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Usurpation Poems - Poems about Usurpation

Premium MemberThe Neutral Man

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   Perhaps, I wish not to be so 
important? -- to go unbeknownst...by both 
God and the devil – to fall between the
cracks, of their seemingly endless, bitter war: 
Of The Glorious Garden, and~...
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Categories: usurpation, corruption, creation, inspirational, psychological,
Form: Free verse

Rebellious nonestablishmentarian Pennsylvania Yankee

...Rebellious nonestablishmentarian Pennsylvania Yankee...
honored at freedom fête
of course in my dreams
where Tony the Tiger
roars Matthew Scott Harris 
ranks as one hip cat gr-r-eat
showcasing ...
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Categories: usurpation, adventure, america, animal, appreciation,
Form: Free verse



Mahabodhi Temple Protest

...buddha the light of asia
the beacon of peace
revered around the world
confined by some radicals
in his own enlighten abode
shackled in superstitious principals
he broke away from
preaching aga...
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Categories: usurpation, emotions, forgiveness, grief, humanity,
Form: Ballad

Upon a dark and stormy night

...Upon a dark and stormy night...

as jagged bolts of lightning
tore thru the the midnight clear
and figuratively ripped the sky to shreds
(analogous to jumping Jack flash),
and ear splitting thu...
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Categories: usurpation, absence, america, animal, character,
Form: Free verse

Electorate on tenterhooks until

...Electorate on tenterhooks until...
outcome of 2024 presidential election announced

Polling places slated to open seven o'clock
in the morning 
November fifth two thousand twenty four
heightene...
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Categories: usurpation, america, anger, anxiety, autumn,
Form: Free verse



Silence reigns supreme in my reich

...Silence reigns supreme in my reich

No don (except me)
doth trumpet within the aborted
barren reach of freedoms within expansive realm,
I annexed courtesy manifest destiny,
which peoples now in...
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Categories: usurpation, absence, abuse, addiction, anger,
Form: Free verse

Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation

...Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...

Maternal grandfather of mine
long since passed among the living;
He left his Motherland 
before onset of Holodomor,
a policy of the Soviet Union...
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Categories: usurpation, abuse, age, anger, bereavement,
Form: Free verse

In America June 14th Equals Flag Day

...In America June 14th equals flag day
and in Pennsylvania a federal holiday.

"...I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands. One natio...
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Categories: usurpation, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme

As a Resident of Schwenksville Boro For Five Plus Years

...As a resident of Schwenksville Boro for five plus years...

Intersection upon adventitious
encounter, when first seed of genocide planted
unsuspecting subsequent rapid usurpation
quickly eradica...
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Categories: usurpation, abuse, adventure, age, america,
Form: Free verse

Eminent Domain, Manifest Destiny, Usurpation

...Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...

Russian soldiers in general
and Vladimir Putin in particular
perpetrate outright injustice
against Ukrainian population.

Impossible mission to...
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Categories: usurpation, abuse, anger, conflict, death,
Form: Free verse

Putin As Vlad the Impaler Reincarnate

...The latter classified as a voivode
(prince) of Wallachia
(part of modern Romania).
Surrounded by enemies
that included the Hungarians,
the Ottomans, his younger brother,
and Walachian nobility,...
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Categories: usurpation, abuse, anger, bereavement, conflict,
Form: Rhyme

Trumpasaurus Extinction Highly Unlikely

...Huge life like mockup 
rigged up to bark
dare buzzfeed outsize monstrosity
diet coke, McDonald's and meatloaf
pet banality, execrable, and misogynistic words
greets visitors at formerly named
M...
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Categories: usurpation, allusion, anger, animal, anti
Form: Rhyme

Electorate On Tenterhooks Until

...Electorate on tenterhooks until...
outcome of 2020 presidential election announced

Polling places slated to open seven o'clock
in the morning November third two thousand twenty
heightened tensi...
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Categories: usurpation, 12th grade, bullying, change,
Form: Free verse

Time Is Truth

...Tell you an approach to rid of your doubts without 
Practicing divination by tortoise’s shell and yarrow.
It takes three days of fire to single a jade stone out,
And a ridgepole tree it takes seve...
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Categories: usurpation, philosophy, time, truth,
Form: Rhyme

Awaiting My Modified Pea Nile Sent Tense

...No way to dodge fiat decreeing death sentence 
for this rambling man
cheesy alias con commit tented mouse élan
Who felt unready to kick the can
On account of violating ban

Against abominable i...
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Categories: usurpation, absence, adventure, angst, dad,
Form: Free verse

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