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Addiction to Prison
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
usa, earth, fear, freedom, health,
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Restoring Supreme HealthJustice
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
usa, caregiving, forgiveness, freedom, health,
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Oval Office
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Lisle Ryder
| Senryu |
political, usa,
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Changing Systems
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
usa, change, earth, health, peace,
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How Dare They
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Sandra Haight
| Rhyme |
lost, pride, usa,
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Patriots
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M. L. Kiser
| Acrostic |
usa, appreciation, patriotic, tribute, truth,
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Party Blues
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Connie Marcum Wong
| Light Verse |
america, political, usa,
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The best word
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Jimmi Canada
| Blank verse |
usa, absence, blessing, fantasy, girl,
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Star Struck
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Rico Leffanta
| Limerick |
usa, betrayal, character, culture, dog,
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Music Therapy
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Gerald Dillenbeck
| Political Verse |
usa, corruption, health, integrity, music,
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Fine Print
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Public, or even familial, contracts
with predative purposes and rights given and received
move toward more transparency
So local folks
can better monitor
what's extracted from our communities
against what's coming...
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Categories:
usa, destiny, discrimination, health, integrity,
The King's English -- George W Bush, Jr
by Gershon Wolf
Did you tire of one President's lecturing and preaching?
Do you cringe at another's tweets, his lechery and "leechering?"
Then as George W Bush Jr's term fades...
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humorous, language, leadership, usa,
I LOVE SPACE without start AND GRACE without end
by Anil Deo
DEDICATION: PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP AND THE USA.
For spacious skies, from His Spaciousness
For amber waves of grain
Wave upon wave of graciousness
The Gap, the "Emptiness,"...
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usa, analogy, blessing, community, dedication,
Biblical Spurn
by Rico Leffanta
At the polls you can vote G.O.P.
To suppress all the poor folks you see
But after you die
You'll find you can't fly
Through the eye of a...
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Categories:
usa, bible, corruption, gospel, heaven,
Where Did Our Beloved America Go
by Kim Morrison
A Democracy forged in the fire of human discontent
and molded into an enduring symbol of freedom.
A Republic founded on the highest of human ideals
to aggressively...
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Categories:
freedom, patriotic, rights, usa,
The Revving Roar of Rolling Thunder
by Elizabeth Wyler
The Revving Roar of Rolling Thunder
Through the revving roar of Rolling Thunder,
amplifying along air and asphalt,
silent complacency’s cast asunder,
by the tour de force its...
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usa, america, memorial day, military,
Immigration
by Rico Leffanta
Immigration history
Reveals a USA flaw:
Trump's grandfather and mother
Were 1-step ahead of the law.
Lacking moral character
They plundered all they could
Baby Donny quickly learned
Bilking government is good
Trump's...
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usa, betrayal, corruption, culture, family,
Trumpity Dumpity
by Gerald Dillenbeck
Trumpity Dumpity
sat on his Wall.
Dumpity Trumpity
had a Great Transitional Fall.
All the King's Secretaries
and all his White patriarchal men
couldn't put his sociopathological administration
climate health together
truly democratic...
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usa, anti bullying, caregiving, health,
Knowing My Left From Right
by Gerald Dillenbeck
My unconscious Left
distrusts shadow Right.
And my reductive subconscious Left
mistrusts Win v Lose
Light v Dark
Ego v Eco shadow sacred Right
And fully conscious Left
polypathically trusts WinWin
Ego/Eco bilateral...
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usa, care, child, health, integrity,
America
by Rachel Kovacs
Oh land of the free
And home of the brave, where are you?
Where is the torch that hearkens
The tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to...
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usa, america, conflict, freedom, prejudice,
POTUS 2018
by Rico Leffanta
Donald Trump is one of a kind
Because he is out of his mind
The void fills with gas
That blows out his ass
And leaves the blind leading...
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Limerick |
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usa, corruption, culture, leadership, mental
GABRIELA ANDERSON -SCHIESS
by Tom Cunningham
Gabriela Anderson Scheiss was a long distance runner
Who ran the marathon in the Californian Summer
It was the Los Angeles Olympics in nineteen eighty four
You probably...
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Categories:
dedication, race, sports, usa,
The Alaskan Pipeline
by Dennis Spilchuk
The Alaskan Pipeline
1968 confirmed the year
Of discovery by Humble Oil
To North America’s largest oil field,
On the North Slope of the Brooks Range,
A west to...
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usa, education, environment, history, technology,
Country's Conscience
by Gregory R Barden
1963
By then "we" knew
...
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Categories:
america, corruption, usa, war,
Alaska's Highway To Nowhere
by Dennis Spilchuk
Alaska's Highway To Nowhere
Unattainable goals are like dead end roads:
Though lofty, a waste of time, effort and money.
Grandiose in scale and impressive to construct,
The bridge...
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usa, america, education, money, political,
Weapon Not The Problem
by Susan Gentry
One country some often say
Since banned firearms day
Is safer than the USA
There really is no truth in that
Mass shootings there rare before Act
Little or no...
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Categories:
usa, confusion, corruption, culture, mental
The Cause of Freedom
by David Welch
To speak you mind, and hopefully truth,
while hordes of folks disagree with you,
and keep your cool when they speak too,
this is the cause of freedom.
To...
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Categories:
usa, america, freedom, how i
Alaska, The Last Frontier
by Dennis Spilchuk
Alaska, The Last Frontier
Alaska; the wilderness state, the last frontier:
Where majestic mountains,
Deliver streams into flowing rivers:
Down slopes covered in forests
Of Sitka Spruce...
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usa, celebration, culture, education, history,
To Drain A Swamp
by Tom Valles
What does it take to drain a swamp?
A weakling or someone with strength and pomp?
How deep in the mire must this one go
To effect a...
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usa, corruption, courage, destiny, leadership,
I am a working man
by roger turner
Another Day
Another dollar
That's what I get
For, I'm blue collar
Working hard
For all the bosses
Sitting upstairs
In the office
Grab a coffee
On the way
do the same stuff
every day
nothing changes
It's...
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Categories:
usa, america, jobs, motivation, music,