Short Historical Poems

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Short historical poems. 30 words or less, most recently published poems first.
Her
Her
Poem Published
Today 3:17am

In the Wisps of Mist

1925
A cathedral of the modern age
Emerging
Proud
Regal
Hub of the American grain trade
Still standing in a gritty city



 #historical 
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dartford
dartford
Paul S...
Poem Published
21st Apr 2024 00:53am

boring

love castles and cathedrals and museums and books on castles and cathedrals and museums, and I know how it looks







 #historical 
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missjem56
missjem56
Poem Published
18th Apr 2024 3:12pm

A Turn Of The Screw

There is no historical evidence
Of Archimedes
Second screw
But it has been suggested
Namely by me
That his second lover
Found Archimedes
To be quite smelly
And that her parting words
Were
You reeka!

by Jemia
 #funny   #historical 
 #parody   #satirical 
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dartford
dartford
Paul S...
Poem Published
28th Jan 2024 00:47am

being british

the peas were
hard and as
for the lamb shanks  ..
is everything
alright, sir
fine, thanks






 #historical 
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dartford
dartford
Paul S...
Poem Published
26th Oct 2023 00:48am

samuel johnson and friends

spent their evenings in the public houses around fleet street and their mornings in bed with all the ills of the world it’s to be expected, he said




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Casted_Runes
Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
13th Aug 2023 2:58pm

vintage homoerotica

always tries to be
so plausibly deniable

as if to say yes
we’re naked and gay

but only in the classic way
before they’d heard of things like sex

which didn’t come about until
AD 1963
 #sex   #erotic 
 #LGBT   #historical 
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Casted_Runes
Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
12th Aug 2023 6:11pm

Particles of Colony

Rusted iron bands.
China teapot atomised.
Shackled electrons.
 #oppression   #art 
 #historical   #inequality 
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Solomon_Song
Solomon_Song
Poem Published
25th Jun 2023 1:47pm

I WOULD LIKE TO FROLIC

With you I would like to frolic;
I might cure you of your colic.
I believe that fornication
is good cure for indigestion!
 #sex   #rhyming   #historical 
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Kinkpoet
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
14th Jun 2023 6:28pm

Historical Paradox

the farther
you look
into the past

the farther
you see
into the future

(C)2023 Raibeart Bruis
 #mystery   #historical   #philosophical 
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a_methyste
a_methyste
hlightdroid
Poem Published
7th Apr 2023 00:04am

I spotted another one.

All of this world
And all of its nonsense.
 #historical 
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Kinkpoet
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
31st Oct 2022 4:33pm

Make History

history
is not
evolution

false analogy

evolution:

a matter of environment
and chance
acting over millions of years

history:

a matter of environment
and choice
acting within lifetimes

(sometimes within years
or months or days)

choose:
to make history
perhaps to
evolve

(C)2022 Raibeart Bruis
 #evolution   #historical   #philosophical 
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Green_Arrow
Green_Arrow
Poem Published
7th Oct 2022 10:20pm

This Is Who He Is

His name is Lon Chaney Jr.
and he's famous for starring
in movies like The Wolf Man,
The Ghost of Frankenstein
and The Mummy's Tomb.
 #FreeVerse   #dialogue   #historical   #nostalgia   #nonfiction 
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