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Whitewashing Poems - Poems about Whitewashing

Premium Member Implosion
...Implosion of democracy Explosion by hypocrisy Not what God meant to be Twisted by man’s hands of deceit Whitewashing history Distorting views Blatant blasphemy Stringing together fools ......

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Categories: whitewashing, america, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member blank canvas
...I love a blank canvas how it focuses the eyes. It’s black and white without the usual vestige of messy attention-grabbing details. We’ll color those in later, spending our creative time wh......

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Categories: whitewashing, art, courage, dedication, deep,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Smuggler's Boat
...Migrants on the move from violence their only possession breath-space on a smuggler’s boat secured with back-bent harvests in pretzel-bent systems weight of crates of strawberries hoisted on ......

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Categories: whitewashing, boat, death, hope, journey,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Basic Training
... Basic Training Ft. Leonardwood Mo. Combat Engineer Center 1961 The major difference I found between obedience, and whitewashing a coal bin with a toothbrush. While one was intent on......

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Categories: whitewashing, character, confidence, crush, power,
Form: Lyric
US Treasury and The Faces On US Currency
...There has been talk of having the famous black abolitionist Harriet Tubman replace Andrew Jackson on the 20 dollar bill. And I think though it does not completely address the problems our country has......

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Categories: whitewashing, america,
Form: Prose



Premium Member Winter's Magic
...Fragile flakes with the purest white; what a fantastic winter sight. Like icing-sugar dusting cakes with the purest white fragile flakes. Tumbling down on a gentle breeze, Winter's dan......

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Categories: whitewashing, beautiful, beauty, image, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Whitewashing the Fence
...I've constructed a picket fence around me to keep jackanapes out Through pickets they can see me, but I never allow them to touch private parts of me I keep concealed, and don't talk about so much ......

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Categories: whitewashing, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member One Seed
...Why at our age are we still protesting? Why do we feel the need? Because the fire of hope for a better world still burns inside us… and because it’s never too late to plant a seed. If we can pl......

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Categories: whitewashing, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Alabaster Gowns
...Winter arrives on a snowflake tumbling down from the skies above. For Earth is set for a remake; that calls for a labor of love. Whitewashing a littered landscape, Autumn's dead get sh......

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Categories: whitewashing, beautiful, change, image, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Popping Out of Pictures
...Popping out of pictures, pulling swords from stone, Hunting with your coon dogs, shipwrecked all alone, Rafting down the river, whitewashing a fence, Balloons on Krakatoa, leagues under suspense, ......

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Categories: whitewashing, books, grandchild,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Fig Leaf
...An alluring art of vivacious symbols and meanings, Fig leaf has many religious political leanings; Though apple was the fruit Adam and Eve had once eaten, It's fig leaf that had hidden them when......

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Categories: whitewashing, allegory, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
Black Lives Matter
...A gloomy song unfolds Amid the chants for rights Yet freedom wasn’t handed Like centuries before . Generations has emerged And slavery has long been abolished Left behind the scenes ? Is it ......

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Categories: whitewashing, africa, america, anger, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Winter
... winter clouds the air as snow falls from dark gray skies- whitewashing landscapes December 16, 2019 Premiere Contest: Hi-Ku (3) Sponsor: Brian Strand ......

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Categories: whitewashing, snow, winter,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Pushed
...Oops, they pushed their captain off his own ship, made sure the deck was slick, black-boot polished, waited ‘til great white sharks surrounded it, until sharp sword swells upended its w......

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Categories: whitewashing, sea, sin,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Past
... The Past Written: by Miracle man 11-29-2019 Each day finds some group whitewashing history, The revenge crowd hide facts, to create a mystery. But history not remembered we’re subjec......

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Categories: whitewashing, change, truth,
Form: Rhyme

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