Historical by Top Critiquers Poems
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historical by top critiquers poems. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
Torpedo Jamming, Rocket Mapping & Other Innovators in History
Praise your moms, praise your sisters, praise your daughters, praise your queens
Praise all the women in your life who have helped you achieved your dreams
Honor those women who have contributed to society but never got the glory
It’s March, it’s women’s history month so learn about them and tell their stories
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Did you know that Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr was also an inventor?
The actress of the silver screen had patents and other inventions that still apply
During the war she came up with the idea of frequency jamming for torpedoes
And that...
Praise all the women in your life who have helped you achieved your dreams
Honor those women who have contributed to society but never got the glory
It’s March, it’s women’s history month so learn about them and tell their stories
Like
Did you know that Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr was also an inventor?
The actress of the silver screen had patents and other inventions that still apply
During the war she came up with the idea of frequency jamming for torpedoes
And that...
#strength
#women
#feminism #historical
#feminism #historical
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the stars cried
the sun fell fell to the Earth
the ocean swallowed it; a bitter pill
skies darkened with the absence of light
the apocalyptic doom was upon us
night riders took to the streets
rapers of humanity
they were in their element
looters of truth
they stole all wisdom
leaving the peoples blind
while they heralded in the age of ignorance
Lucifer appeared in his full glory
stars cried knowing their time was up
one by one they blink out
the prophecy had been fulfilled ...
the ocean swallowed it; a bitter pill
skies darkened with the absence of light
the apocalyptic doom was upon us
night riders took to the streets
rapers of humanity
they were in their element
looters of truth
they stole all wisdom
leaving the peoples blind
while they heralded in the age of ignorance
Lucifer appeared in his full glory
stars cried knowing their time was up
one by one they blink out
the prophecy had been fulfilled ...
#dark
#stars
#historical
584 reads
17 Comments
I'M NOT MY POEMS
IRONY
I find it interesting
and somewhat intriguing
and certainly educational
that some readers equate
what I write--subject matter--
with who and what I am
as a real live person.
If I write about fidelity
problems I must be having
relationship issues or problems.
If I write about bisexual, gay,
or other gender issues,
I must be a member of
those groups. If I write
about politics, I must
be affiliated with such
and such party;
if I touch on moral or
religious issues I must
be in a cult or...
I find it interesting
and somewhat intriguing
and certainly educational
that some readers equate
what I write--subject matter--
with who and what I am
as a real live person.
If I write about fidelity
problems I must be having
relationship issues or problems.
If I write about bisexual, gay,
or other gender issues,
I must be a member of
those groups. If I write
about politics, I must
be affiliated with such
and such party;
if I touch on moral or
religious issues I must
be in a cult or...
#motivational
#inspirational
#fiction
#narrative
#historical
558 reads
19 Comments
Sucking Off my Past
Swore I'd never do this
Of course now I am
Found this pic while looking for something else
I remember it well
No camera phones back then
Good to see I was wearing all black
Prehistoric cool
Fast forward to now
Wait
Why bother
Ain't nothing now gonna match this pretty boy punk
Spread out some blow on a album cover
Grab a straight edge razor
Find a Bowie song on Spotify
Rock me all night long ...
Of course now I am
Found this pic while looking for something else
I remember it well
No camera phones back then
Good to see I was wearing all black
Prehistoric cool
Fast forward to now
Wait
Why bother
Ain't nothing now gonna match this pretty boy punk
Spread out some blow on a album cover
Grab a straight edge razor
Find a Bowie song on Spotify
Rock me all night long ...
#music
#confessional
#memories
#dialogue
#historical
353 reads
32 Comments
Axis of Offering
As the Sun rises in the East
so too does gratitude:
"Here I am, behold me,
I am the sun.
I am you."
We are all cousins,
brothers and sisters
to everything in existence:
Sister Hawk, Brother Mountain
Sister Bear, Brother Cloud.
Spiritual dust rolls on
through our blood
no matter the name: God
Great Spirit, Allah, Jehovah—
what partially drifts through us
exists wholly as Itself.
As above, so below;
as within, so without.
There is no separation ...
so too does gratitude:
"Here I am, behold me,
I am the sun.
I am you."
We are all cousins,
brothers and sisters
to everything in existence:
Sister Hawk, Brother Mountain
Sister Bear, Brother Cloud.
Spiritual dust rolls on
through our blood
no matter the name: God
Great Spirit, Allah, Jehovah—
what partially drifts through us
exists wholly as Itself.
As above, so below;
as within, so without.
There is no separation ...
#historical
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19 Comments
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!
I might cure you of your colic.
I believe that fornication
is good cure for indigestion!
#sex
#rhyming
#historical
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3 Comments
Moon over Borneo
gather near o’ kinfolks mine
by the fire's glow let's hear the chant
sacred circle and holding hands
let spirit's call from ancient mind
guidance we seek from realms of yore
wise ancestors’ spirits of old
your wisdom we seek for knowledge be
may the veil of time gently shift
guide us enlighten us o' wise one
we summon powers of the divine
we chant our mantra from earth's deep
incantations to scour the heavens high
we call upon the spirits from high
visions be granted our wishes be
darkness banish our sights be...
by the fire's glow let's hear the chant
sacred circle and holding hands
let spirit's call from ancient mind
guidance we seek from realms of yore
wise ancestors’ spirits of old
your wisdom we seek for knowledge be
may the veil of time gently shift
guide us enlighten us o' wise one
we summon powers of the divine
we chant our mantra from earth's deep
incantations to scour the heavens high
we call upon the spirits from high
visions be granted our wishes be
darkness banish our sights be...
#historical
#sacrifice
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7 Comments
I spotted another one.
All of this world
And all of its nonsense.
And all of its nonsense.
#historical
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0 Comments
The Honorable Feast
I was invited to dinner given
by
Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, and Nelson Mandela
Author K (Novelist) “Thank you all for inviting me to sit at your table and enjoy this ceremonial dinner. I am honored to be in the presence of the past. Hopefully, it will sharpen my mind for the future.”
Malcolm X (Minister) “Sitting at the table doesn’t make you a diner, unless you eat some of what’s on that plate. Being here in America doesn’t make you an American. Being born here in America doesn’t make you an...
by
Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, and Nelson Mandela
Author K (Novelist) “Thank you all for inviting me to sit at your table and enjoy this ceremonial dinner. I am honored to be in the presence of the past. Hopefully, it will sharpen my mind for the future.”
Malcolm X (Minister) “Sitting at the table doesn’t make you a diner, unless you eat some of what’s on that plate. Being here in America doesn’t make you an American. Being born here in America doesn’t make you an...
#TruthOfLife
#historical
#philosophical #culture
#philosophical #culture
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Lucidity
God in the Sky
Is the same as the God in Eye
My Covenant is Clear
I Hear beyond Purgatory's Pond
The Bond is Solidified
Through the Ancient Pillars
Of Humility and Respect
The building blocks of Wizdom
Thus is the Journey of Divine Intelligence
Reconciling the Human Experience
Eye am the Risen from the Mud
The Cosmically Driven
The 3-D Chess Player looking at His End Game
The Reveler...the Leveler
Squaring Loose Ends
The Reliever of Lucy's Noose
The Maker of...
Is the same as the God in Eye
My Covenant is Clear
I Hear beyond Purgatory's Pond
The Bond is Solidified
Through the Ancient Pillars
Of Humility and Respect
The building blocks of Wizdom
Thus is the Journey of Divine Intelligence
Reconciling the Human Experience
Eye am the Risen from the Mud
The Cosmically Driven
The 3-D Chess Player looking at His End Game
The Reveler...the Leveler
Squaring Loose Ends
The Reliever of Lucy's Noose
The Maker of...
#death
#spiritual
#historical
#SelfDiscovery
#nonfiction
212 reads
Light of the sea
Light of the sea
In the dream, my life was smoke: I couldn’t breathe.
So I ran, unwrapping myself down the beach
till my skin, the ocean, lapped at my knees.
I dove in. Your voice was the current,
a melody gathering words to itself
for to sing, and then sang them,
and they swirled all around as iridescent fish
bringing light to the world.
Then I was water, a river
washing the night from my flesh,
and a cradled body rising in me
till it was clean, glow¬ing,
and when I surfaced, glistening, ...
In the dream, my life was smoke: I couldn’t breathe.
So I ran, unwrapping myself down the beach
till my skin, the ocean, lapped at my knees.
I dove in. Your voice was the current,
a melody gathering words to itself
for to sing, and then sang them,
and they swirled all around as iridescent fish
bringing light to the world.
Then I was water, a river
washing the night from my flesh,
and a cradled body rising in me
till it was clean, glow¬ing,
and when I surfaced, glistening, ...
#memories
#historical
#passion
591 reads
9 Comments
A soothing brew of sancti-tea
Steam tickles my nose
scents of chamomile and honey
commingle with fresh lemon
harken me back to first memories
of home, hearth and healing
Nothing fancy
or particularly profound
echoes of spearmint waft to tummy settle
tried-and-true, almost totem-esque
in relaxing away pained life
Liquid love that's always
just been there
tradition imbued in ancestral evolution
relief tenderly curated
into inherited sacred tonic
Divine elixir of millennia
hot, soul soothing catharsis...
scents of chamomile and honey
commingle with fresh lemon
harken me back to first memories
of home, hearth and healing
Nothing fancy
or particularly profound
echoes of spearmint waft to tummy settle
tried-and-true, almost totem-esque
in relaxing away pained life
Liquid love that's always
just been there
tradition imbued in ancestral evolution
relief tenderly curated
into inherited sacred tonic
Divine elixir of millennia
hot, soul soothing catharsis...
#family
#historical
#healing
#wisdom
#tea
427 reads
24 Comments
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