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Rain, Rain
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Andrea Dietrich
| Etheree |
presidents day, rain,
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Storm
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Sophie Wilson
| Ballade |
presidents day, 3rd grade, character, grave,
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My Name is ED
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Edward Dzonze
| Didactic |
presidents day, dedication, encouraging, political, presidents
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Nubile Love
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Bhavini Chohan
| I do not know? |
presidents day, art, boy, care, cute
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Isang Pangarap
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James Larioza
| Free verse |
community, political, presidents day,
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An Ode to Donald Trump
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Avi Devir
| Rhyme |
presidents day, america, funny, humor, humorous,
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Vote For ME
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Billy TheKidster
| Rhyme |
parody, political, presidents day,
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Villanelle: Better anarchy than hypocrisy
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T Wignesan
| Villanelle |
presidents day, character, patriotic, political, pollution,
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Tiptoe
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Arturo Michael
| Political Verse |
political, power, presidents day,
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To The Leaders
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Bernard Barclay
| Narrative |
political, presidents day, proposal,
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AMERICA
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Anil Deo
| Rhyme |
presidents day, appreciation, environment, history, immigration,
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CONTEST POEM: 1984 or 2017
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Anil Deo
| Prose Poetry |
presidents day, allegory, christian, desire, holocaust,
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I
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collen gaga
| Political Verse |
africa, political, presidents day,
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Black Lives
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dwayne williams
| Free verse |
dream, presidents day,
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Going Forward
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Anthony Beck
| Rhyme |
presidents day, anti bullying, corruption, discrimination,
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Presidents' Day
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ilene bauer
| Rhyme |
presidents day,
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Vlad and Don, a love story
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John Gordon
| Dramatic Verse |
presidents day, america, best friend, funny
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Presidents Day
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Dennis Davis
| Blitz |
presidents day, culture, funny, granddaughter, grandfather,
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TRUMPOCALYPSE
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Jim Tidd
| Senryu |
america, history, presidents day,
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Inauguration Day 2017
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Rico Leffanta
| Verse |
presidents day, angst, anxiety, international, leadership,
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BARACK OBAMA MY PRESIDENT
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sonya Stewart
| Free verse |
presidents day,
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53 years ago today
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Mike Hauser
| Free verse |
america, life, presidents day,
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The Donald
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Key V.
| Free verse |
presidents day, america, bullying, corruption, humorous,
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The Last Inning
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DM Babbit
| Rhyme |
boxing day , presidents day,
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Quest For President
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curtis johnson
| Prose |
presidents day, faith, inspiration, political, presidents
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Senryu
by Caren Krutsinger
the deceit and lies
flow so freely and smoothly
mesmerizing some
Written July 26, 2018
Entered: Senryu Contest
Sponsor: Mick Talbot
...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
political, presidents day,
Trump Vs Kim Jong-Un
by Rico Leffanta
Trump faced off with Kim Jong-Un
Who cut Trump way down to size
Fox News and Trump compared their notes
And found that the rest of the world...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
presidents day, corruption, immigration, integrity, leadership,
Picture This
by Caren Krutsinger
Picture this.
Exploding pipe bombs.
Land fields that can take your arms off.
Driving off road, and frenzied, with excitement
Adrenaline RAGING.
Oh, yes, Syrian Teenagers,
It is “Let’s See...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
presidents day, malayalam, moving on, patriotic,
Easter Limerick Lies
by Rico Leffanta
With more than her share of fake news
Melania suffered the blues
From the President's sleuth
She soon learned the truth
And now spends her days with #MeToos
Our President...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
presidents day, april, character, easter, funny,
Rotten Orange
by Vella Taliare
There’s this
Rotten orange smell
I can’t see the orange, mind you
But it’s somewhere behind
The television screen
I know because
We smell it
We know it is there
Always
I cannot breathe...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
presidents day, america, funny, metaphor, political,
Rain, Rain
by Andrea Dietrich
“Rain, rain, go away
Come again another day” (first lines of a nursery rhyme my mother taught me)
My
Monday
comes, but I
am at home, for
I got the...
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Etheree |
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Categories:
presidents day, rain,
Storm
by Sophie Wilson
A lonesome figure stood upon the crashing waves
Extended arms to the darkest skies
Screaming out her fury at the heavens above
For the bitter storms she had...
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Ballade |
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Categories:
presidents day, 3rd grade, character, grave,
My Name is ED
by Edward Dzonze
I've just tasted the politics of the land
with the same tongue
that yesterday chanted political slogans
for a diseased bunch of shenanigans
driving the political wagon with an...
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Didactic |
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Categories:
presidents day, dedication, encouraging, political, presidents
Nubile Love
by Bhavini Chohan
Nubile love seeking
mature adventures.
Pulling into its irresistible appeal,
without control,
beyond fathom.
Quiescent desires regains consciousness,
compelling to live again.
...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
presidents day, art, boy, care, cute
Isang Pangarap
by James Larioza
Isang pangarap na gustong tuparin
Isang parangarap na mag dadala sa taas
Isang parangarap na mag aahon
Isang pangarap na kahit kailan hindi magawa.
Kahirapan! Kahirapan ang hadlang!
Ang...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
community, political, presidents day,
An Ode to Donald Trump
by Avi Devir
When I gaze upon that orange tinge
Every muscle in my body starts to cringe
And as I hear the Americans cry: "This can't get...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
presidents day, america, funny, humor, humorous,
Vote For ME
by Billy TheKidster
I would like to announce my candidacy,
and I would appreciate it if you would all vote for me.
I want to be Your President. Vote For...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
parody, political, presidents day,
Villanelle: Better anarchy than hypocrisy
by T Wignesan
Villanelle: Better anarchy than hypocrisy
Better anarchy than hypocrisy
Bluff prosperity breeds doomsday blast out
Probity keeps on toes reality
Executive responsibility
Ends before...
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Villanelle |
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Categories:
presidents day, character, patriotic, political, pollution,
Tiptoe
by Arturo Michael
Tiptoe, tiptoe, what they say is not what they say it is . . .
Cameras rolling, take one, action!
“How stupid can you be?...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
political, power, presidents day,
To The Leaders
by Bernard Barclay
As a Politician
to get re-elected
you want the world to love you
as a dictator
ruling your people
you want your country at peace
you can attempt...
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Narrative |
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Categories:
political, presidents day, proposal,
AMERICA
by Anil Deo
With the grandeur of prairies and canyon
With Georgian welcomes from Springer Mountain
With cooler welcomes of Katahdin
America rises with five million feet
To exult among more...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
presidents day, appreciation, environment, history, immigration,
CONTEST POEM: 1984 or 2017
by Anil Deo
1984 or 2017 (For Contest)
I ran as far away as I could
It predicted we'd fail, that all would ...
We humans revolt against "ought" and "should."
Orwell...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
presidents day, allegory, christian, desire, holocaust,
I
by collen gaga
I
I the great leader of Africa,
A true revolutionary of the pan African struggle
The acquitter ’s blood I enjoy, in the tears and sweat
Of...
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Political Verse |
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Categories:
africa, political, presidents day,
Black Lives
by dwayne williams
Black lives with a president full of black lies
we vote in donald trump thats bad news
like a card game trump we reached to the
end of...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
dream, presidents day,
Going Forward
by Anthony Beck
When bullies are bullied
The tide is turned
Then pennies we're spending
Are pennies earned...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
presidents day, anti bullying, corruption, discrimination,
Presidents' Day
by ilene bauer
Schools are closed, there is no mail
And stores hold special sales.
To honor our first president,
That’s what this day entails.
Though technically, our 16th prez
Is celebrated, too.
To...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
presidents day,
Vlad and Don, a love story
by John Gordon
Vladimir oh Vladimir,
Thanks for the hack
Put me in front and Hillary back
I owe you my amazing win
For you I’ll do anything
Vladimir oh Vladimir,
you pull...
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Dramatic Verse |
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Categories:
presidents day, america, best friend, funny
Presidents Day
by Dennis Davis
I was eating breakfast yesterday with my 12 year old granddaughter and I asked her “What day is tomorrow?” Without skipping a...
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Blitz |
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Categories:
presidents day, culture, funny, granddaughter, grandfather,
TRUMPOCALYPSE
by Jim Tidd
Sad day dawns for us,
though many do not see clearly;
God help us all now....
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Senryu |
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Categories:
america, history, presidents day,
Inauguration Day 2017
by Rico Leffanta
Prime Minister May
And Merkel, too,
Are prone to give Trump some rope
They're not cutting slack
Just watching their back
To avoid our President's grope . ....
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Verse |
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Categories:
presidents day, angst, anxiety, international, leadership,
BARACK OBAMA MY PRESIDENT
by sonya Stewart
What I will remember about Barack Obama
Was the night he became the 44th president
I saw the dreams of Martin Luther King realized
oh,...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
presidents day,
53 years ago today
by Mike Hauser
a grassy knoll
shots rang out
left a world in fear
with a world in doubt
we watched Camelot
suddenly pass away
on the harsh streets of Dallas
53 years ago today
as...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
america, life, presidents day,
The Donald
by Key V.
Welcome to the house of pain,
Mr.Trump is the name,
And politics is the game,
I'm trained to protect and serve any humane,
Even though i'm not sane,
And...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
presidents day, america, bullying, corruption, humorous,
The Last Inning
by DM Babbit
It's the last inning no one wanting more to be at bat
both unwilling to give in or recognize what it's truly all about
she...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
boxing day , presidents day,
Quest For President
by curtis johnson
O ye of fame, favor, and faith ...
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Prose |
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Categories:
presidents day, faith, inspiration, political, presidents