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Tantamount Poems - Poems about Tantamount


Leaving a book incompletely read tantamount to being sacrilegious
Preface: On February 4, 1861, the seven states that had seceded by this point convened and created the Confederate States of America under the leadership of Jefferson Davis. Just under two months later, on April 12, 1861, Confederate forces opened fire on Union-occupied Fort Sumter off the South Carolina coast. Leaving a book incompletely read tantamount to being sacrilegious Starting but not completely reading a...

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Categories: tantamount, absence, america, anxiety, baptism,
Form: Free verse
Rise Nigerian Youth
Hello Nigerian youth! How are doing? I salute your courage I salute your resolve To take back your country Bedeviled by evils of unimaginable proportion That threaten and becloud your future You are leaders of today Making you believe otherwise Tantamount to fraud Say no to divide and rule tactics A booby trap to keep you subjugated Stand firm...

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Categories: tantamount, birth, bullying, confidence, corruption,
Form: Free verse



Tantamount
TANTAMOUNT: Whether by genes or by blood, Whether by menage or by clan, Whether by power or by class, Whether by race or by nationality, Whether by age or by gender, We are all tantamounted inherently. None of us is special above the other, For we all have our unique qualities. Everybody is yoked with weaknesses, And with strengths... inseparably. So why should I...

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Categories: tantamount, age, birth, creation, people,
Form: Personification
Tantamount
To you I'm a number A census head count A baseline, statistic Not special Tantamount A blip on a radar A bump in the road I'm just human traffic A bipedal drone I'm only a age range A line on a graph A check with a Bic pen A dot on a map I want you see me Know who I am That I breathe,...

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Categories: tantamount, angst, desire, hurt, jealousy,
Form: Rhyme
To Trump Was Tantamount
To Trump Was Tantamount We read a blow by blow account That never arrived at a fair amount And the further into we all digged Discovered system had been rigged That to each fact was tantamount. Jim Horn http://www.poetrysoup.com/poets/top_100_poets_most_poems_all_time.aspx...

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Categories: tantamount, humorous,
Form: Limerick



Tantamount To a Trinity
Rejoicing tongues taste a tripled fortnight of psalms. Parched throats anointed with vintage myrrh commemorate a solemn departure. Hands reflecting no piercings - Feet devoid of spiked reverence and divinity expire within the jackal’s private Calvary; a dark abyss strangled with misguided beggars blindly choosing a Dante's purgatory for themselves. For they shun not the light dispersing absolution - selfish claws steal...

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Categories: tantamount, faith, inspirational, on writing
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things