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Bounty of Me Kayla Martinelli	Let me rot in the garden, famine through my orchard, plague of locusts across the fields, a wheat-barren...	Rate it (5.00 / 5 votes)
Magi Corneigh Hoff	cold famine on the way wishing for a house of bread or an inn, at least murder on the way sniping from...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
The Last of the Light Brigade Rudyard Kipling	That though they were dying of famine, they lived in deathless...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
-The Scar's Enchanted- Marsha Schunemann	She's weathered the weather, war and famine, and still feels as though she's not...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Givers Never Lack Israel Chinonye Uche	had enough to eat in a season of...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Joseph Israel Chinonye Uche	Then his brothers came to buy food in Egypt, because the...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Many Never Hear It Richard Groff	It’s written: there’s a famine coming on the land, But not of hunger or...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
NEW AGE POETRY : DANCE of DEATH . Phanibhusan Basu	Cloud-burst , droughts ; floods or famine other so many ways...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Potato's Eyes (Haiku) Lynn Brown	Saw Irish famine, with...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Take Heed, but Have No Fear BloodBought	There will be earthquakes, floods, and famine, and many still will be chasing...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Epic of Man - Part 1: The Rise of Civilization Arnold Williams	Through famine’s grip and nature’s wrath, I walked alongside each cruel...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Family Under the Tree DeMario Black	What is famine and where did it...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Hebrew's Appeal Grace Aguilar	'Till want and famine mind and life consume, And sorrow's poison'd chalice, all is drain'd Oh God, that this should...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Triumphant Believers Richard Newton Sherrer	Distress or nakedness thereof, Famine or peril be...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Virtual Reality Freak Show Daniel Millard	Giving way to Feasts that lead to Eventual famine I should have never tasted Your seedless melon That would never fill this Void My black...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
War Heather Lydia Thornhill	Prayer to end raw Prayer to begin raw Famine F Hunger M Replenishes People evolve in war Evolution evolves people at War rally ...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
In The Days BrotherJacob	earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, and...	Rate it (4.00 / 2 votes)
The White Man's Burden Rudyard Kipling	Fill full the mouth of Famine And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest The end for others sought,...	Rate it (3.67 / 3 votes)
Arms of the divine Lisa Campbell	Separated by war, plague and famine I walk towards her Breast plate and sword covered in dust and blood At last I am home...	Rate it (4.00 / 1 vote)
My Optimism Henry Louis White	Earth will have ironed out every flaw, Such as famine, racism, even...	Rate it (4.00 / 1 vote)
My prayer Perpetua Aperocho	abundance to prevent hunger And famine In a long...	Rate it (4.00 / 1 vote)
" The Great Unknown " Juan Rivera	Man suffers from war and famine, To evole, man must further...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
"My God" Kurt Philip Behm	More killed by religion in His holy name Than famine and pestilence ever can claim The tenets left foreign to God’s true intent Epiphanies...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
"Shouting" For A Camel Banjo Paterson Andrew Barton	If I give him any more there'll be a famine in the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
'Shouting' For A Camel Andrew Barton Paterson	If I give him any more there'll be a famine in the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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