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Unschooled Poems - Poems about Unschooled

Premium Member wise old elf is self taught
...That old elf is unschooled, but he taught himself Has more knowledge than books on a librarian’s shelf We call him the amazing wizened elf, for he is you see. Much brighter than my siblings, actua......

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Categories: unschooled, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dawnland Testimony
...Honorable Members of the Mainiac Judiciary Committee I hold gratitude for you, and for the Wabanaki Tribe of indigenous wisdom, on whose land we deeply listen for this opportunity to address this ......

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Categories: unschooled, addiction, america, anti bullying,
Form: Political Verse



Premium Member Dumb and Dumber and Gullible
... Dumb and Dumber and Gullible Easy to spot old men in Red hats MAGA meanies cranky and angry that the world has matured and they sit in their rot lie and lie and smear the truth v......

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Categories: unschooled, political,
Form: Free verse
The Trumpet of Parrots
... If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor – Desmond Tutu The Trumpet of Parrots Patriots rally to the trumpet sound, its blare echoes the lies ......

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Categories: unschooled, political,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Obverse
...Wisdom grows alone darkness eyes attend wakes the light slumberer Deep in wet dreams respect waves the buried grounds for divorce Wind weather attitudes cries mount lies draw out Gree......

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Categories: unschooled, creation, imagery, men, women,
Form: Triversen



The Hourglass
...Nothing matters once you’re gone It matters when you’re here Tomorrow cloaked in lost regret Today the moment dear Transcendence born of time undone Free of all the rules The sand ......

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Categories: unschooled, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member For they Love their own praise and glory of man
...John 11:47-48 NIV? [47] Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. “What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs. [48] If we let h......

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Categories: unschooled, faith,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Unschooled
... unschooled in pride sweeping debris under tables into corners as if it didn’t matter ......

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Categories: unschooled, pride, sad,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Spirit made it out of Jerusalem, my influence of the Jerusalem poem
...??Mark 9:1 NIV?? [1] And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.” ??Acts 1:7-8 NIV?? [7]......

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Categories: unschooled, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member We choke
...It’s not as though we lost our cool without any reason at all; the unschooled should follow this rule: no smoking’s allowed in the hall. Others may call it a defect but it’s the butterfly effe......

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Categories: unschooled, rude,
Form: Rispetto
Premium Member Slow Boat To China
...I was born in a landlocked getaway town Where all the colors were black, gray, or brown. Jobs at the steel mill were ratcheting down. It was not in my future to stay. So, I took a long walk off......

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Categories: unschooled, adventure, allegory,
Form: Rhyme
Craftspeople, Creativity, Family - Happy Bday Mom
...I You have a vivid mind, heart, vocabulary A lover of God, I make excuses (true, right) Yes, South Africa fails us in electricity Still, Shakespeare worked by candlelight II I admire my siste......

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Categories: unschooled, absence, america, art, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
November Second Two Thousand Twenty Two
...November second two thousand twenty two... abuzz with Autumnal thrum Approximately six weeks since August sum er re: lazy dog days witnessed lolling about sipping cocktails, whose primary ingr......

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Categories: unschooled, 12th grade, adventure, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Love Celebration and Education
...I Unless you have been loved -- Not just reading about all types, Unless you have been a Beloved, My life says: until then, it's all hype II My mom - unschooled - loved me well My dad, not......

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Categories: unschooled, education, emotions, faith, family,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Small Powers Everywhere
...This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine Wide and longing for committed dialogue not surrounded by elitist debate, Win/lose games, Zero-sum asinine assumptions requiring ego-infes......

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Categories: unschooled, anger, beauty, fear, health,
Form: Political Verse

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