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Historical Poems - Poems about Historical

Premium Member A Historical Fashion Contrast
A lady who entered a fashion contest for most authentic historical costume was disqualified, the judges pointing out to her disappointment that she lacked Lady Godiva’s most famous accessory – a horse – and therefore was under dressed. ...

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Categories: historical, humor,
Form: Didactic
Hire a Key
The queen has all the power while foot soldiers goad the king though he maybe important the church ahead of hymn as too crusading bishops diagonally move to sing the knights gallant in battle before a fall within the castle's rabble- rousers encircled squares are ringed battles meant to topple towers to where the fight was hinged the territory taken with patience wearing thin when black on white...

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Categories: historical, conflict, courage, games, power,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Searching for Rainbows
The Trail of Tears was in men’s thoughts before 1492. Almost four-hundred years cleared the Cherokee-Selma path. Blood dries up like rain. Stains fade from red to black. Rainbows are present only in discarded kaleidoscopes. Czars scattered the seed of Lenin like talk in small town bars, Plowed under like wet fodder. Blood soaks in like rain. Stains fade from red to shallow,...

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Categories: historical, betrayal, change, death, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The mother
Sleep tight, my child dear. Mother is here, nothing to fear. If the child snatcher, comes at our steps. I will stab him with my own hands. ...

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Categories: historical, 8th grade, caregiving, devotion,
Form: Free verse
The poisonous
Within the scorpion's belly, mother's blood is the meal. I wonder,Is that's why scorpion is poisonous? But be the lamb of sheep or the child of scorpion,Both are young sprouts. I wonder, so does the scorpion taste "sweetness that linger on tongue, A piercing pain in the throat, the soul torn apart". ...

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Categories: historical, 11th grade, analogy, animal,
Form: Tanka



The general
With the thousands troop, I the general stride. Below the land of ancestors pride. Where dragon soars and tiger leaps with might. For this, my sword tainted with river of blood. Bears felony's weight , a mountain heavy tide. My heart a rock, no regret, no shame reside. ...

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Categories: historical, 10th grade, courage, dark,
Form: Heroic Couplet
The coupe
Biting back at dragon's scale, I run through the weapons crossing like chaotic clouds flying past. The mighty sword rise in air, Only to drown in sin so deep. My hands stained with blood so red, Root betrayed. Blood of kin, A price I have paid. Heaven's cry, in torrent rage. ...

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Categories: historical, 10th grade, betrayal, dark,
Form: Jueju
The remaining soldier
(From1) Snowflakes whisper peace, in Frozen air, Echoes of battle, comrade beyond repair. (Form2) Alone I stand, in snowy vastness wide, Blood- soaked memories, my comrade demise. (Form3) Before me, snow's pure silence deep, Behind crimson shadows, comrades sleep. ...

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Categories: historical, 9th grade, death, emotions,
Form: Couplet
The chang'an's street
" I stand on the chang'an's street with tattered clothes and tattered hands". I follow deep the fireflies, running barefoot among the sea of faces, "I get out in the pitch of darkness". Oh! My beloved now I can "only drink the northwest winds". ...

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Categories: historical, 10th grade, emotions, longing,
Form: Couplet
The silk merchant
Silk merchant 's gaze, a practical sweep, Fine thread he seeks, where shadows sleep. A finger points, with eager grace, "This crimson hue, a rare embrace!" Young maiden stands,with eyes so deep, My mother's hand, it secret keep. The silkworm spun a crimson stain, Where pain and love, did interwine. "Her wounded hands, the thread did hold" A sacrifice, a story to told. The silk,...

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Categories: historical, 11th grade, grief, humanity,
Form: Ballad
Lady Tua
Lady Tua, frequently look in the pond, but who may tell her ladyship? That turbulent water shows no reflection. ...

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Categories: historical, 10th grade, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Tanka
I'm Only Four
I didn’t care when they loaded all of us into those trucks Why would I care, I was only four, after all I didn’t care when they stuffed us into another truck more packed than the last I was only four, after all I didn’t care when they kept me with mother and took my siblings and father I was...

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Categories: historical, deep, history, holocaust, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member in their voice historical
A father calls about the grand hall for his daughters. His premonitions serve him well, as Ana answers in due time. He tells her to tell her sisters that they are going to England, to visit their cousins. King George V found them to be pompous, a decision he'll later regret. WWI was spreading talks before they returned home. King George...

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Categories: historical, death, history, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member HOKKU to HIKU a historical sketch -and translation test
So Japanese was the Hokku   'til the master came into view then via Haikai on along the way Matsuo Munefusa   aka     Bashó   mastered haiku a phonetical&cultural 'onji' *(in sound symbols) came to be   traditionally per·pen·dicu·lar as a single line         in particular now HIKU * in English   to me  or you   *Hiku is the English language tristich (three line) version(including...

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Categories: historical, art, culture, poetry, word
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Absolute Truth: How Can it Be?
Absolute truth, both mystery… and paradox. “You make me wonder if you exist or not?” The Greeks glimpsed you in circles and squares, The medievals revered you in scriptures and prayers, The moderns doubted you in so many facts and proofs. Absolute truth your a hidden treasure in the dark. I’ve been searching for...

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Categories: historical, faith, history, mystery, philosophy,
Form: Free verse

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