America Poems | Examples of America Poetry

They taught me how to bite my tongue, Before my voice had even sung. To shrink myself, to take up less To fold my fire into a dress. “Be quiet now, don’t make a scene.” “Good girls stay soft, polite, and clean.” So I became a silent shape, A shadow bound in silk and tape. I learned to flinch before I spoke, To laugh...

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They filed his blood beneath a numbered case— the marrow went to war without a call. The VA counted cells, not what took place in basements where his stare could split the wall. The cancer knew his secrets—mutiny against Guam’s humid silence, its red debt claimed as the twenty-one guns thoomed in key. We stood. We nodded. No one cried. Not yet. There’s...

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Love blessing is like being under a type of love, that you follow your love to forever and ever. Being under a love blessing can make us act like we are on cloud nine. Floating so high in our heart and mind, we can’t think of anything but our love. Making us want to be...

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His kisses were forbidden—intense and forceful, surpassing his first and second. But his third smooch was as cold as a Bollywood kiss. ...

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On the move Trucker’s style Every highway mile Off ramp routes Through the night and next day Destination to destination arrive Sometimes clear skies Storms in otherwise Trucker’s highway friends Flashing of headlights and horns blowing Around highway bends and mountain highs and lows Views below Town citizen waves Eyes on the road and behave Truck stops Restaurant eats Country songs Accelerating as I move along Trucker’s wheels Turning Turning Turning Truckers Horn music An orchestra...

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JERICHO AWAKENING Deception has always been A strategy and ally of injustice; Veiling its ruthless deeds, And shifting attention From aged-old atrocities, While living and percolating Behind invisible Jericho walls:- Let not the reality Of new Jericho borders Blind and deceive us:- Legislative freedom and unity For so-called refugees, Remain at hand, and Our struggle to be masters Of ourselves continues; We being caged and considered Refugees in this, our...

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Been around the world seen some strange sights in my time and looking back my favourite is a roadway sign of yellow and black viewed in the U.S.A. which read (intellectually challenged?) 'SLOW CHILDREN AT PLAY' ...

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Walking to Rome On my way to Rome, I walked with a group of Jews who had left Israel because it had become a racist state The Jews were a group of young men and women on their way to Rome to seek an  audience with the Papa to ask him to take a stance against the orgy of brutality  against the Palestinians Their...

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Good morning America. Today, July 4, 2025, I looked out of my front window, and at 6AM saw a most beautiful sky. Locked into this eastern canopy was a very eye-catching coloration, reminding me of the colors of the American flag. Yes, America, like our flag, it was red, white, and blue. No, there were no stars and strips, but I...

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Georgia’s Tybee Island; titillatingly rained. photographer’s giddy: within frame, behind glass, photo with shades of gray …a fogbow manifests. Some Kind Of Misty Poetry Contest Sponsor: Nette Onclaud Date: 7/6/2025 ...

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Love potion, is so sweet, it comes in many forms, and can make you weak. Love potion, can make you smile, but really it may make you cry. Cry with pain, because it makes you do things that you would never agree to if you had not taken the love potion. Love potion, is tasteless,...

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My old husband, married so many times, making a big giant army with his loves. Loves that must follow all his rules, or he will cause them to feel blue. My old husband, has a way of making everyday a special day, that makes me chuckle, with his attention to detail. My old husband, is such...

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I used to be proud to fly our American flag as from childhood I was taught I used to fly our American flag without giving it a second thought. But I see a divided country now…one that is quickly moving away from democracy and even though there are people out there who see things differently than me in...

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It doesn’t feel alright at all over half the country is cast a pall of shame... that they’re Americans Some find them arrogant ...

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Love has tied me in ways I never desired Longing of you has carved your heart inside me Under the Twilight , beneath moon I gaze pearls of pain Every sigh whispers the silence between us Love has tied me in ways I lost you......

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