Legacies Poems - Poems about Legacies

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...Read the rest...

Salam wrote a letter, O my beloved motherland Rafik wrote his letter to you, And Barkat did that too We could not mourn in oblivion, for all, they Still, they will never be forgotten, they sacrificed Never to...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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 ...Read the rest...

...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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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,...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

one heart meets another two becomes one Soon, two beget one ...Read the rest...