DC Poetry

Mason Shuckhart

Mount Vernon Acrostic PoemMountain topTerrific

Very largeExcellentReduced in sizeNice houseOutstandingNot in use

Monticello Couplet PoemMonticello, old home to Thomas Jefferson, is a wonderful placeTo tear it down would be an awful disgrace

Ford’s Theatre Limerick Poem That night the audience was filled with great fearFor John Wilkes Booth the murderer was nearBut Booth didn’t careAnd to his misfortune his boot got caught in a snareThen the audience’s expression turned into a leer

Williamsburg/Gettysburg Diamonte

WilliamsburgSmall, very old town

Teaching, becoming older, thrivingHouses, businesses, big, Little

Round topMesmerizing, educating,

fascinatingVery flat, a little plain

Gettysburg

National Cathedral Couplet Poem

The National Cathedral is great in sizeTo own it would be a prize

Arlington Cemetery Concrete Poem

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