Ralph Poems - Poems about Ralph

Before the marathon began, I walked First Avenue, Aware 100,000 feet Would soon come pounding through. The do-not-cross tape waited And the police were getting set To control the hordes of cheering fans Who hadn’t gathered yet. Since some apartments face the street, Their balconies supply A place for friends to stand and shout As runners hurry by. From one such place, I saw a sign To jokingly...

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Ralph Nader isn't afraid to tell the truth How it is for American Democracy today We should be lucky we have him still 89 and still going strong! It is in having nothing to gain And nothing to lose when it is easier to be honest with yourself and others I am glad this...

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Ralph is the most creative quintessential wizard in Jackson County. A born alchemist, he spins gold out of a variety of fur and bounty. His laboratory is not open to the public, but he is related to us. He conjures masterpieces out of bits of fabric, feathers and dust. A master at his craft, he delights us with an...

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Dad was a great piano player Grandpa Luther was a great man He burned his wife’s Bible In 1942, when Colorado farmers Decided all Germans and Japanese Threatened them My grandmother Got another Bible English version She didn’t have to hide Governor Ralph Lawrence Carr Was a great man, too The only one who stood for The rights of Japanese –Americans– just like he Said, “if...

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Ralph had been a happy pup running and jumping and playing Greeting our family with affectionate licks eagerly learning a barrelful of tricks Then one day, Ralph went kerplop his doggy motor just plain stopped Only four years old, he decided 'life's over' farewell to days chasing bees in the clover Eating...

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As I thought upon the coming of February, the month designated as Black History Month, I began to think upon potential ancestors of long long ago. My imagination got the best of me, and this fictitious poem was born about a grandfather far back and beyond in history. Having never traced my ancestry, presently, I...

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Ah Yes, Do you remember this character from "Happy Days" Ralph Malph played by Donny Most? Well, brothers and sisters He inspired me to create this tongue twister. RALPH MALPH'S MOUTH. Come on all you poets who know it. Say it 10 times in 10 seconds if you can! Faster!Quicker! Don't hesitate. Enunciate! If you did it perfectly, you're...

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Fashion is not my passion Simplicity is the way for me One color shirt and a pair of jeans That's good enough you see My money's low but spirits high Although Ralph is not my guy His concept's great But I can't equate It's stuff I cannot buy That money spent  Would pay the rent When I had Thinner thighs...

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IV Give up to thy soul----- Let it have its way----- It is, I tell thee, God himself, The selfsame One that rules the Whole, Tho’ he speaks thro’ thee with a stifled voice, And looks through thee, shorn of his beams. But if thou listen to his voice, If thou obey the royal thought, It...

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Two carnies Eighteen small town county fairs Six furiously hot summer days. Jax , boisterously handsome, kept the women entertained, While Grandpa Ralph picked items out of their diaper bags and purses. If he had any conscience at all, he would say “no thank you to their tips”, But he had been taught by the best, and he...

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ROSES ARE RED The flower’s crimson cerise hue creates the petal’s grand debut of love and memories to recall my florid sanguine gift of all VIOLETS ARE BLUE Azalea breath with foxglove tones embellish with an azure clone herbaceous with a petal white where insects set and birds alight SUGAR IS SWEET Bright butterflies on zephyr breeze sip nectar from Sakura trees I watch them dance from break...

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Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Ralph Waldo Emerson They say that these three poets day by day by day Always are willing to show me what and which way Certain style to use in my soul that soon is rising A beautiful sun starting to appear on the horizon. Color was seen and abounded all around galore Desire did appear to...

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He was the convert to Roman Catholicism. Government spies denounced him quickly. Upon arrest he was charged with treasonable conspiracy, because he was a catholic priest. In prison he thought fellow inmates, “there is no reason why we should fear much as to a victorious result, for JHS has conquered the World”. He was proud to testify about the truth, suffered and gave life for...

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i hate holidays you see cousin Ralph comes over and my days of fun are over before they are even begun his tousled hair, his cutesy grin eyes so fair conceal a soul as dark as...

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I used to roam the fields and hunt Walk all day with nary a grunt Train the dogs to confront a quail Spend the night recalling their trail I used to go to shops and trade Be delighted with deals I made Items others had rejected I found, restored, and collected I repaired old cars with my hands Then ran the roads with bluegrass...

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