The House Was White
The house was white
The sky was blue
The people were lost
The house was too.
It remembered how it was
Not too long ago
Regal, proud, historically
Tyranny’s great foe
But the people who were lost
led it here
Driven by hate,
consumed by fear.
It longed for the men of yesteryear.
It panged for the leaders before
Before it was lost and closed its doors.
The house, still white
That sky’s still blue
The hope remains
To itself be true.
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I appreciate a political poem that’s fun to read: I love the variation in the last stanza, the anthropomorphism, and the rhymed 4-syllable lines.
Rhyme is not dead as you remind us.
i tend to avoid rhyming poems like bill collectors, but this one was on point!
Agreed with the above sentiment. Usually don’t go for a rhyming poem but this one is perfect.