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Warfare Source: Distempers of the Human Mind Karl Constantine FOLKES	As American General George...	Rate it (5.00 / 6 votes)
Tale of a Million Soldiers Barbara Peabody Pouliot	American Soldiers who defended humankind for Peace and for the value of each and every Godly soul No...	Rate it (5.00 / 3 votes)
"My America Da Great" JhainDoh	But as Americans what do we stand for,...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
Gibran’s ‘River’ Courses Our Lives Karl Constantine FOLKES	k,” declared once the mystic and poet, Lebanese-American Kahlil Gibran. author of “The Prophet,” a dreamer. By observing the movements of rivers, ...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
I am Lori A. Powell	Powell I am an all American white girl Born of the human race In the...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
IDENTITY mad hippie poet	Now that I am older, I say fuck that American dream because now that I am flying, it doesn't seem like peaches and...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
Tarzan’s ‘Umgawa’ Burden Karl Constantine FOLKES	This American Burrowed in his native land Tarred and asphalted Paved an exotic landscape Forested...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
Across The Miles Kaizen	Distant dreams dance in American beams From Joburg's heart to Detroit's sprawl Messages fly defying the squall Words...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Asset Lawrence S. Pertillar	'...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Billy Collins. From the podium simply a fine tuned riot. Douglas Blair	Then I blinked and moved on to other American scenes of haystacks, water whitening over rocks, even one of a brown hare who seemed so...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Dream Tribute	the American dream I live my life as a hermit seeing the...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Foundation Michelle Brillhart	And hillbilly roots A bonafide American mutt I am my...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
I Am Just Mexican Blanca I Vela Diaz	” People expected me to be half African American, Asian from India, Philippine, or Thai; that would make sense because of my...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
In the heart of a Vet Richard J Edwards	forces to a military person just under the American Flag the shield becomes like a light switch that instantly puts a Vet into a position of...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Just Jots Jayvon Summers	Too high to not be cautious African American so I can’t move reckless Cause if I do they'd make a noose my necklace Old black folk talk to...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
My Life is Unmanageable? Really? Have you looked at yours lately?" My Life is Unmanageable? Really? Have you looked at yours lately?"	vagabonds in various forms of unpalatable American...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Ripples of Hopefulness Karl Constantine FOLKES	human rights equity; as an American...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Shades of Injustice Robert Rowe	Of an American whose fate is being A person whose skin is the color...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Shattered Dreams odonko- ba	A piece of the american...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Sleep deprivation clarity found in the rubble of a fallen castle in the sky Shane Ryan Harper	Ride it like an American stallion or a west bound freight train or a carousel to...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
speak of accident Markus Kiener	a north American Indian is found dead they speak of...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
STARMAN dkdebell	Every Diamond Dog & Young American, Idolized his Repertoire – Never Spoiled by Popularity or Jaded by his FAME; Through all...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Swords And Ploughshares Owen Seaman	of various nationalities, not necessarily American; I see them sling the slug and chew the plug; I hear the drum begin to hum; Both the...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Bus - Leonard Cohen 9 1936) Leonard Cohen	let us find ourselves some tiny American fishing village in unknown Florida and park right at the edge of the sand, a huge bus...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Country I call home Tammara Cappellano	And a place where we can say I’m proud that I’m American I'm Proud in every...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)

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