The Nation that Destroys its Soil Destroys Itself
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The root of life is beneath our feet
Nation building from pebbles and rocks
That form humanity’s foundation
Destroys illusion that we’re complete
Its bits of dust are the building blocks
Soil equalizes expectations
Destroys notions of superiority
Itself leveling all authority
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(A Bumper Sticker Poem)
Bumper Sticker Poems – a form I created, inspired by cento and golden shovel poetry, with the following guidelines:
- Using a bumper sticker as inspiration use the words in the bumper sticker as the first word in each line of the poem
- The theme of the poem may or may not have anything to do with the message of the sticker
- Title should be the words of the bumper sticker
- Should be rhymed
- 9 syllable lines
- Number of lines depends on number of words on the bumper sticker
Learning a New Language
A Picture and a Poem 