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Yankee Poems - Poems about Yankee

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 adroitness with ability to turn a phrase evident if we could arrange a tête-à-tête where immortality doth wait. Pacifist bard of Perkiomen Valley regaled at Alpine Fellowship conclave regarding erosion of Democratic rights grave alarming usurpation of power...

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Categories: yankee, adventure, america, animal, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Yankee Go Home!!
Greenland will be our posh winterland plaza Blueprints unfold for a Riviera Gaza Just hot air baloneyism Or old-fashioned colonialism? Panamanians shout leave! Viva la Raza!...

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Categories: yankee, america, angst, world,
Form: Limerick



Branded Y2K
Yankee-two-kilo Yankee-two-kilo Can you read me? Y2K The year 2000's on the way The new millennium's almost here To write January 1, 2000 will be weird Star Trek's beam me up Scottie was A far out idea But now the space shuttle goes up Several times a year The crew of seven went up that day (don't look up to watch it burn) they had no fear, now...

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Categories: yankee, appreciation, betrayal, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Yankee Doodle
In 1755 a British army medical surgeon Richard Shuckburgh, while campaigning in Rensselaer New York, penned the nursery rhyme Yankee Doodle. This was used to mock the Colonists by the British soldiers, with whom they served in the seven years French and ...

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Categories: yankee, independence day, military, nursery
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Yankee Doodle In King Joe B's Court
Feathered hat, fife and drum Doodle's entrance a smash Though in the air, all around him float sweet marijuana and hash 'Young lady,' begins Doodle - O, the naivete! 'I'm a he not a she,' the young thing announces 'Are you non-binary, (you)...

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Categories: yankee, crazy, identity, nostalgia, time,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Yankee Poodle
Yankee Doodle bought a poodle But it was a donkey Went back to the pet shop And said this ’ere dog is wonky Fetch the donkey from my car Get a poodle handy That’s no poodle in my car You’ve had too much Brandy The pet...

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Categories: yankee, dog, song,
Form: Rhyme
Grant This Civil Yankee To Doodle Till Lee Gets Blue In the Face
Grant this civil yankee to doodle till Lee gets blue in the face blowing 99 red balloons April 9th, 2023 will signal 158 years since Appomattox plus what would have been ninety sixth birth of the late Boyce Brandon Harris, whereby yours truly the biological byproduct when secular parents of mine simply following the dictum constituting be fruitful and multiply. (Alternately...

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Categories: yankee, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Yankee Doodle Senior
I'm a Yankee Drooling Senior Trousers pulled up nipple high Food stains on my shirt and in my hair Happy but I don't know why Got to see my family doctor Really painful when I pee All you people hear me farting Better hide the children Cause I am about to let one fly (To the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy. Apologies to George M....

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Categories: yankee, fun,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee Doodle Dandy It’s where I’ve fallen and where I lay. Ashes to ashes, cradle to grave, Where drums roll and the fife played. Where the bell tolls, it tolls for me. Dust to dust pray tell, “It’s Liberty!— It’s Yankee Doodle dandy.” It’s where I lie and where I’ll be When they come to bury me. Cover me, and let me rest...

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Categories: yankee, america, independence day, patriotic,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Yankee Doodle Detonated
Brave young men, missions of laughter Returnees ~ wounded ever after...

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Categories: yankee, song, war,
Form: Crystalline
Yankee Doodle Returns To Town
Yankee Doodle had a poodle, and its name was Tony. He fed this dog on fish and chips and lots of macaroni. Yankee Doodle lacks a poodle. Now he has a terrier. Every day it learns new tricks. The more it learns, the merrier....

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Categories: yankee, dog, humor, pets,
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member Yankee Doodle One-Upped
A rich couple went to see two pedigree French poodles Sorry, no poodles for sale -- they're busy playing canoodle...

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Categories: yankee, dog, nonsense, silly,
Form: Light Verse
Grant This Civil Yankee To Doodle Till He Gets Blue In the Face
blowing balloons signaling 158 years since Appomattox (Alternately titled always look on the bright side of life) Armageddon would be morbidly amazing, concluding (reign of *****Sapiens) fascinating albeit simultaneously catastrophic boon dog gull to accompany (this incognito sans, spacesuit attired as bugs bunny foolish faux rabbit, yup you reddit...

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Categories: yankee, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Yankee Game
I watched the Yankee game until I couldn't stay awake (Though flipping back to C.S.I., A habit I can't break). So when I heard that they had won It wasn't a surprise, 'Cause they were in the lead around The time I closed my eyes. I felt for all the Cleveland fans Who witnessed their team lose. It's hard to swallow that defeat At home,...

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Categories: yankee, baseball,
Form: Rhyme
At Yankee Stadium
I stared at all the jerseys Worn by Yogi, Mickey, Lou, The Babe and Derek Jeter, Thurman Munson, Roger, too… And I realized all these Yankees, Those alive and those who’ve died, Wore those uniforms, no matter when, With dignity and pride. For so many baseball players, Playing ball was all they knew. They were lucky that success rewarded What they loved to do. At the stadium,...

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Categories: yankee, baseball,
Form: Rhyme

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