Best Nelson Poems
Below are the all-time best Nelson poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of nelson poems written by PoetrySoup members
Admiral Lord NelsonBlessed with ingenuity, he fought advancing tyranny
That stormed the sea in twenty-three great warships sailing furiously.
That day, October twenty-first, saw Admiral Nelson at his...
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Categories:
nelson, courage, england, freedom, hero,
Form:
Couplet
Nelson MandelaN – either one of his parents
E - nvisage the route he would take,
L - eaving behind the security of a place called home,
S...
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Categories:
nelson, history, people, political
Form:
Acrostic
Madiba Is Dead: Nelson MandelaGiant of justice has visited Baba Umkulukulu
The lion that gave in to wolves like sheep
To be sheered for our own freedom has died
Father of...
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Categories:
nelson, africa, death,
Form:
Elegy
Nelson Mandela: Many Stumbles, No MumblesEach time I raise my gaze to the night sky,
A million stars stare back, shedding happy tears of light.
And I cannot but stare back in...
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Categories:
nelson, eulogy, forgiveness, leadership,
Form:
Free verse
Son of Madiba (Tribute To Nelson Mandela)Who are you to dream of chains
And yet proclaim of victory
How do you lie in chains
And yet stand in liberty
When do you pay a debt
That...
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Categories:
nelson, black african american, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
For Nelson Mandela An ElegyAluta continua
Was that word another message replaced
And the room spun dark as web
The tree no longer walks the night
The bush is silent on the veld
Madiba...
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Categories:
nelson, death,
Form:
Elegy
Categories:
nelson, death, dedication, grief,
Form:
Acrostic
Nelson MandelaThere was once a MAN;
An Iroko in a forest of shrubs,
A dew pond in a desert.
There was once a MAN;
A moral compass in a world
Where...
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Categories:
nelson, death of a friend,
Form:
Elegy
Tribute To Horatio NelsonThou
great
son
of
the
land!
Salute!
Salute!!
We
Salute
thee!!!
An
unwavering
patriot,
undaunted
mountain.
British
admiral
and
nava
hero.
Toulon
submitted
to
thy
naval
prowess.
At
Calvi,thy
right...
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Categories:
nelson, tribute
Form:
Elegy
Baby Face Nelson1908-1934 Not taken soon enough! Not only the good die young.
For Epigram Contest
By: Richard Lamoureux...
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Categories:
nelson, funeral, funny,
Form:
Epigram
Ode To Nelson MandelaHow can such a mere mortal
Afford that contagious smile?
A smile of love and innocence
Smile of a man sans grudge
A smile that unites mankind
A haloed smile...
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Categories:
nelson,
Form:
Ode
A Tribute To Nelson MandelaBy applying policies of apartheid
Or practising racial discrimination
Who want themselves or their clan
To be seen above than the rest of the...
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nelson, black african american, inspirational,
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Nelson MandelaUnkosi Rholihlahla Mandela,
born into the Madiba clan in the village of Qunu
grow up in Mvezo in Umtata,Transkei
Dalibhunga, the prince of the Tembu tribe
son of...
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Categories:
nelson, best friend, brother, father,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
nelson, africa, dedication, eulogy, freedom,
Form:
Elegy
The Journey Nelson Mandela18 July 1918
Mnvezo you gave birth
A birth to a son of Chief Henry
Mandela
In the land of the Bathembu
Tribe
You nourished your son with
great...
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Categories:
nelson, death, hero,
Form:
Bio