Short Conflagrations Poems
Short Conflagrations Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Conflagrations by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Conflagrations by length and keyword.
Dropped By a Peacock
Dropped By A Peacock
I can no more justify these poems
than can the pyromaniac
his conflagrations. We both
stand back, the pyromaniac
in his alley, I on my hill,
each of us loving
the leap of our flames.
His are gazelles but mine
are just feathers
dropped by a peacock.
Donal Mahoney...
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Categories:
conflagrations, imagination
Form:
Free verse
Rights -- To Riots
Looking back on those tumultuous summers
from nineteen sixty-five through sixty-eight:
Recalling
Harlem and Newark
Detroit and Chicago
Watts and even LA--
Young folks have asked me, Could JFK have saved the day?
Here is my answer
Don't know if it's right
After all I'm an outsider, I'm white
Yet it seems to me...
LBJ's civil rights legislation
somehow, one way or another
failed miserably in its implementation
~ igniting 'uncivil riots' conflagrations....
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Categories:
conflagrations, chicago, conflict, new york, race, rights, summer,
Form:
Rhyme