Twentieth Poems - Poems about Twentieth

I've never been to Heaven nor have I been to Hell But living through the 20th century I think I know it well...

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Mr Wiz, Munchkin Land Be so kind to lend a hand... Cartwheeling cottage? how daft is that Landed quite safely, all level and flat Some midget fellow said, who else heard that I think ‘Wicked Westie’ might just have gone splat Tin men and lions and blokes full of straw Red shoes and rainbows and bricks on the floor Witches determined to lay...

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K-ind of rhyme returns E-very twentieth September; N-ew form of greeting you is now here to remember. M-y kind of rhyme returns A-gain on twentieth September; R-ight here in my mouth I-s the title that I utter. O-ne kind of rhyme returns on twentieth September; N-ice lines are composed as the night is naturally over; R-egarded as a verse, A-n...

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J-oy shall be caused by castle O-n twentieth September; M-illion mirth is carried, A-s many friends remember. D-elight shall be established, E-ndless ecstasy as well; L-aughter can also be found in the towers of the castle. C-astle can create the thrill A-cross the queen's archaic halls; S-atisfaction is brought T-o the thick and high walls. I-n the medieval building L-et the celebrant...

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Continuation of Brodsky’s History of the Twentieth Century 1918. A flu pandemic in Spain takes hold, From Kansas over the seas in America bold, Women’s suffrage win the vote, Their opinion is not remote, Russia switches from the Julian calendar, To the Gregorian, the west’s larder, Russia agrees the world war to leave, To forsake...

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requiem for the immaterial man his pauper pockets clean but empty he stitches his threadbare life with a careful hand this is the latter half of the twentieth century man and his well spoken mind sees the writing on the wall knows the disease of market minded wall street dreamers and the throw away class of the poor stranded in jails he...

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Twentieth Century Mankind started this century with so much enthusiasm. What has happened to it all now? Has something gone wrong with mankind? Is he alarmed to live his life to the fullest? Why does he have the means to wipe himself out with bombs, viruses and weird science? All these questions can be answered if...

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The twentieth century fades into memory The wars, the holocausts, the roaring twenties, the Depression, and the 60's are becoming the stuff of legend The years continue to roll on Bolshevism in retreat now Will there be a better day soon? Make up your mind powers that be! ...

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It can be seen all around us Hard times and its sounds Companies closing down Gas and fuel go up and staying unsettled Then they fall to their lowest in years Melancholy awareness and tears War in other lands Religion and stained hands Media melodrama Families going homeless Foreclosure how sad To loss the only home you...

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