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Category: History

This Ancient Evening
. Mystical / Free Verse / History

This Ancient Evening

This ancient evening has visited Countless times across the centuries. The cool air holds the gazes of Peasants, warriors, and Kings. Their many tongues utter Silently through the dusk. Pulsing …

 connection / Cynthia Lewis / eternal / ethereal / timeless
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Collision
. Philosophical / History / Metrical / Rhyme

Collision

The train was fast approaching; it was speeding up the track; a giant metal monster in a rage of smoking black, when suddenly, towards the train, a horse and wagon …

 Lisa La Grange / progress / train / wreck
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On Receipt of a Punch Bowl
. Whimsical / History / Humor / Metrical / Rhyme

On Receipt of a Punch Bowl

(with apologies to Oliver Wendell Holmes) This antique silver bowl you gave to me one Christmas time, still tells the myths of olden days and haunting, ancient rhyme; They were …

 bowl / imagination / libation / lore / misadventure / myth / Terry Fitterer
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America’s Crossroads
. Contemplative / History / Metrical / Rhyme

America’s Crossroads

Because they have their mortal fears Of terrorists in bandoleers, Of men who marry other men And girls who might be lesbian, Of those who feel they must eschew The …

 America / awareness / fear / Glenn Meisenheimer / injustice
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The Auction at the Farm
. Nostalgic / History / Metrical / Rhyme

The Auction at the Farm

The neighbors gathered in the yard to have a look around, The cowboy hatted auctioneer had yet to make a sound. There’re trailers full of household goods and tools from …

 cowboy / Mark Vincent / memories / neighbors / sale / values
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