History Success Poems

Like twins, we share markers of a common history,
Civilization, and knowledge; a call for unity.
The carcasses of slavery and the slave trade
Are lost in the...

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What if the moon disappeared when no one was looking at it?
What if time worked differently for each of us?
What if things you could touch...

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To the boy who battled dragons
In the mists of yesteryear
Did you ever imagine
That you’d be standing here?

To the man who’s made of stardust
Our brightest son...

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Special Needs Education Policy 1968

The session paper 5 of 1968, a turning point so grand,
A moment in history that improved the lives of many, a...

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Once laziness occupies one's mind
Definitely, only defeats, one will find
Lethargic attitude causes failure only
That is the reason for losses mainly

Always be on the look out...

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Am no longer hollow
Look through my mind, silently listen to my thoughts
Do they still whisper pessimism?
Knock at my grit, does it resound with resilience
Do you...

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February brings the return of Black History month
Black history is real history every day of the week,
So, I react with an “it’s a long coming”...

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Streaking, dashing, breaking away
Up, up the tempo the McClendon way

Getting wide and filling the lanes
Assisting the open man with two points to gain

Upbeat, back and...

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This illusion of time has no reason
If there was no history
Where will we start
Now that we know what we are
In a world where eyes never...

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Sometimes I would wonder,
what do I fear more,
the grim reaper,
or yet another,
dreaded night terror.
I was pulled out of a night terror once by my cats.
Had...

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Crisp cool night I got high and watched the stars twinkle. A moment of time a lost wrinkle.
Cooler than a popsicle not possible,
I’m splashing the...

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CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OLD

THE DAY MAY COME WHEN I WILL DIE
SOME WILL LAUGH AND SOME WILL CRY

YET I BELIEVE THEIR WILL BE
A LOT OF QUESTIONS...

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A big "if"
get a whiff
Me? zero.
my hero...

Ben Franklin
wise statesman
scientist
columnist.

Ben's passwords -
Poor Richard's
crackerjack
almanack.

Did Silence
Dogood sense
women's rights
and insights?

Philly fire
would inspire
Ben's brilliance -
insurance

Self-taught, thence
Ben invents
bifocals 
smart mogul.

Next project
he'd...

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No surest formula for failure than exceeding the limits of one's capabilities!









© Demetrios Trifiatis
      11 June 2020...

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I
You have seen them tell ... of things Indian
In dark South Africa, in the 1960s, BOMBAY ...
MADRAS, and CALCUTTA were destinations
As great as LONDON! We...

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