Okay, this contest is for poems involving the history of a family, country or person, etc.
Who says that school subjects are boring. History is interesting, as we learn about peoples of the past. Your poem can be about anything. Any kind of topic in history. Put in your AN what history topic you are writing about.
This contest isn't just for those who are in school. Anybody can learn from a great person or country, anything in history books. or even in your own family history.
Please take the time to enter. I will learn from this contest too.
Here's an example of a history poem.
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Cabeza de Vaca- Explorer
On an expedition to North America
Cabeza de Vaca came from Spain,
he left home for his travels in 1527
and on the way survived a hurricane.
The expedition landed him in Florida
where they fought upon the land,
the native Americans had attacked
and the fight was hard to withstand.
A raft carried the Spanish survivors
to an island along the Texas coast,
a lot of travelers were lost at sea
and now there were 80 men at most.
After a cold winter with little food
only 15 men survived along the way,
they walked west by the Colorado river
in 1533 the last survivors of their day.
Cabeza de vaca and the 3 other men
came upon indians and were enslaved,
they made it to southwestern North America
after the other tribes had them all saved.
Cabeza de Vaca was the first European
to see and describe the buffalo,
in his words many stories were written
about all the amazing places he'd go.
In 1536 they reached a spanish settlement
then to Mexico city they would head,
where Cabeza de Vaca served as governor
until 1537 he went back to Spain instead.
He wrote about his travels and the indians
and this encouraged expeditions the same,
in 1540 Cabeza de Vaca became governor
of a settlement that placed him with blame.
In 1545 he was put on trial for his offenses
and charged with bringing down the king,
not long after that Cabeza de Vaca died
leaving the stories that history would bring.
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I did my best on this poem and I am sure you can do much better on your poem.
The normal AP rules apply here.
Enjoy learning of times in history
Get out your History books and start writing.
Who says that school subjects are boring. History is interesting, as we learn about peoples of the past. Your poem can be about anything. Any kind of topic in history. Put in your AN what history topic you are writing about.
This contest isn't just for those who are in school. Anybody can learn from a great person or country, anything in history books. or even in your own family history.
Please take the time to enter. I will learn from this contest too.
Here's an example of a history poem.
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Cabeza de Vaca- Explorer
On an expedition to North America
Cabeza de Vaca came from Spain,
he left home for his travels in 1527
and on the way survived a hurricane.
The expedition landed him in Florida
where they fought upon the land,
the native Americans had attacked
and the fight was hard to withstand.
A raft carried the Spanish survivors
to an island along the Texas coast,
a lot of travelers were lost at sea
and now there were 80 men at most.
After a cold winter with little food
only 15 men survived along the way,
they walked west by the Colorado river
in 1533 the last survivors of their day.
Cabeza de vaca and the 3 other men
came upon indians and were enslaved,
they made it to southwestern North America
after the other tribes had them all saved.
Cabeza de Vaca was the first European
to see and describe the buffalo,
in his words many stories were written
about all the amazing places he'd go.
In 1536 they reached a spanish settlement
then to Mexico city they would head,
where Cabeza de Vaca served as governor
until 1537 he went back to Spain instead.
He wrote about his travels and the indians
and this encouraged expeditions the same,
in 1540 Cabeza de Vaca became governor
of a settlement that placed him with blame.
In 1545 he was put on trial for his offenses
and charged with bringing down the king,
not long after that Cabeza de Vaca died
leaving the stories that history would bring.
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I did my best on this poem and I am sure you can do much better on your poem.
The normal AP rules apply here.
Enjoy learning of times in history
Get out your History books and start writing.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on September 30
- Rewards: Gold: 600, Silver: 400, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Thank you all for your wonderful and educational entries. I enjoyed learning from your poetry. This was a very hard contest to judge since there are so many really good entries. All deserving of Gold. Thank you for making this a great contest.
Contest Winners
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by apoeticinjustice 57 lines, 25 comments, on Nov 30 9:35 PM 2008. In Society, History
Gold trophy winner
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I have come a long way to this moment in time.
Many miles I have journeyed, to find this house on a hill.• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Massacres of innocents
The White man’s accomplishmentsby apoeticinjustice 37 lines, 27 comments, on Jul 28 6:09 PM 2006. In Society, Dark, Contemporary, Native American, History
Honorable mention
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Will Daddy be alright, M'ma?
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A mist advances across the land, the sea, the sky, the globe. And, yes, human hearts and hands. It clouds our spirits. It shrouds our soulsby Black JaPanther 31 lines, 24 comments, on Apr 9 11:17 PM 2007. In Pain, Sad, Society, Spiritual, Thoughts, Death, Anger, Sadness, Longing, Historical Honorable mention
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Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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I feel like falling down
spiraling for hours under the pale skin cloudsby Blissfullhatred 25 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 11 7:35 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by Fritz O skennick 50 lines, 16 comments, on Apr 26 3:43 PM. In Thoughts, Weird, Historical, Victorian, Tribute, Life
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(This poem is dedicated to the Bangladesh Army officers who were killed and their families who were tortured by criminals of Bangladesh Rifles on 25 and 26 February)• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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There once lived a man of great courageous spirit
adventure was his calling into waters east, and so• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Ages past Cain slew Abel
Twas in a jealous rage• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The magistrate said I may pick
serve on land or galley ship.by robinbanks 88 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 16 8:07 PM• Commented on by judge. -
In the year of our Lord 1841
I came to Liverpool looking for work• Commented on by judge. -
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Blue gray smoke adorned his face
His hat was civil though out of placeby Bob Fox 27 lines, 14 comments, on Jan 21 8:41 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
This year marks the eighth anniversary of September 11
My heart and thoughts are with the people of New York• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Lord wrap your arms around us
In this hostile brutal place• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Engrossed in pensive thoughts while driving home,
pondering history that needs to be told.• Commented on by judge. -
At first they called them savages
then took away their land,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The day was fair, the grass was green,
A gentle cooling breeze did blowby Shadowsong 43 lines, 16 comments, on Aug 28 12:43 PM 2006. In Other• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Hi I just wanted to ask, you said family history? I have recently done my family tree and I have been wanting to do a poem about some ancestors of mine from the 1800s would that be ok??
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Yes, that would be great.
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I've read/heard somewhere those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. Since then, History, although sometimes boring, became a must-learn subject.
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History is NEVER boring. Some history teachers and authors of history texts are often boring... but never history itself!
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Kool contest =), i agree thhat , history is not boring , it is wonderful, thanks for hosting this.
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it would be good if you could please open it to more than one entry per person , there are so many history poems that can be written . wonderful k ,bahahahaha . byyyyyyyyye k -
Cool contest; I bookmarked it so I can read all the entries. Thanks everyone for the entries! Looking forward to reading more.
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thankyou for the HM, byyyyyyyye k -
thank you sooo much for HM!
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