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HereticGiordano Bruno looked up at night
Suggested stars were suns, not just points of light
Planets might circle those many suns
They might even have life, we might not be the only ones
The Church called his...
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Categories:
freedom, history, humanity,
Form: Lyric
I Am a River That Writes Out of Time The delicate breath of hiraeth,
encroaches upon my quill,
beyond the water’s edge, ...
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Categories:
art, history, introspection, longing,
Form: Lyric
Rock Art Carvings
Categories:
history,
Form: Other
THE HERO WITHIN
Right in the Ring of Life, I came one on one
With Adversity, With ease and grace I triumph
The race became greater and Tougher
Pace by pace, slow and steady, Smoothly I keep moving
I remain stronger...
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Categories:
history, allusion, blessing, confidence, faith,
Form: Bio
HAIL THE CHAMPION OF ALL CHAMPIONS
From generation to generations, thy redeemer lives
From age to ages, He never fails
In all dealings, thy conquer
He always come through, breaking chains and shackles
The undisputed CHAMPION, without dispute
Who is like thee, Our Champion... MOST HIGH...
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Categories:
history,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
Been There, Done That - Doesn't Work
Categories:
farewell, history, peace,
Form: Couplet
The White Death: Simo HayhaThe Winter War, a hidden history.
Holds an unknown death, a mystery.
Endless cold, a deadly Finnish sniper.
Winter hideout, Mosin Nagant.
His deadly aim, none can escape.
It is a Soviet Nation soldier’s fear.
Turmoil of the winter conditions.
Everlasting, but...
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Categories:
history, war,
Form: Acrostic
Eighty Years OnBack on the beaches of Normandy
The old men are assembled there
On walking sticks or Zimmer frames
Some confined to their wheelchair,
This diminishing band of heroes,
Survivors from eighty years before
Who by ship, parachute and glider
Were...
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Categories:
conflict, history, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
The Killing Times-Female Scottish MartyrsOn the 11th May 1685 in the west of Scotland in a small coastal village called wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway the covenanters were sought to swear allegiance and acknowledge King James as head of...
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Categories:
death, history, sea,
Form: Rhyme
'A Wider Beam' - Reconstructed
Night after night war darkens our screens
Women and children’s cries and screams
Truth enters our living rooms, or so it seems
...
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Categories:
history, technology, truth, war,
Form: Monorhyme
Unknown origins; Satire: Punch Magazine
Categories:
appreciation, culture, education, history,
Form: Footle
Blue Jeans Everywhere
Blue jeans surround me
blue jeans all around me
Blue jeans everywhere I look
blue jeans in every store and shuk *...
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Categories:
clothes, fashion, history, international,
Form: Rhyme
Lifting of The Wreck
I come here often, stop,
and from the river bank, watch
the ribs of an old wreck break through
the surface on an ebbing tide.
After all this time it still seems
to crave for breath, to air
its...
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Categories:
boat, history, river,
Form: Free verse
Bible AccountUnder Dead Sea lies
Two wicked cities buried
Sodom, Gomorrah....
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Categories:
bible, gospel, history, sin,
Form: Haiku
Gold, Guns And GloryMagellan proves right
The world can be conquered through
Gold, guns and glory....
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Categories:
history, perspective, truth, wisdom,
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of History Poems
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Definition | What is History in Poetry?
Poems Related to History
past, yesteryear, yesterday, antiquity, good old days, ancient times, bygone times, days of old, days of yore, old days, olden days, story, account, tale, record, annals, relation, biography, autobiography, recapitulation, saga, journal, narrative, recital, version, diary, narration, report, epic, prehistory, memoirs,