Poems about America and being American
#America
Poems about America and American culture, history, politics and lifestyle. Also poems about places, states and cities within America, and poetry about American poets and famous American people.
nikkimoe
Poem Published
29th Oct 2021 1:29am
29th Oct 2021 1:29am
One of Those Whiskey Nights
A 15 year long
game of hearts
and
the only winner
is the liquor store.
game of hearts
and
the only winner
is the liquor store.
#America
#alcohol
#unicorns
493 reads
7 Comments
Shinobi
Poem Published
26th Sep 2021 12:31pm
26th Sep 2021 12:31pm
Mummy Dust
There will be hell to pay!"
I heard him shout out
shaking the rafters so...
dust drifted down
into my gaping mouth
the taste of old whiskey
as avarice
greets my dry tongue
like scorched flesh
standing to close to fire
"There will be hell to pay!"
blackbirds sing from their pulpits
craved oak benches giving me splinters
whilst I lull my days in the chapel
those scriptures that they speak
becomes gibberish in my ears
mummy dust settles,from the trestle
drifts...
I heard him shout out
shaking the rafters so...
dust drifted down
into my gaping mouth
the taste of old whiskey
as avarice
greets my dry tongue
like scorched flesh
standing to close to fire
"There will be hell to pay!"
blackbirds sing from their pulpits
craved oak benches giving me splinters
whilst I lull my days in the chapel
those scriptures that they speak
becomes gibberish in my ears
mummy dust settles,from the trestle
drifts...
#politics
#America
#FreeVerse
#SylviaPlath
#symbolism
407 reads
0 Comments
DanielChristensen
Poem Published
26th Sep 2021 4:28am
26th Sep 2021 4:28am
Ginsberg, NY
I was born on the Hudson,
Well,
Slightly to the left,
On Coney Island
1pm
Exactly,
Halfway
Between my mother’s marriages,
Between a footstep
From unhappy inertia,
These perfunctory unions
Our coital explorations
Engender,
You’ll understand,
Sweet love of this shared
Moment,
On some evenings,
Silent expanse
In expectant
Stillness,
Haloing the phalanx of
Orange street moons,
Here and there,
A derelict satellite,
Winks at the wing mothed
Wildlife,
Halfway...
Well,
Slightly to the left,
On Coney Island
1pm
Exactly,
Halfway
Between my mother’s marriages,
Between a footstep
From unhappy inertia,
These perfunctory unions
Our coital explorations
Engender,
You’ll understand,
Sweet love of this shared
Moment,
On some evenings,
Silent expanse
In expectant
Stillness,
Haloing the phalanx of
Orange street moons,
Here and there,
A derelict satellite,
Winks at the wing mothed
Wildlife,
Halfway...
#love
#family
#America
#memories
#healing
942 reads
31 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
20th Sep 2021 9:00pm
20th Sep 2021 9:00pm
Venture a Highway
(For old souls always young at heart)
Not sure why there is nostalgia
For days long gone
and for some of us...never lived
Driving the open road
The wind
Freedom and endless possibilities ahead
Perhaps it’s the harmonies
Echoing from a timeless era
Taking us down some memory lane
Venture a highway
With open heart
Reminiscent of simpler but happier days
Maybe that’s why we’re sentimental
We long to get lost in innocence and youth
Like counting cars passing by
Or falling...
Not sure why there is nostalgia
For days long gone
and for some of us...never lived
Driving the open road
The wind
Freedom and endless possibilities ahead
Perhaps it’s the harmonies
Echoing from a timeless era
Taking us down some memory lane
Venture a highway
With open heart
Reminiscent of simpler but happier days
Maybe that’s why we’re sentimental
We long to get lost in innocence and youth
Like counting cars passing by
Or falling...
#America
#music
#memories #nostalgia
#memories #nostalgia
538 reads
9 Comments
DevilsChild
Poem Published
11th Sep 2021 8:58am
11th Sep 2021 8:58am
Awkward Beautiful
today is the day I die
but that doesn’t mean a thing
because the last thought I have is of you
and as the flames cover me
just know I'm at peace
reminiscing of the day we first met
that sight when I first looked into your eyes
you were awkward yet so beautiful
with a smile that drove me in your heart
days got hard but we fought through the odds
we were young with the world ahead of us
still I feared it would end
because I could be such a nerd
I realized in time
that none of that mattered
just know...
but that doesn’t mean a thing
because the last thought I have is of you
and as the flames cover me
just know I'm at peace
reminiscing of the day we first met
that sight when I first looked into your eyes
you were awkward yet so beautiful
with a smile that drove me in your heart
days got hard but we fought through the odds
we were young with the world ahead of us
still I feared it would end
because I could be such a nerd
I realized in time
that none of that mattered
just know...
#love
#fiction
#America
464 reads
5 Comments
OG-Poetry
Poem Published
6th Sep 2021 10:57pm
6th Sep 2021 10:57pm
an east coast with the most
from Daytona to Miami
the great party hosts,
with Savannah, the Carolinas
and Virginia Beach’s to boast,
“New York Highs”
a big “Boston Toast”
and don’t forget DC
it’s history and ghosts,
If it’s partying, history or
relaxation for most,
there is no place on earth
like the US East Coast.
the great party hosts,
with Savannah, the Carolinas
and Virginia Beach’s to boast,
“New York Highs”
a big “Boston Toast”
and don’t forget DC
it’s history and ghosts,
If it’s partying, history or
relaxation for most,
there is no place on earth
like the US East Coast.
#America
#city
#beach
#holiday
#travel
425 reads
10 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
6th Sep 2021 11:18am
6th Sep 2021 11:18am
Impressions of America
States
The land
Buffalo
Scrape art
No brushes
Freedom
Artists
Writers
Hope
Impressions
Power
Love
Blood
Be great again
Vaccine
Politics
Arguments
Remember
Despite it all
We are all one
America
Majestic
Parts and Labor
Grand ideals
Come...
The land
Buffalo
Scrape art
No brushes
Freedom
Artists
Writers
Hope
Impressions
Power
Love
Blood
Be great again
Vaccine
Politics
Arguments
Remember
Despite it all
We are all one
America
Majestic
Parts and Labor
Grand ideals
Come...
#love
#America
#TruthOfLife
#art
#philosophical
590 reads
20 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
4th Sep 2021 3:16am
4th Sep 2021 3:16am
We The People II
We gave until our hearts bled in a country or war torn
The cries of our fallen heroes in the wind echoes no more
Blood drops entrenched in soil as we stand in a land not of our own
Far away from hugs, kisses, found in a lovable home
Flags at half mast, as the nation sighs
A war ended as time flies
The planes have all flown away
Chaos still lingers, stagnant souls remain under hostage to this day
A knock on my door, ordered to lay on the floor
Papers checked for treason slaughter with weapons left behind
I stood for...
The cries of our fallen heroes in the wind echoes no more
Blood drops entrenched in soil as we stand in a land not of our own
Far away from hugs, kisses, found in a lovable home
Flags at half mast, as the nation sighs
A war ended as time flies
The planes have all flown away
Chaos still lingers, stagnant souls remain under hostage to this day
A knock on my door, ordered to lay on the floor
Papers checked for treason slaughter with weapons left behind
I stood for...
#soldiers
#politics
#war
#America
#peace
731 reads
13 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Bumped 30th Aug 2021 2:33am
4th Jun 2020 11:00pm
4th Jun 2020 11:00pm
Sum Of The Outcome
Our greatest lessons are ascertained via losses
Only the strong survive to thrive on like bosses
The cost is steep as we weep over the slain
Searching our brains for answers to ease the pain
Trying to refrain from going down a destructive path
Suffering and hurting from living as an empath
Doing the math on the beaten path of the situation
Knowing the sum of the outcome from prior equations
Only the strong survive to thrive on like bosses
The cost is steep as we weep over the slain
Searching our brains for answers to ease the pain
Trying to refrain from going down a destructive path
Suffering and hurting from living as an empath
Doing the math on the beaten path of the situation
Knowing the sum of the outcome from prior equations
#depression
#death
#LifeStruggles #America
#LifeStruggles #America
857 reads
14 Comments
goldenmyst
Poem Published
29th Aug 2021 3:36am
29th Aug 2021 3:36am
Lady Liberty
Lady Liberty
On the threshold of Lady Liberty
Ellis Island waits for a rebirth of America
With the patience of a Polish immigrant
Who found sea legs he called freedom shoes
That made the ship a road across the ocean
He walked daily from bow to stern
To keep in shape for the job he lined up
Of delivering all the news that was fit to print
But he had heard that boats were turned back
From what once was a harbor
But his movable highway
Is a rainbow path
On the threshold of Lady Liberty
Ellis Island waits for a rebirth of America
With the patience of a Polish immigrant
Who found sea legs he called freedom shoes
That made the ship a road across the ocean
He walked daily from bow to stern
To keep in shape for the job he lined up
Of delivering all the news that was fit to print
But he had heard that boats were turned back
From what once was a harbor
But his movable highway
Is a rainbow path
#sadness
#hope
#America
#fall
#freedom
494 reads
4 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
1st Aug 2021 00:16am
1st Aug 2021 00:16am
TWISTER
Left hand red
Left foot black
Right foot green
Maybe go back?
Right hand red
Right foot white
Left foot blue
Inalienable right?
Right is white?
Wrong is black?
All about the green?
Except those who lack?
Stop on red
Yield on yellow
Go on green
Hearts now hollow?
What's the color of sorrow?
Left foot black
Right foot green
Maybe go back?
Right hand red
Right foot white
Left foot blue
Inalienable right?
Right is white?
Wrong is black?
All about the green?
Except those who lack?
Stop on red
Yield on yellow
Go on green
Hearts now hollow?
What's the color of sorrow?
#LifeStruggles
#America
#Africa
#greed
#despair
406 reads
3 Comments
DevilsChild
Poem Published
27th Jun 2021 10:28am
27th Jun 2021 10:28am
When God Comes
#anger
#politics
#America
285 reads
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