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John Steinbeck Poems - Poems about John Steinbeck

Premium Member She is a River
...“Women can change better’n a man,” Ma said soothingly. “Woman got all her life in her arms. Man got it all in his head.” “Man, he lives in jerks-baby born an’ a man dies, an’ that’s a jerk-gets a fa......

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Categories: john steinbeck, allegory, america, freedom, humanity,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Of Mice and Men
...and hopeless in between ~ who died like rats chasing american dreams Book by John Steinbeck Too late for Kim’s contest......

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Categories: john steinbeck, america, books, depression,
Form: Monoku



Spring Equinox Arrives March 20th, 2023 At 5:24 Pm
...Spring equinox arrives March 20th, 2023 at 5:24 PM Despite what outside temperature registers (even absolute zero), the official arrival of spring occurs, when thee eel hip tic of coe phish hun......

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Categories: john steinbeck, 12th grade, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Star Spangled Banner
...Since I was a small child and would try to sing, when we rise and sing the praises of "Old Glory," it brings tears to my eyes. Maybe it's because we have endured much to keep our flag flying--too ......

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Categories: john steinbeck, appreciation, emotions, freedom, winter,
Form: Haibun
Grapes of Wrath Revisited
...John Steinbeck wrote the story Of the Okie family Joad as they Travelled down their bleak Hard California bound road. Tractored out by the Cats After the bank had foreclosed, No feelings of we......

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Categories: john steinbeck, class, humanity, philosophy, power,
Form: Rhyme



A Writers Life
...A WRITERS LIFE There is on Facebook pictures of dead film stars like Elisabeth Taylor, who was born in London and photos of her childhood. I don´t really care about this. We should remember h......

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Categories: john steinbeck, america, best friend, books,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Influences
...In youth I learned to jump First off steps, then rooftops Spirit of adventure Nurtured in the heart of a child Preschool acrobat twirling on my head Grandma swatted my bottom Repeated words l......

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Categories: john steinbeck, introspection,
Form: Free verse
The Innheritance
...The Inheritance When my mother died, she had a flat Belonging to social security and the was nothing Of inheritance to speak about She had a bookshelf full of books. Most belonged and Were st......

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Categories: john steinbeck, appreciation, beauty, bereavement, best
Form: Blank verse
I Wish Cesar Chavez Was Here
...I wish Cesar was here now Someone who know how important farm workers are, giving them a strong voice, You got to see this empire and how it has exploited all the life that built it, And all......

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Categories: john steinbeck, america, analogy, anniversary,
Form: Choka
Premium Member 50 Words For Poe: Witch
... "50 Words for Poe: Witch" She liked driving fast The number plate in the dust Read DOT.OZ.LimaLimaBrava Their destination was Wichita Fo......

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Categories: john steinbeck, adventure, mystery, romance,
Form: Free verse
Favourite Novelists
...Favourite Novelists Of all the American writers I knew of some favourites remain, like Theodore Dreiser. John Dos Passos, John Steinbeck and Ernest Hemingway. I mentioning him the last, alth......

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Categories: john steinbeck, april, aubade, bangla, beach,
Form: Blitz
Towards a New Home
...Once there was an end of the war in sight, they built their John Steinbeck ship, hoisted the Ayn Rand flag and sailed to the promised land. Upon the honeyed shore, there she was, their old ene......

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Categories: john steinbeck, allusion, immigration, journey, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Delusions of Poetry
...She was half past metrical quarter nonsensical theatrics, bordered south of burbled oddities, fashioned herself enigmatically stated whorling an overly zealous lexicon, r......

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Categories: john steinbeck, crazy, hyperbole, identity, muse,
Form: Free verse
Charles Phillips
...The modern immortal - man of open heart, singer of the stars. Professor at the prestigious university. Prose stylist as John Steinbeck. In your poems, your prosody has melody – rhythmic......

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Categories: john steinbeck, america,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Fully Booked 1
...We harvested the grapes in late autumn when ripeness of love was at its best, but deceit in the time of maturing changed the passion to wrath and unrest. Acerbic vinegar replaced sweet w......

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Categories: john steinbeck, betrayal, lost love,
Form: Rhyme

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