Posted in My Haiku, tagged bard on the hill, Dennis Allen Lange, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, haiku, handicapped, Hyde Park, New York, paralyzed, poems, poetry, president on April 27, 2020| Leave a Comment »
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House worthy
Of a president –
FDR.
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Built to hide
From voting public –
Handicap.
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The photo is mine, of FDR’s home in Hyde Park, New York.
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* The haiku I write are lines of 3-5-3 syllables instead of 5-7-5.
See Haiku article here for explanation, if needed: https://thebardonthehill.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/haiku/
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© Dennis Allen Lange, 2020.
Posted in My Haiku, tagged bard on the hill, buried, cemetery, city, Democrat, haiku, Lady Bird, Lyndon Baines Johnson, On The Ranch, poems, poetry, president, Texas on November 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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‘Neath a stone
A president lies –
LBJ.
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The photo is mine, taken at the LBJ Ranch near Johnson City, Texas.
LBJ’s tombstone is the large one center right; Lady Bird’s large one center left.
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* The haiku I write are lines of 3-5-3 syllables instead of 5-7-5.
See Haiku article here for explanation, if needed: https://thebardonthehill.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/haiku/
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© Dennis Allen Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2018.
Posted in Civil War Poems, My Poems, tagged Asylum, bard on the hill, burned Atlanta, Civil War, crazy like a fox, Dennis Allen Lange, drunk, General William Tecumseh Sherman, insane, Penitentiary, poems, poetry, Presidency, president, triumph, Ulysses Grant on June 23, 2018| 1 Comment »
(General William Tecumseh Sherman)
Some thought that Sherman was insane
…In early days of war.
Though at the end most didn’t, while
…Atlanta thought it more.
He mused, when he in triumph stood
…Before a nation, glad,
“I stayed by Grant when he was drunk,
…And he while I was mad.”
They thought he’d make a president,
…A leader, great, of men.
He said, “I’d rather choose instead
…Locked four years in the pen.”
Most likely, he was crazy then,
…Just crazy like a fox,
To not let people lock him in
…A presidential box.
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© Dennis Allen Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2018.
Posted in A-B (by poet name), Poems of Other Poets, tagged anonymous, bard on the hill, campaign slogan, hero of Tippecanoe, incumbent, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, poems, poetry, politics, president, song, William Henry Harrison on September 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »
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A song during William Henry Harrison’s presidential campaign
against incumbent Martin Van Buren:
What has caused this great commotion, motion,
…….Our country through?
…….It is the ball a-rolling on,
For Tippecanoe and Tyler too, Tippecanoe and Tyler too.
And with them we’ll beat little Van, Van, Van;
…….Van is a used-up man.
Posted in Civil War Poems, My Haiku, My Poems, tagged bard on the hill, calm, Civil War, Dennis Lange, general, Haikus, memorial, poems, poetry, president, Ulysses S. Grant, Unruffled, wordpress blog on December 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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Cavalry,
Grant’s Memorial,
But not Grant.
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Another
Nearby, pictures Grant
Sitting calmly.
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photo by Nicolas Raymond at http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/nBfrAYS/Grant+Cavalry+Memorial
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* The haiku I write are lines of 3-5-3 syllables instead of 5-7-5.
See Haiku article here for explanation, if needed:
https://thebardonthehill.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/haiku/
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2015.
The Bard on the Hill 