Historical Poems
#historical
Historical poems, poetry about the past. Poems inspired by, and offering analysis on, important events in history.
nikkimoe
Poem Published
24th Nov 2019 3:16am
24th Nov 2019 3:16am
There's Madness In The Wallpaper
In the room
where nothing
changes,
the past
is free here,
it lives
it breathes
and I gotta
get the fuck
out of here
before the past
gets me.
where nothing
changes,
the past
is free here,
it lives
it breathes
and I gotta
get the fuck
out of here
before the past
gets me.
#memories
#aging
#historical
407 reads
11 Comments
summultima
uma
uma
Poem Published
22nd Nov 2019 4:15pm
22nd Nov 2019 4:15pm
3 Song of The WAR CRIES, in quite Red Accentual FireBlood (Re)Births (with timeless excerpts of Bhagavad Gita)
The Curious Little One asks...
"But Why War Grandpa...if they say War is Evil?...
And..why did Lord Rama kill Ravana ..or why so
Lord Krishna advised Arjuna for the War??"
And Grandpa is all out to say some haevy truths
to the little one...from the Bhagavad Gita & some
verses...inspired by 3 random cinematic songs ...
Lets gear up too Big Ones...
From the Epic Mahabharata...
Perplexed Warrior Arjuna.. in the Battlefield ...asks Krishna ..."But...
"But Why War Grandpa...if they say War is Evil?...
And..why did Lord Rama kill Ravana ..or why so
Lord Krishna advised Arjuna for the War??"
And Grandpa is all out to say some haevy truths
to the little one...from the Bhagavad Gita & some
verses...inspired by 3 random cinematic songs ...
Lets gear up too Big Ones...
From the Epic Mahabharata...
Perplexed Warrior Arjuna.. in the Battlefield ...asks Krishna ..."But...
#war
#peace
#spiritual
#historical
#morality
652 reads
4 Comments
DCLXVI_1989
Poem Published
18th Nov 2019 6:20pm
18th Nov 2019 6:20pm
Dust Devils & Tumbleweeds
Rusted revolver drawn
The paper rips from center
Clean kill in mud
Dead eyed and heartless
Dust settles its debt
Raining poker chips
Dust devils delightfully dance
Rhythmic and chaotic
Bouncing spurs
And aching backs
Starvation and gold bars
Rich in whiskey
Gut rot and dingy boots
Nowhere to escape the sun
The coyote calls out from yonder
Gringo de pinche
Set out like Davinci
Sun set on discovery
We'll follow west
Weak with puffed out chest
Destiny has...
The paper rips from center
Clean kill in mud
Dead eyed and heartless
Dust settles its debt
Raining poker chips
Dust devils delightfully dance
Rhythmic and chaotic
Bouncing spurs
And aching backs
Starvation and gold bars
Rich in whiskey
Gut rot and dingy boots
Nowhere to escape the sun
The coyote calls out from yonder
Gringo de pinche
Set out like Davinci
Sun set on discovery
We'll follow west
Weak with puffed out chest
Destiny has...
#historical
430 reads
2 Comments
Heaven_sent_Kathy
Poem Published
16th Nov 2019 1:51pm
16th Nov 2019 1:51pm
Why War?
I wish it was a simple thing
To explain why people go to war.
But anything that can reduce
Society and lives to rubble
Is from an unbridled darkness
Of our prehistoric DNA.
Like the wolf in domestic dogs,
We too have the capability
To turn and bite the hand that feeds.
Beginning from the first smell of blood,
Marking territory with scent,
Before a God existed, my child.
To explain why people go to war.
But anything that can reduce
Society and lives to rubble
Is from an unbridled darkness
Of our prehistoric DNA.
Like the wolf in domestic dogs,
We too have the capability
To turn and bite the hand that feeds.
Beginning from the first smell of blood,
Marking territory with scent,
Before a God existed, my child.
#children
#war
#God
#humankind
#historical
798 reads
13 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
15th Nov 2019 2:38pm
15th Nov 2019 2:38pm
Lineal Descent
We are our Bubbies'
granddaughters—
tribal survivors
Never again
will we be imprisoned—
beaten, owned, or raped
But, fight to the death
for our God-given right—
to live as women
~
granddaughters—
tribal survivors
Never again
will we be imprisoned—
beaten, owned, or raped
But, fight to the death
for our God-given right—
to live as women
~
#women
#soldiers
#spiritual
#historical
#rebellion
1052 reads
33 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
14th Nov 2019 00:30am
14th Nov 2019 00:30am
not known at this address ..
there are things in
the british museum
which they've never got around
to unpack; rotting in vaults
and kept under wraps,
you can't see them, of
course I wonder what's in them;
we might, oh very
well, send them back ..
the british museum
which they've never got around
to unpack; rotting in vaults
and kept under wraps,
you can't see them, of
course I wonder what's in them;
we might, oh very
well, send them back ..
#historical
365 reads
5 Comments
Josh
Joshua Bond
Joshua Bond
Poem Published
12th Nov 2019 6:26pm
12th Nov 2019 6:26pm
Story Poem, Nr.18 — King's Carousel
The executioner stood rehearsing in a dismal fog
swinging his axe down hard upon a log
of stately proportions.
This was one that had to be good,
right first time, neat, complete
in one simplistic blow.
His client had reached the top
no place left to go, ‘cept
upwards in a heavenly flow, though she,
the executioner thought,
desired not at all to know this sort
of early morning awakening.
“It will bode well for me”
the Queen thought expectantly, watching
from her...
swinging his axe down hard upon a log
of stately proportions.
This was one that had to be good,
right first time, neat, complete
in one simplistic blow.
His client had reached the top
no place left to go, ‘cept
upwards in a heavenly flow, though she,
the executioner thought,
desired not at all to know this sort
of early morning awakening.
“It will bode well for me”
the Queen thought expectantly, watching
from her...
#ShortStory
#historical
1001 reads
21 Comments
EdibleWords
Poem Published
4th Nov 2019 2:33am
4th Nov 2019 2:33am
How my first business died
I was a breastfeeding mother
with good advice to give
Writing what I knew
and talking to friends is what I did
Until my YouTube video went viral
And all the spiders
Those evil predators
Came for our bacon
So I ran away and hid
After 60 million views
with good advice to give
Writing what I knew
and talking to friends is what I did
Until my YouTube video went viral
And all the spiders
Those evil predators
Came for our bacon
So I ran away and hid
After 60 million views
#money
#monsters
#historical
436 reads
4 Comments
Madcinder
Poem Published
1st Nov 2019 6:23pm
1st Nov 2019 6:23pm
Dogs Of War
They pillage and plunder our towns and our fields.
They rape and they wonder why we will not yield.
It's time to rise up, oh, my brothers in arms.
What will we become, we will be dogs of war.
Remember Batak.
And Parushtitsa.
Time to attack.
Get them back!
Call to arms.
Gather under the Tsar.
Here we are.
Unleashing dogs of war.
To the front.
What we're fighting for.
On the hunt.
Unleash the dogs of war.
The shape of warfare is always evolving.
Across the river, the future is calling. ...
They rape and they wonder why we will not yield.
It's time to rise up, oh, my brothers in arms.
What will we become, we will be dogs of war.
Remember Batak.
And Parushtitsa.
Time to attack.
Get them back!
Call to arms.
Gather under the Tsar.
Here we are.
Unleashing dogs of war.
To the front.
What we're fighting for.
On the hunt.
Unleash the dogs of war.
The shape of warfare is always evolving.
Across the river, the future is calling. ...
#war
#lyrics
#historical #nonfiction
#historical #nonfiction
331 reads
0 Comments
dkzksaxxas_DanielX
Poem Published
3rd Oct 2019 4:57pm
3rd Oct 2019 4:57pm
The Little Troubles of Shark 'Infested' Waters
Photo: "Oakland, (Emeryville), 2019" by dkzkbadfotograffy
If'n I coulda been any-body, per
haps
I coulda been Me, but six+ decades
have
freight-trained by, and I don't know my ass from a
hole
in the soul. Y'gotta see the humor in such folly,
lest
ye succumb to the all-to-common Delusion of
Self.
Taken seriously, there's a goodly dose of
long
acting toxin in...
If'n I coulda been any-body, per
haps
I coulda been Me, but six+ decades
have
freight-trained by, and I don't know my ass from a
hole
in the soul. Y'gotta see the humor in such folly,
lest
ye succumb to the all-to-common Delusion of
Self.
Taken seriously, there's a goodly dose of
long
acting toxin in...
#animals
#birds
#butterfly
#fish
#historical
480 reads
6 Comments
Evocation
Poem Published
29th Sep 2019 1:07pm
29th Sep 2019 1:07pm
X
Beneath the dank unearthed remains
A soulless crust of death decays,
As silent screams still ricochet
Across the land in shallow graves.
What wicked lies of man create
This genocidal seed of hate,
Perverting truth to infiltrate
The final purge of every race.
A soulless crust of death decays,
As silent screams still ricochet
Across the land in shallow graves.
What wicked lies of man create
This genocidal seed of hate,
Perverting truth to infiltrate
The final purge of every race.
#dark
#lies
#evil #historical
#evil #historical
607 reads
8 Comments
BabydoII
Itty Bitty
Itty Bitty
Poem Published
26th Sep 2019 7:16pm
26th Sep 2019 7:16pm
Welcome to Class
I see many if's and's or but's
So let's take this subject
And break class down into chunks
...
First module is the overview of genetics:
Many contributed to the human genome project
Yet
What they figured out is that were all based from the same
With the smallest deviation to that flea covered ape mane
Even the plants hold similar DNA
Basic components bound to this realm since it was made ...
So let's take this subject
And break class down into chunks
...
First module is the overview of genetics:
Many contributed to the human genome project
Yet
What they figured out is that were all based from the same
With the smallest deviation to that flea covered ape mane
Even the plants hold similar DNA
Basic components bound to this realm since it was made ...
#science
#evolution
#historical #nonfiction
#historical #nonfiction
553 reads
16 Comments
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