History Violence Poems
These History Violence poems are examples of Violence poems about History. These are the best examples of Violence History poems written by international poets.
ReCentering Domestic NonViolenceThis brisk, sunny March morning, I return from delivering my son to his adult daycare van.
Upon opening The Norwich Times, I delight to...
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violence, culture, depression, health, hope,
FabledShe struts
from the pages of infamy
Black bold and beautiful
No straightening of her Afro
She owns her gorgeous
Forget “The man,”
She’s got things to...
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violence, beautiful, courage, fantasy, humanity,
Gallows at the Capitol(This dark poem was written on the anniversary and in memory of the events of January 6, 2021.)
Gallows at the Capitol
By Mark D. Stucky
“Hang Mike...
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violence, america, anger, history, patriotic,
A Riot Or Ugly Violence
Has there ever been a time in history
When war or something similar
Like ugly violence or a riot
People are never satisfied never content
Never happy with their...
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violence, angst, conflict,
Warevening news
in every land
shadows of war~
even the songbirds
have dissappeared.
***
protestors ~
in the garbage
photos of the lost,
prayers
rising to heaven.
***
unheard
the cries of children
and old men
beneath the sounds
of...
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violence, angst, confusion, heartbreak, history,
Echoes of Strife: a Crumbling RealityUpon the backdrop of an arid land, scorched by strife and climate, olive trees weep beneath piles of rubble while the innocent souls of Palestine...
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violence, betrayal, emotions, history, poems,
Why Is ItWhy is it?
the louder
and more ballistic
my self-righteousness
offensively becomes
The more
at night
I feel self-loathing,
when all is quiet
except dark ruminations
filling my silent bedroom
overwhelming my mind
and body.
Why is it?
we...
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violence, anxiety, culture, happiness, health,
The Second Plane Has Hit.
The Second Plane Has Hit
It’s a confirming statement
Nobody saw the first plane
There is a puncture in wall
A visible cut out of a plane...
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confusion, history, violence,
Piece of Her SoulInspired by a moving storyline from a show. Rape takes more than a woman's body. It is a violation of her soul.
Piece of her...
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history, native american, violence,
Words in the WindWords in the Wind
By Mark D. Stucky
Winds carried away the words
that Jesus, the Word made flesh,
wrote in the dust,
while sitting near a trembling woman,
who was...
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violence, judgement, love, political, sin,
History and the KingHis arm never weakened when holding his sword.
His courage never vacillated on the battlefields.
The valorous king was victorious.
His soldiers were covered, as promised,
with honor and...
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violence, anger, history, meaningful, truth,
There Is No AtonementIn support of human rights everywhere. The truth is not discovered quickly enough for justice to prevail and reparations to be made. But in time,...
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violence, anxiety, courage, discrimination, humanity,
There Was No Noble SavageI sometimes hear a stubborn myth,
that before Europeans came
the locals of America
all lived lives quite peaceful, and tame.
The old trope of the Noble Savage,
that somehow...
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violence, america, history, humanity, philosophy,
My Country - For Liberiafor so long,
this country sold its birth rights to the things that lived in the past
history says - Liberia offered us bullets in 1989
&...
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violence, africa, conflict, corruption,
RacismPutting racism on trial
Pulling it out of the file
Bringing it down the aisle
Not allowing it to reach the cloud
From every town around
Not giving into its...
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Categories:
violence, america, bible, birth, dream,