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Contemplating Red, White, and Blue
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Terry Mullally
| Rhyme |
ramparts, appreciation, death, dedication,
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Ireland - a divided island part two
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Ian Love
| Narrative |
ramparts, community, history, ireland, time,
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Measurements of a kiss
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Ibohal Kshetrimayum
| I do not know? |
ramparts, bird, birth, black love,
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Don't Demean Meaning
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john sensele
| Free verse |
ramparts, poems,
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His Destiny Wed
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Kurt Philip Behm
| Rhyme |
ramparts, destiny,
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Space
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DM Babbit
| Free verse |
ramparts, space, universe,
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Ubris Affected, Infected, Respected and Projected
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john sensele
| Free verse |
ramparts, poems,
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green summer
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hija de la luna
| Cinquain |
ramparts, feelings, nature, nostalgia,
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A Tear-ful Conversation With My Daughter
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Susan Ashley
| Free verse |
ramparts, daughter, i love you,
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The Range
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Michelle Faulkner
| Alliteration |
ramparts, community, endurance, leadership, natural
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The Ballad of Edward Kenway
by Denis Briggs
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Ballad |
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Categories:
ramparts, adventure, courage, leadership, war,
The Blast of A Cast
by john sensele
The blast of a cast aghast with fuss on a blunderbuss
Flew and grew a crew who rued chances and stances to discuss
Differences in conciliation conferences...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
ramparts, poems,
One Last Choice
by Kurt Philip Behm
When the world becomes heavy,
take it inside
When the waves breach the levee,
take it inside
When she just won’t stop asking,
take...
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Categories:
ramparts, blessing, confusion, inspiration, strength,
The Heart From Which Flows the Waterfall
by Keith O.J. Hunt
There is a little sprinkling of love down deep,
a wee twinkling (light) ---
without which we couldn't exist;
like light upon...
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Classicism |
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Categories:
ramparts, earth, heart, hope, life,
Chicago Land- In the Belly of the Beast
by Steve Zak
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Verse |
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Categories:
ramparts, chicago, city, culture, death,
FOREVER LOVE - On Valentines Day
by norberto franco cisneros
In my life’s poem, my best moment begins with your smile crushing the ramparts of my discontent. It was then my heart recognized Love did...
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ramparts, for her, happiness, love,
The White Lady of Skipsea
by Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
"The White Lady of Skipsea"
Last night I dreamt
I dreamed of you
a kind of dream
within a dream
Diaphanous,
my soul escaped,
this firmament,
my immaculate heart
held...
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ramparts, dark, fantasy, gothic, history,
'The Friendly Ghost'-For H D
by jamie brolin
“The Friendly Ghost (For H.D.)”
(27 February 2017)
Yes…He’s a boy.
He drifted through the ruins
Of my personal
Troy.
He sacked the ramparts
Of my suicidal urge
To destroy.
In Ground Zero—
the...
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Categories:
ramparts, angel, body, crush, giving,
A Crooked House
by Zed Zed
We lived in a crooked house.
Built on a muddy mound of hope with the corpse of yesterday half buried beneath
Sad eyes and smiley faces. A...
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Categories:
ramparts, childhood, home, memory, sad,
Catholic PTSD
by William Donovan
At war with my soul for years
since I was a an innocent child.
Born with original sin, never
had...
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Categories:
ramparts, childhood,
Freedom
by Jack Ellison
Security is tight, the world is different now
To each man and woman we must be vigilant and vow
To do our small part
To shore up the...
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Limerick |
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ramparts, peace,
On Rode the Valiant
by Keith O.J. Hunt
Through the gates of Absalom,
steed and gate did ride,
charging fast and furious
o'er centuries gone by;
peace did shout in vain,
the Lidless Prophets...
must come again,
nigh is the...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
ramparts, hero, hope, peace, war,
God Rains Down in my Heart
by James Edward Lee Sr.
(the sound of rain, a storm)
As I fathom the sounds of jubilee;
Raindrops, falling, raindrops falling down on me
Showering, blundering, drenching all around up and down...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
ramparts, appreciation, blessing, christian, confidence,
Inner City
by Frederic Parker
Broken windows give no reflection
graffiti for those who can read
concrete streets are polluted rivers
passing shoes leave bodies in need
disillusion is a crumbled sidewalk
stretching to an...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
ramparts, city,
The Morning Kiss
by Dane Burgess
Breaking through the ramparts
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
ramparts, feelings, kiss, love,
Ronald Rump
by matthew harris
repugnant racist republican reviled - rickettsia re:itch ruler.
rapaciously ravaged revered reverential rubric.
radical ruthless renegade rapidly riotously rips rigged ramparts.
refrains retaining remnant redolent...
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Alliteration |
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Categories:
ramparts, allusion, analogy, confusion, crazy,
Faraway-Hope
by Frederic Parker
When all the poems have been written
and every dream has been wished
When the fragile dawn of love rises and finds us worthy,
to be lovers,
will we...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
ramparts, hope,
On Into The Night
by Steven Henderson
Tis, this other life
Appearing only as dream
Day I left your side
Ramparts that did not collide
Yet, I know still deep inside
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Tanka |
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Categories:
ramparts, appreciation, devotion, forgiveness, love,
Goeth Ye Patriots
by Gregory R Barden
(Just for fun, folks - and a nod to Old English)
Wat?!?
No jovial banter? No easy give-and-take of rivalry? Naught there be a good-natur'd ribbing between...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
ramparts, appreciation, football, metaphor, old,
My Home Is No Fortress
by Kai Michael Neumann
My Home Is No Fortress
Speechless thoughts flow out as words when the drawbridge is upended
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Categories:
ramparts, home,