Poems about History

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What the Claps Did Build

Some wood from yonder virgin trees, so care’fly hewn by hand
To build a tiny cabin here, in this their new homeland.

by kirbysman 49 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 2 12:34 PM. In History, Life
Opium War

The destructive poppy flourished
In Symbiosis with crime.

by Woodchuck4400 7 lines, 13 comments, on Aug 1 7:33 PM. In War, History
The Time of the Ice

Nine thousand years of natural artwork;
A landscape redrawn by arctic forces;

by Woodchuck4400 9 lines, 15 comments, on Aug 1 2:00 PM. In Nature, History
Chilled

It wasn’t your fault
You ended up blinking
Catch-22

by TheDreamsMalfunction 54 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 31 9:48 AM. In Lyrics, Life, Dark, Society, Thoughts, Loss, History
"I Left My Internal Organs In Rochester, Minnesota"

"but that's nobody's business", she says as she takes a sip of her third

by electric godiva 31 lines, on Jul 29 5:15 PM. In Prose, History, Love, Restlessness
The Blue Curtains

My father is sixteen and standing in front of a window,

by electric godiva 32 lines, on Jul 29 5:09 PM. In Family, History, Longing
Tiny Tired Feet

God, we marched them into hell Tiny bodies, filled with peace

by clairsentient 22 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 27 7:50 PM. In history

Salem's Finest

by Silvos. 21 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 27 12:56 PM. In History
Flight of Eagles

F-15s streaked through the dark night
Two eagles on a deadly flight

by Woodchuck4400 5 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 26 10:50 AM. In History, War
Palimpsest

History impresses,
oppresses;

by Eva Brik 42 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 24 3:55 PM. In Life, history, Society, Spiritual, Thoughts
building history a nest (or an explanation) part 1

building a nest out of found parts of a sort shunned

by voice1 19 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 24 12:52 PM. In history, emotion, raw
Ticonderoga

T he Revolution had barely begun,
I n need of cannon; the rebels had none.

by Woodchuck4400 17 lines, 19 comments, on Jul 23 7:59 PM. In ;Acrostic, War, History
An Ancient Bridge in Ireland

Where souls long forgotten, clashed at the Bloody Bridge below the slopes of Slieve Donard and Slieve Commedagh,

by ticket2write 38 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 19 10:13 PM. In Ireland, history
Black Death

by jaie2007 15 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 17 12:15 PM. In adult, history, sad, personal, thoughts

A Viking Morality Tale

The answer to the question every woman has wanted to know!

by Dawei 127 lines, on Jul 16 6:15 AM. In Cultural, History, Norsemen, Athelflaed, socks
La Tosca – Act Three – after the opera by Puccini.

I dedicate the Three Acts of this Opera Story to my adopted daughter, Mari Goes with love on this,
her birthday, July 15th. 2008.

by hugh wyles 97 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 14 2:45 PM. In Tragedy, History, Opera
La Tosca – after the Opera by Giacomo Puccini.

Alone, he tells himself: “How well I stir her jealous passion!
And now, a two-fold purpose in my heart I entertain:

by hugh wyles 169 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 8 3:40 PM. In History, Opera
Through Foggy Air I Looked Onto The Bay

Through foggy air I looked onto the bay.
My love is arriving here today!

by WiltedRose0777 31 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 8 10:30 AM. In Love, History, Contest
Bygone Age

Pompous lords and their glittering ladies Dance circles beneath gleaming chandeliers

by Luckintheshadows 22 lines, on Jul 6 2:14 PM. In personal, thoughts, inspiration, history
YES Your HEIRNESS

Harking a havooc
a critic 'phrodite of prohibited pope

by LeanneBridgewater 40 lines, on Jul 6 7:46 AM. In Love, history, past, old, Nature, Contemporary, Contest, Dark, Hope, Humor
Tree-son

“I cannot tell a lie !
‘Twas I, unworthy, axed its taxed trunk brown.”

by Jonathan ROBIN 14 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 3 1:18 PM. In Humor, History

The Meaning of the Crocus

Flower Blessing Pins

by OrangeMarmalade 20 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 3 12:21 PM. In Thoughts, Life, History
Emmet Till

I left my house, August 20, 1955,

by arpine1995 19 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 23 11:49 PM. In Sad, Pain, Life, Other, Dark, Depressed, Escape, Angry, History
The Moriori.

That Moriori settled New Zealand first is a claim
without foundation.

by hugh wyles 53 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 20 3:17 PM. In Sad, HISTORY
The Moa Hunters.

The earliest settlers in our country, Aotearoa,
were Polynesian voyagers who came and hunted moa.

by hugh wyles 32 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 20 2:58 PM. In Sad, HISTORY
Pirate Princess

Off Gotland’s shores lay the Baltic Sea.
The pride of Gutar, throughout history,

by PerVirtuous 117 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 20 11:34 AM. In Love, Fantasy, History
Cornelia

A child of priv'lege, riches, rank -
(whose father all of Rome did thank)

by Mirthryl 24 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 19 11:40 PM. In Motherhood, history, comment Autism
rising Texas star

On the rising misty morning light

by rc3 34 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 18 12:26 PM. In Texas heros, history, Thoughts
Archeology *

What is history?
A tale told only by victors?

by Clovis6790Curious 27 lines, 14 comments, on Jun 17 10:34 PM. In Archeology, History, Society
The Mission Church at Te Mu.

It’s often said: “The Lord gives but He also takes away”
and Maoris claimed the cataclysm born of godly wrath.

by hugh wyles 38 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 15 10:57 PM. In Sad, History, Thoughts

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