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Bear Witness Poems - Poems about Bear Witness


Let us bear witness to arm and blindfold
Let us bear witness to arm and blindfold... each candidate for president of United States and therefore witness a duel (to the death) between Biden and Trump to determine who occupies Oval Office as forty seventh Chief executive of the federal government. Since both the Democratic and Republican contenders for prospective commander in chief offer pathetic odds evening the prospect of the latter...

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Categories: bear witness, america, anger, conflict, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Stand Tall and Bear Witness To All That I See
When I was born, the surrounding land was clear and green. Very few people were living in the area. It’s hard to fathom some of the things that I have seen. Mostly good, but a few days of complete hysteria. In the middle of the hot and humid, summer heat Men with guns began a very long, terrible fight. It was...

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Categories: bear witness, writing,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Conscience
Our conscience bears witness— in the way thoughts are excused in the way actions are accused by the inward manner bemused of the acceptance of grace unabused February 19, 2020 F F I series 76 eap Brian Stand, sponsor Regarding this, Brian Strand explains: "eap (pronounced eep) is a list cinquain where line 1 is a statement followed by rhymed lines 2-5 that...

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Categories: bear witness, forgiveness,
Form: List
To Bear Witness
To Bear Witness To bear witness … and awaken the world … he’ll rise: Helpless to halt routine horrors he’s seeing, A scared, adolescent boy of slender size, Nabbed and dehumanized solely for “being”, Keeps records of the cruelty his captors devise. Yesterday once stayed his tenacious tenant of time, Occupying today in recurrent roles of reprise, Until death voided its lease, evicting...

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Categories: bear witness, holocaust,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Bear Witness, a New Year Comes
I come to visit again, silent bane, to steal away your life with no remorse. In stealth, I stalk to take away your gain, perception of eternal youth now pales. This yearly visit but to mark life’s course, with every passing year, I tip the scales. Forewarned, no earthly means may you resign. Though young run free, unchained, time to defy, time like...

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Categories: bear witness, new year,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Bear Witness
Everything isn't happen stand; No me here deserves adrift; Another chance; Who will wear the green pants; I chant I will, I won't; Bear witness pay a lot, git a little found innocent, but quaintly; What is this? That we miss; Bear witness Clothed in black dress is white; Wrong turn down an alley got shot; Past, midnight, this is it, my....... Bear witness 11/17/17 written by James Edward...

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Categories: bear witness, appreciation, caregiving, cheer up,
Form: Light Verse
Bear Witness With Your Presence
Bear witness with your presence, to when the gifted hatchlings fly, Outstretched wings glide, though withering, The seasons have overtaken me, Tis no time to say goodbye, Listen to the thunder, it,s clapping, imploring from way up high, Bear witness with your presence, to when the gifted hatchlings fly, In the daytime I've built up...

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Categories: bear witness, growing up, life, time,
Form: I do not know?
I Bear Witness
I bear witness to fighting and chaos I bear witness to unjust favors A change in the tone of the day i bear witness I bear witness to the time of day As coolness feels dry and heat feels empty I bear witness Sounds no longer echo scenery has no color I bear witness I bear witness to a witness...

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Categories: bear witness, faith, hope, imagination, life,
Form: Free verse

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