Legacies Poems - Poems about Legacies

You left 1884 behind, 1961 came you misused it 1972, you were doomed 1990, it seemed like joy but no 2016 your people smiled in their death see the homeless, fatherless, widows now bury their husbands, heads rolling in roads that are gutters People roasted like fish yet it never mattered to you, only drinks and women did See the troubles your children face, many bellies...

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My soul's legacies (I am endless like the Universe) By Michelle Morris 18/11/2023 When I was young They tried to silence me They tried to tame me They tried to break me in Like a wild, passionate stallion I was bold and majestic and strong They were the jealous ones For they could never hear my song I could hear it in the trees I could hear...

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With bowed heads and fervent prayer we shed our tears with broken hearts in memory of those no longer here, those memories are now set far apart. Names listed on the TV screen the familiar ones heard from another century, Benedict and Barbara Walters, other famous names upon the altar, Unfamiliar names are forgotten yet last...

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Your eyes speak loud So loud it buzzes beyond the ears could hear Remember to call my name When thy heart received a gift of pain Never think twice Never hesitate For I'll be here as long as I live Far beyond afterlife Just call my name Say it softly as I linger through thee...

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In Our Hearts (Legacy) When we lay you, gently, in the most glorious mahogany box. And you are borne high on shoulders of six pallbearers. When we march, lazily, like a pack of starving school children, dressed in black robes and red eyes and pale faces. When we keep you at the mild mercy of new neighbours - rude maggots. And tuck...

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Our hist'ry books are filled with famous names Brave men who sacrificed and persevered Some men reach greatness simply playing games While some find courage, challenging what's feared To be remembered after one has died A light that shines through centuries of dark We hope our children bear our name with pride Though vain, we'd like to think we've left a mark But...

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A Myriad of loving voices echo through my memories Ghosts of those who touched my soul And gifted me their legacies Along the way there has been reckless peril on my stormy seas There was but one who Salvaged me Who saved me from my misery Anchored me and kept me safe and now at last I get to...

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Senator Edward Kennedy introduced "The affordable health care act"!Barack Obama implemented"The affordable health care act"and had some "Legislative flack,but this "Affordable Health Act " was made "Law"and that is a fact!They tried to shut the "Law" down,and "The American People said that that was not sound,and "Affordable Health Care should stay around in every "State",and...

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Take a moment, if you will to ponder the situation of government at will. Representatives of the people they claim yet, individual indiscretions gain greater fame. Racist ramblings dress a deep inner rage rise to the surface from pasts poorly displayed. Whiteout and black face strayed openly upon the political stage. Sexual innuendo and exploitations feign threat and...

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Playing football earned me a concussion Basketball tore the cartilage in my knee Running cross-country sprained me my ankle While boxing knocked the sense out of me Throwing a curveball ruined my elbow Swimming lap after lap did 'fix' my shoulder My erratic golf swing left my back in a knot ...

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...for Hart Crane Halls of steel and concrete, massive Cyclopean towers of immodesty where moguls bask in gross extravagance. Children in neglect, souls with haggard faces, ekeing out their livelihoods with hopes and modest means. Measures of prosperity; the rich man pads his pockets while the poor man haunts his tenement, struggling to smile....

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Ghosts in my mind, I feel your influence And value your life and legacy. I hear your voice through the years And feel regret that you have gone, That time and death separate us. I see the need to perpetuate Those beginnings which you held dear, To collect the fragments of your dreams And carry them forward with my own So that the meaning...

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He's one of the ones that went and came back. a wounded warrior, father, brother, son, Self-made men all, part and parcel of the American Dream; one of the ones. One of the ones who barely came back, our saviors, soldiers, seamen, sons, Quiet men, full of untold tales; a bold and lucky man, one of the ones. One of the ones, relics,...

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Halls of steel and concrete, massive Cyclopean towers of immodesty where moguls bask in gross extravagance. Children in neglect, souls with haggard faces, ekeing out their livelihoods with hopes and modest means. Versions of prosperity; the rich man pads his pockets while the poor man haunts his tenement, struggling to smile....

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one heart meets another two becomes one Soon, two beget one grows ...

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