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Securing the border
war and the state
begin with a fence
proceed to condemn
a man unheard
we fell from one word
such as trouble or shame
bring an aster to trial
and have a rose bled
Poems on the topic: trial
Poems on the topic “trial” on Poets.by.
Barry Holden
The very fall my sister Nancy Knapp
Set fire to the house
They were trying Dr. Duval
For the murder of Zora Clemens,
And I sat in the court two weeks
Listening to every witness.
It was clear he had got her in a family way;
And to let the child be born
Would not do.
Well, how about me with eight children,
And one coming, and the farm
Mortgaged to Thomas Rhodes?
And when I got home that night,
(After listening to the story of the buggy ride,
And the finding of Zora in the ditch,)
The first thing I saw, right there by the steps,
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