Poems About America Seeking Friendly Advice
#America
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
18th Dec 2023 1:06am
18th Dec 2023 1:06am
Machine Guns in the Park
I love my new park
It has two half basketball courts.
A lake.
A wide u-shaped fountain,
where one can sit on benches
comforted by the sound
of rivulets of water cascading down stone.
That is as long as one isn't interrupted by the staccato of machine gun fire
Fake is better than the real thing.
Far, far better.
But a plastic machine gun
complete with real sound effects! (sans the tortured, terrorized screams of innocent people- maybe that costs extra)
in the hands of a four year old
is disconcerting. ...
It has two half basketball courts.
A lake.
A wide u-shaped fountain,
where one can sit on benches
comforted by the sound
of rivulets of water cascading down stone.
That is as long as one isn't interrupted by the staccato of machine gun fire
Fake is better than the real thing.
Far, far better.
But a plastic machine gun
complete with real sound effects! (sans the tortured, terrorized screams of innocent people- maybe that costs extra)
in the hands of a four year old
is disconcerting. ...
#anger
#GunControl
#America
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9 Comments
randyjohnson
Poem Published
4th Jul 2023 9:41pm
4th Jul 2023 9:41pm
Fireworks On The 4th
Today is Independence Day and my neighbors will use fireworks.
I hope that they will be careful because people could get hurt.
Last night they used powerful fireworks that sounded like dynamite.
I could hear some children crying because of fright.
Many people are celebrating our independence today.
On July 4, 1776, independence was declared in the USA.
I hope that they will be careful because people could get hurt.
Last night they used powerful fireworks that sounded like dynamite.
I could hear some children crying because of fright.
Many people are celebrating our independence today.
On July 4, 1776, independence was declared in the USA.
#America
#holiday
#freedom #nonfiction
#freedom #nonfiction
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ConsequentialChaos
Poem Published
4th Jul 2023 7:47pm
4th Jul 2023 7:47pm
Heartbeats Red, Heartbeats White, Heartbeats Blue
Amid the clash of musket fire and roar of cannon's boom
A young man marched to battle, in the midst of smoke and fume
He heard the beating of the drums, and felt his heart take flight
And stood there in his uniform, prepared to face the fight
He raised his musket to his shoulder, took aim and held his breath
As smoke and fire consumed the air, and filled his lungs with death
Yet through that haze of gunpowder, he saw his country's fate
A future bright and glorious, where freedom would pass the gate
The roar of battle all around, the cries of...
A young man marched to battle, in the midst of smoke and fume
He heard the beating of the drums, and felt his heart take flight
And stood there in his uniform, prepared to face the fight
He raised his musket to his shoulder, took aim and held his breath
As smoke and fire consumed the air, and filled his lungs with death
Yet through that haze of gunpowder, he saw his country's fate
A future bright and glorious, where freedom would pass the gate
The roar of battle all around, the cries of...
#hope
#soldiers
#war
#America
#freedom
176 reads
3 Comments
mantisdeer
Cait
Cait
Poem Published
29th May 2023 9:01pm
29th May 2023 9:01pm
pEOPLE fOR aMERICAN sOIL
malt o meal salt shakers kiss the rocks;
ocean spray coagulate.
miss laid the remote
as the skies darken.
air raids can
leave the rock greasy
and conditioned.
forward completion,
final gears spring
complex equations.
grid locked pattern
counting road conditions,
incomplete intricacies
manifesto presto,
garden variety gusto
fields the sow.
infrared airways
channel no. 5 pesticide.
breaker breaker
and houston ground
the red is to taste
the grit of sound
.
ocean spray coagulate.
miss laid the remote
as the skies darken.
air raids can
leave the rock greasy
and conditioned.
forward completion,
final gears spring
complex equations.
grid locked pattern
counting road conditions,
incomplete intricacies
manifesto presto,
garden variety gusto
fields the sow.
infrared airways
channel no. 5 pesticide.
breaker breaker
and houston ground
the red is to taste
the grit of sound
.
#anxiety
#America
#religion
#hell
#despair
259 reads
4 Comments
randyjohnson
Poem Published
29th May 2023 7:09pm
29th May 2023 7:09pm
Memorial Day, 2023
Many soldiers have died for the USA.
We're paying tribute to those people today.
When those soldiers died, it brought about plenty of sorrow.
They fought and died so that America could have a tomorrow.
Those soldiers fought bravely until their lives came to an end.
They weren't just soldiers and heroes, they were also friends.
We're paying tribute to those people today.
When those soldiers died, it brought about plenty of sorrow.
They fought and died so that America could have a tomorrow.
Those soldiers fought bravely until their lives came to an end.
They weren't just soldiers and heroes, they were also friends.
#soldiers
#America
#memorial #nonfiction
#memorial #nonfiction
112 reads
1 Comment
goldenmyst
Poem Published
26th May 2023 00:28am
26th May 2023 00:28am
salad days
salad days
tossed
by Greek salad days
olive kisses feta
tossed
by Greek salad days
olive kisses feta
#love
#romantic
#America
#haiku
#sensual
198 reads
6 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
1st Feb 2023 1:27am
1st Feb 2023 1:27am
Future Whispers To The Dawn Of The Past...
Body centered, inhaling, exhaling, Dragon Blood incense bellowing, purple candle burning
Eye closing, reversing, blackness churning
Elevated, cognitive lifted, I proudly breathe as a French Haitian Creole intellectual and with blessings, gifted
Devoid the temple of all negative strife, earthly contentions
Visions passing of several dimensions
Who are you, monsieur, to you have invaded my space in the universal of man’s time
Were you ordained by the secrets of Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, God’s seeds planted to harvest the land of milk,...
Eye closing, reversing, blackness churning
Elevated, cognitive lifted, I proudly breathe as a French Haitian Creole intellectual and with blessings, gifted
Devoid the temple of all negative strife, earthly contentions
Visions passing of several dimensions
Who are you, monsieur, to you have invaded my space in the universal of man’s time
Were you ordained by the secrets of Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, God’s seeds planted to harvest the land of milk,...
#America
#Buddhist
#spiritual #culture
#spiritual #culture
453 reads
11 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
20th Dec 2022 8:28pm
20th Dec 2022 8:28pm
Abundant Life
Abundant Life
Passing through nameless West Texas towns
The neon sign of a motel flashes vacant
Inside a reprieve from the cold road
The endless asphalt stretching forward
Like a jet trail through the dark sea of land
Inside warm myself by the heater
Listening to TV evangelists
Sermonizing apocalypse
Across the electrified airwaves
Sitting in the motel restaurant
I dig into thick hamburgers
Listening to Hank Williams crooning
Your cheatin heart
Walking across the parking lot,
A teenage...
Passing through nameless West Texas towns
The neon sign of a motel flashes vacant
Inside a reprieve from the cold road
The endless asphalt stretching forward
Like a jet trail through the dark sea of land
Inside warm myself by the heater
Listening to TV evangelists
Sermonizing apocalypse
Across the electrified airwaves
Sitting in the motel restaurant
I dig into thick hamburgers
Listening to Hank Williams crooning
Your cheatin heart
Walking across the parking lot,
A teenage...
#America
#travel
#SelfReflection
#nostalgia
#meditation
279 reads
6 Comments
randyjohnson
Poem Published
8th Nov 2022 00:23am
8th Nov 2022 00:23am
Joe Biden and Other Democrats
Joe Biden and other Democrats claim that if Republicans are elected tomorrow, our democracy will end. That's one of the craziest things I've ever heard. Have we ever lost our democracy in the past when Republicans were elected? No, we didn't and we never will. I put very little faith in what Sleepy Joe has to say.
Joe Biden and other Democrats also want to close every coal company in America. Coal miners are human beings and they need their jobs. They need to support their families. I don't think it's a good idea to put a lot of innocent people out of work.
If you're...
Joe Biden and other Democrats also want to close every coal company in America. Coal miners are human beings and they need their jobs. They need to support their families. I don't think it's a good idea to put a lot of innocent people out of work.
If you're...
#politics
#America
#nonfiction
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DevilsChild
Poem Published
5th Jul 2022 7:20am
5th Jul 2022 7:20am
4th
every year I look forward to the day
have a shirt and throwback pack
with the red, white, and blue
even stood by as year after year
things got worse
like a bad relationship
making excuses
holding on to what used to be
wondering if it was ever that great
this year I requested the day off of work
only to be denied
probably for the best
because today I just don't feel like celebrating
women have lost their rights
soon the homosexual community
then who knows
probably will keep going with this tyranny ...
have a shirt and throwback pack
with the red, white, and blue
even stood by as year after year
things got worse
like a bad relationship
making excuses
holding on to what used to be
wondering if it was ever that great
this year I requested the day off of work
only to be denied
probably for the best
because today I just don't feel like celebrating
women have lost their rights
soon the homosexual community
then who knows
probably will keep going with this tyranny ...
#America
#myself
#disappointment
255 reads
4 Comments
randyjohnson
Poem Published
30th May 2022 9:40pm
30th May 2022 9:40pm
In The Face Of Danger
Today is May the 30th and it's Memorial Day.
Americans are paying tribute to those who fought and died for the USA.
116,516 American soldiers died during World War I.
They died while fighting the enemy with their guns.
405,399 American soldiers died during World War II.
When I say that many have died for the USA, it's true.
58,220 American soldiers died while they fought in Vietnam.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers have died for Uncle Sam.
The casualties were far less during the Persian Gulf War, only 219 Americans perished.
Many men fought and...
Americans are paying tribute to those who fought and died for the USA.
116,516 American soldiers died during World War I.
They died while fighting the enemy with their guns.
405,399 American soldiers died during World War II.
When I say that many have died for the USA, it's true.
58,220 American soldiers died while they fought in Vietnam.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers have died for Uncle Sam.
The casualties were far less during the Persian Gulf War, only 219 Americans perished.
Many men fought and...
#war
#America
#holiday
#memorial
#nonfiction
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oskar
Poem Published
30th Jan 2022 12:10pm
30th Jan 2022 12:10pm
a boxer and an actor
The boxer and the actor
I saw them on the sidewalk near The Radio music Hall
in New York, Jack was telling Alan a joke
Jack Dempsey wore a sport’s jacket, brown trousers
a white shirt’s open, top button open
shiny shoes; Alan Ladd, wore a grey suit, with matching
tie (Everyone had shiny shoe trainers not yet invented)
I noticed he was considerably smaller than Jack.
I was in awe had never seen someone famous
life and up close; this was, in 1957, I was so young.
I bought a ticket to see the show at the music hall
before the movie...
I saw them on the sidewalk near The Radio music Hall
in New York, Jack was telling Alan a joke
Jack Dempsey wore a sport’s jacket, brown trousers
a white shirt’s open, top button open
shiny shoes; Alan Ladd, wore a grey suit, with matching
tie (Everyone had shiny shoe trainers not yet invented)
I noticed he was considerably smaller than Jack.
I was in awe had never seen someone famous
life and up close; this was, in 1957, I was so young.
I bought a ticket to see the show at the music hall
before the movie...
#home
#America
#school
#city
#utopia
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