journey, life,
Form: Political Verse
Anemic Checking Account
...This Citizen Banker
safely in his compound doth attest,
sans donning his typical
gabbling and trumpeting ways,
while legally tendered,
currently being cents
less l...
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Categories:
portfolios, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Pirates Without Ships
...Beware of pirates without a ship
like rebels without a transportive WinWin cooperative cause,
like ego-politicians without sacred ecological-economic portfolios.
One of the ways we communicate c...
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Categories:
portfolios, addiction, anti bullying, courage,
Form: Political Verse
Standardized Tests
...S Sorriest type of assessment
T Two answers always sound right; one is author’s idea of more right.
A Assumes we have identical life experiences, exposed to same words
N No one likes them- not the...
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Categories:
portfolios, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Acrostic
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