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Antebellum Poems - Poems about Antebellum

And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
...And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," Presiden......

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Categories: antebellum, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
How one twenty first century married mortal male me - Matthew Scott Harris
...How one twenty first century married mortal male (me - Matthew Scott Harris)... found himself bewitched about Circe, particularly after reading book title by the same name. An enchantress and a ......

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Categories: antebellum, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Free verse



A civil war ferociously raged
...A civil war ferociously raged... within complex edifice... derelict hulking corpse delineated courtesy seared, singed, smoldered smithereens formerly robust warrior slain during prime of his l......

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Categories: antebellum, age, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Leaving a book incompletely read tantamount to being sacrilegious
...Preface: On February 4, 1861, the seven states that had seceded by this point convened and created the Confederate States of America under the leadership of Jefferson Davis. Just under two m......

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Categories: antebellum, absence, america, anxiety, baptism,
Form: Free verse
I Ask Myself a Rhetorical Question Regarding
...I ask myself a rhetorical question regarding... the durability, longevity, and tenacity of *****sapiens, after screaming headlines report one after another atrocity. How did the human species ma......

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Categories: antebellum, africa, america, anger, april,
Form: Free verse



Labor Day 2022
...Courtesy of one or more tradesmen, first Monday in September set aside for employees able, eager, ready and willing to acquire money to marry groom or bride climb the corporate ladder or be......

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Categories: antebellum, america, appreciation, celebration, culture,
Form: Rhyme
Not a Ballpoint To Sleep
...THIS IS ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES... VERSE 1: Not a Ballpoint To Sleep I dare blame them for any detriment, As I care more to rubbish these bait flip men. So simple having their downfall predistine......

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Categories: antebellum, abortion, adventure, judgement,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Songs Inspired Haiku String
...[Songs Inspired two line haiku The first line is the name of a song] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * [Foreigner] waiting for a girl like you - the wild flower by the gate [Phil Co......

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Categories: antebellum, inspirational,
Form: Haiku
Ford's Theater April 15th 1865
...Ford's Theater, April 15th, 1865... Petersen House, Washington, D.C. I admit to own a passion for the Civil War in general, and the life and death of the sixteenth president in particular bet......

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Categories: antebellum, absence, age, america, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
Atl - Tanka 2
... It's called the New South Away from antebellum Peaches and Peachtree Terminus to Atlanta Southern hospitality......

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Categories: antebellum, america, city, community, feelings,
Form: Tanka
Jacaranda Blue Cherry Blossom Pink Sunset Infused
...Bestow on me an incorrect 3 leafed clover ephigy of buttercup due early spring May With I meandering through a maze of cotton wool field lost Trying best to avert the gaze of the virile bul......

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Categories: antebellum, love, obituary,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Welcoming Spirit
...Our Bed and Breakfast was the Presidents’ House, An antebellum Italianate with a rich historical past With nourishing breakfasts of presidential repast Served by a suitably attired ......

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Categories: antebellum, mystery, spiritual,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Escape of the Bluesman's Song
...Within the frame a sepia scene a dusty porch a rickety chair the fabric of your dusky face creased with ceaseless sunbaked woes your old pair of getaway feet gives a different walk of life......

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Categories: antebellum, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form: Free verse
Labor Day 2021
...Courtesy of one or more tradesmen, first Monday in September set aside for employees able, eager, ready and willing to acquire money to marry groom or bride climb the corporate ladder or be......

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Categories: antebellum, america, anniversary, celebration, history,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Antebellum Elegy
...Prologue Abandoned and in disrepair the mansion Is dark now; a story behind every stanchion. An unwitting monument to a way of life, Since foreclosed through bloody civil strife. Antebellu......

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Categories: antebellum, history, native american,
Form: Elegy

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