G.R. Gaus

Rookie - 141 Points (April 11 1950 / St. Louis)

G.R. Gaus Poems

1. Once Upon A Rhyme 3/27/2012
2. Our Soul Provider 3/28/2012
3. Chief Joseph 3/28/2012
4. Sweet Longings 3/28/2012
5. John H. 3/28/2012
6. The Christ 3/28/2012
7. Johnson 3/28/2012
8. Pride; Set Aside 3/29/2012
9. For Emily 3/29/2012
10. Just Enough 3/30/2012
11. Jealousy, Greed And Hate 3/30/2012
12. B.R.- C.L.- M.S. 4/2/2012
13. It's All About Me 4/2/2012
14. Agape 4/2/2012
15. In The Eyes 4/3/2012
16. Love Or Fear? 4/3/2012
17. Of Fear 4/4/2012
18. Artesian Hot Spring 4/4/2012
19. Silent Tears 4/6/2012
20. Feels Like Home 4/10/2012
21. The Ego Pacific Railroad 4/11/2012
22. Wrath Of Gossip 4/12/2012
23. Fevered Pitch 4/13/2012
24. Supplication 4/16/2012
25. Enough 3/6/2012
26. Unfortunate And Fame 3/6/2012
27. Politicians-Ambitions-Suspicions-Traditions 3/6/2012
28. The Once Called Flutterby 3/27/2012
29. Tess 3/27/2012
30. The Wild And Wayward Wind 3/27/2012
31. The Killer Of Bees 3/27/2012
32. Silent She Came 3/27/2012
33. Up In Smoke 3/27/2012
34. Flag Waving 3/27/2012
35. In The Name Of God 3/27/2012
36. Heaven? ? ? 4/16/2012
37. Ecclesiaties Revisted 4/17/2012
38. Counterfeit Life 4/18/2012
39. An Idealist's Vision 4/19/2012
40. Mr. One Percent 4/24/2012
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Best Poem of G.R. Gaus

Manifest Destiny Rides Again

We call ourselves Americans;
Have we erased the past?
Forgotten how this land was won?
Can't hear the distant blast?
Mighty cannon, shining gun,
Below; the setting sun.

We call ourselves Americans;
Destiny was our vow,
A legal word to burn and kill,
Ask not, the why or how,
Look back beyond the hill,
Blood for honors, spill.

We call ourselves Americans;
An ancient culture tossed,
Missionary's spread disease,
Entire tribes were lost,
Women, children to their knees,
A warrior's pride, was seized.

We call ourselves ...

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Enough

We brought you here, to our fair land,
By ships, we traveled far;
Kidnapped, from your family home,
Deep down, we left a scar.

Worked you hard, for room and board,
Encouraged you to breed;
Called you slaves, and other names,
The whip; we made you bleed.

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