Nonfiction Poetry
#nonfiction
Nonfiction poetry, here you'll find poems about facts, real events and true stories. Informative and factual, nonfiction poetry and short stories, on a range of subjects.
randyjohnson
Poem Published
15th Jan 2022 11:23pm
15th Jan 2022 11:23pm
Sanford and Steptoe and Son
It has been fifty years since Sanford and Son was first broadcast on TV. It ran for six seasons and 136 episodes. The very first episode aired on January 14, 1972. It's hard to believe that it has been five decades since that sitcom was first broadcast.
What certain people may not know is that Sanford and Son was based on a British sitcom called Steptoe and Son. Fred Sanford was based on Albert Steptoe and Lamont Sanford was based on Harold Steptoe. But Fred and Lamont Sanford were portrayed by black actors. Albert and Harold Steptoe were portrayed by white actors.
Some...
What certain people may not know is that Sanford and Son was based on a British sitcom called Steptoe and Son. Fred Sanford was based on Albert Steptoe and Lamont Sanford was based on Harold Steptoe. But Fred and Lamont Sanford were portrayed by black actors. Albert and Harold Steptoe were portrayed by white actors.
Some...
#anniversary
#Britain
#nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
11th Jan 2022 3:45pm
11th Jan 2022 3:45pm
My Baby Doll - Part V
Sadly, your existence ended eighteen months ago.
On July 11, 2020, you would have no tomorrow.
You were a very pretty dog with brown fur.
You died and it certainly was hard to endure.
Your life ended a year and a half ago today.
It was very sad to learn that you passed away.
I bought another Chihuahua to ease my suffering but not to replace you.
You were one in a million and you can't be replaced, that's certainly true.
It's truly sad to know that you no longer exist.
You were my baby doll and you have been missed.
On July 11, 2020, you would have no tomorrow.
You were a very pretty dog with brown fur.
You died and it certainly was hard to endure.
Your life ended a year and a half ago today.
It was very sad to learn that you passed away.
I bought another Chihuahua to ease my suffering but not to replace you.
You were one in a million and you can't be replaced, that's certainly true.
It's truly sad to know that you no longer exist.
You were my baby doll and you have been missed.
#death
#dogs
#animals #nonfiction
#animals #nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
4th Jan 2022 1:00pm
4th Jan 2022 1:00pm
Peter Davison's 40th Anniversary As The Doctor
I began watching the classic Doctor Who TV show in early 1984. I was only twelve years old at the time. The first episodes that I watched were Tom Baker episodes. I've always been a huge fan of the classic Doctor Who, but I'm certainly not a fan of the new Doctor Who.
It was forty years ago today when part one of Peter Davison's first Doctor Who episode aired. It aired on January 4, 1982. His first episode is titled "Castrovalva". At the time, Davison was the youngest actor to play the role of The Doctor. He was only thirty when he was chosen for the role in 1981. He was the fifth...
It was forty years ago today when part one of Peter Davison's first Doctor Who episode aired. It aired on January 4, 1982. His first episode is titled "Castrovalva". At the time, Davison was the youngest actor to play the role of The Doctor. He was only thirty when he was chosen for the role in 1981. He was the fifth...
#anniversary
#Britain
#nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
1st Jan 2022 6:06pm
1st Jan 2022 6:06pm
Saying Hello To 2022
This is New Year's Day.
The new year has arrived today.
I hope things will be great during this new year.
I hope there will be no misery, suffering or tears.
2021 came to an end at twelve o'clock last night.
During this new year, I hope things will shine bright.
I hope life will be very pleasant in this year that is new.
We said goodbye to 2021 and we're saying hello to 2022.
The new year has arrived today.
I hope things will be great during this new year.
I hope there will be no misery, suffering or tears.
2021 came to an end at twelve o'clock last night.
During this new year, I hope things will shine bright.
I hope life will be very pleasant in this year that is new.
We said goodbye to 2021 and we're saying hello to 2022.
#nonfiction
#NewYear
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
22nd Dec 2021 4:48pm
22nd Dec 2021 4:48pm
This Christmas Season
This Christmas Season, I wish my parents were still around.
But they both died in 2013 and they're buried in the ground.
The last Christmas I spent with them was almost a decade ago.
When a man loses his family, it's sad and it's a devastating blow.
The Christmas of 2012 was the last Christmas I was able to spend with them.
Mom died the following March and Dad's cancer got worse and I also lost him.
It's sad to know that they're both gone and we can't spend this Christmas together.
If you still have your parents, truly appreciate them because they won't live...
But they both died in 2013 and they're buried in the ground.
The last Christmas I spent with them was almost a decade ago.
When a man loses his family, it's sad and it's a devastating blow.
The Christmas of 2012 was the last Christmas I was able to spend with them.
Mom died the following March and Dad's cancer got worse and I also lost him.
It's sad to know that they're both gone and we can't spend this Christmas together.
If you still have your parents, truly appreciate them because they won't live...
#family
#death
#Christmas
#holiday
#nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
13th Dec 2021 7:38pm
13th Dec 2021 7:38pm
The Late Bob Dole
I voted for him when he ran for President of the United States.
Sadly, he died on December the 5th at the age of ninety-eight.
Bob Dole fought and nearly died during the second World War.
If it hadn't been for men like him, we wouldn't have freedom anymore.
When it came time for him to fight for the United States, Dole willingly fought.
But when it was time for Bill Clinton to serve his country in Vietnam, he did not.
Bob Dole fought for his country and was even paralyzed.
When Clinton beat him in the 1996 election, I was surprised.
Dole was a Senator...
Sadly, he died on December the 5th at the age of ninety-eight.
Bob Dole fought and nearly died during the second World War.
If it hadn't been for men like him, we wouldn't have freedom anymore.
When it came time for him to fight for the United States, Dole willingly fought.
But when it was time for Bill Clinton to serve his country in Vietnam, he did not.
Bob Dole fought for his country and was even paralyzed.
When Clinton beat him in the 1996 election, I was surprised.
Dole was a Senator...
#politics
#death
#heroic #nonfiction
#heroic #nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
12th Dec 2021 8:09pm
12th Dec 2021 8:09pm
Sarah Sutton's Sixtieth Birthday
Today is Sarah Sutton's sixtieth birthday. She's a talented British actress who was born on December 12, 1961. If she lives for another forty years, she will live to be one hundred.
She began acting at the age of nine in A.A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh". She made her first appearance as Baby Roo five days after her 9th birthday at the Phoenix Theatre in London.
She became the youngest British actress to have played Alice in the 1973 television film "Alice Through The Looking Glass". She was also the youngest actress to star as a companion of The Doctor in the classic...
She began acting at the age of nine in A.A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh". She made her first appearance as Baby Roo five days after her 9th birthday at the Phoenix Theatre in London.
She became the youngest British actress to have played Alice in the 1973 television film "Alice Through The Looking Glass". She was also the youngest actress to star as a companion of The Doctor in the classic...
#birthday
#Britain
#nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
7th Dec 2021 2:02pm
7th Dec 2021 2:02pm
Trilafon
This medication is called Trilafon or Perphenazine.
When I took it, I had the worst nightmare I've ever seen.
Life is something to be cherished.
But in December of 1996, I almost perished.
After my doctor wrote the prescription, I took the Trilafon.
If I hadn't been taken to the emergency room, I'd be gone.
Trilafon helps some people but it makes other people sick.
After taking this medication, I learned that I'm allergic.
I'd like to say it was all just a dream but it was real.
The doctors in the ICU saved me with Benadryl.
I foamed at the...
When I took it, I had the worst nightmare I've ever seen.
Life is something to be cherished.
But in December of 1996, I almost perished.
After my doctor wrote the prescription, I took the Trilafon.
If I hadn't been taken to the emergency room, I'd be gone.
Trilafon helps some people but it makes other people sick.
After taking this medication, I learned that I'm allergic.
I'd like to say it was all just a dream but it was real.
The doctors in the ICU saved me with Benadryl.
I foamed at the...
#dark
#scary
#nonfiction
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Whyme
Poem Published
6th Dec 2021 4:25pm
6th Dec 2021 4:25pm
Tribute to Nonwriters
Tribute to Nonwriters
She sits there five thousand miles away
And asks me to write for her
What would please you M'Lady I ask
Whatever you like, she answers with a smirk like she were reading a book
One page at a time
Whenever she wanted something to read
Being my Owner, I simply replied
Yes Ma'am, as you wish
I start scribbling
No thoughts of what I would write
I'm not the great Shakespeare, WB Yeats or the littery genius John B Keane (my home town:))
I cannot run off at the mouth whenever I wish to compile
Such...
She sits there five thousand miles away
And asks me to write for her
What would please you M'Lady I ask
Whatever you like, she answers with a smirk like she were reading a book
One page at a time
Whenever she wanted something to read
Being my Owner, I simply replied
Yes Ma'am, as you wish
I start scribbling
No thoughts of what I would write
I'm not the great Shakespeare, WB Yeats or the littery genius John B Keane (my home town:))
I cannot run off at the mouth whenever I wish to compile
Such...
#romantic
#motivational
#fiction
#narrative
#nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
4th Dec 2021 7:25pm
4th Dec 2021 7:25pm
Merry Christmas, Mom - Part IX
What I'm saying about you isn't hard for others to understand.
You were my mother and until March of 2013, I was a lucky man.
But you died on March the 6th of 2013 and I ran out of luck.
When I had to say goodbye, it felt like lightning had struck.
You and I spent our Christmases together for over forty years.
But we'd never share another Christmas and losing you drove me to tears.
You were so special that they probably threw a party when you arrived at the Pearly Gates.
I know that The Lord is happy to have you in Heaven but your death is something...
You were my mother and until March of 2013, I was a lucky man.
But you died on March the 6th of 2013 and I ran out of luck.
When I had to say goodbye, it felt like lightning had struck.
You and I spent our Christmases together for over forty years.
But we'd never share another Christmas and losing you drove me to tears.
You were so special that they probably threw a party when you arrived at the Pearly Gates.
I know that The Lord is happy to have you in Heaven but your death is something...
#mother
#death
#Christmas #nonfiction
#Christmas #nonfiction
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PoetSpeak
Poem Published
23rd Nov 2021 2:15pm
23rd Nov 2021 2:15pm
BIG SOVIET ART BEFORE THE FALL
Gouache
New technique
No brushes again
My heritage seeping out
No idea where it's going
In progress ...
New technique
No brushes again
My heritage seeping out
No idea where it's going
In progress ...
#CallToAction
#PopCulture
#art
#historical
#nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
14th Nov 2021 7:37pm
14th Nov 2021 7:37pm
R.I.P. Bob Grant
I wish that I could tell you that he's still alive but sadly, I can't.
He was a talented British actor and his name was Bob Grant.
I hate to say that on November the 8th of 2003, this gifted actor died.
What made his death even more sad was that he committed suicide.
It was his third suicide attempt and he succeeded on his third try.
I feel sorry for him because he was so unhappy that he was determined to die.
His life ended because of carbon monoxide.
That was how that poor man committed suicide.
He starred in "On The Buses" and he did one hell of a...
He was a talented British actor and his name was Bob Grant.
I hate to say that on November the 8th of 2003, this gifted actor died.
What made his death even more sad was that he committed suicide.
It was his third suicide attempt and he succeeded on his third try.
I feel sorry for him because he was so unhappy that he was determined to die.
His life ended because of carbon monoxide.
That was how that poor man committed suicide.
He starred in "On The Buses" and he did one hell of a...
#death
#suicide
#tragedy
#Britain
#nonfiction
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