Heroes & Patriotism | Giggle Academy

My Country ’Tis of Thee By W. E. B. Du Bois - Giggle Poems

Friday, June 5, 2026Social Commentaries Race & Ethnicity History & Politics Mythology & Folklore Heroes & Patriotism Poetic Terms Stanza Forms Mixed Rhymed Stanza Types/Modes Prose Poem

They’ll hardly note the little changes and their feelings and your conscience will thus be saved: My country tis of thee, Late land of slavery, Of the ...

Chattanooga By Ishmael Reed - Giggle Poems

1 Some say that Chattanooga is the Old name for Lookout Mountain To others it is an uncouth name Used only by the uncivilised Our a-historical period ...

John Henry By Anonymous - Giggle Poems

Friday, June 5, 2026Mythology & Folklore Heroes & Patriotism Children Subjects Classics Timeless Treasures

When John Henry was a little tiny baby Sitting on his mama's knee, He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel Saying, "Hammer's going to be the ...

Why We Are Truly a Nation By William Matthews - Giggle Poems

Friday, June 5, 2026Social Commentaries Mythology & Folklore Heroes & Patriotism Poetic Terms Meters Free Verse

Because we rage inside the old boundaries, like a young girl leaving the Church, scared of her parents. Because we all dream of saving the shaggy, du ...

Debridement By Michael S. Harper - Giggle Poems

Friday, June 5, 2026Social Commentaries Race & Ethnicity War & Conflict History & Politics Living Death Mythology & Folklore Heroes & Patriotism Holidays Memorial Day Poetic Terms Meters Free Verse

We saw no action, eleven months twenty-two days in our old tank burning sixty feet away: I watch them burn inside out: hoisting through heavy crossfir ...

Carentan O Carentan By Louis Simpson - Giggle Poems

Friday, June 5, 2026Love Heartache & Loss Social Commentaries War & Conflict Living Death Relationships Mythology & Folklore Heroes & Patriotism Holidays Memorial Day Poetic Terms Verse Forms Ballad

Trees in the old days used to stand And shape a shady lane Where lovers wandered hand in hand Who came from Carentan. This was the shining green canal ...

Troop Train By Karl Shapiro - Giggle Poems

Friday, June 5, 2026Social Commentaries War & Conflict Living Death Mythology & Folklore Heroes & Patriotism Holidays Memorial Day Poetic Terms Meters Blank Verse

Diamonds and hearts are red but spades are black, And spades are spades and clubs are clovers—black. Trains lead to ships and ships to death or trains ...

The True-Blue American By Delmore Schwartz - Giggle Poems

Friday, June 5, 2026Social Commentaries Mythology & Folklore Heroes & Patriotism Holidays Independence Day Poetic Terms Meters Free Verse Emotions Humor

Jeremiah Dickson was a true-blue American, For he was a little boy who understood America, for he felt that he must Think about everything ; because t ...

Karenge ya Marenge By Countee Cullen - Giggle Poems

Friday, June 5, 2026Social Commentaries War & Conflict History & Politics The Mind Doubt & Contemplation Mythology & Folklore Heroes & Patriotism Holidays Independence Day Poetic Terms Verse Forms Sonnet Emotions Blame Disappointment

Wherein are words sublime or noble? What Invests one speech with haloed eminence, Makes it the sesame for all doors shut, Yet in its like sees but imp ...

The City's Oldest Known Survivor of the Great War By James Doyle - Giggle Poems

Friday, June 5, 2026Social Commentaries War & Conflict Living Growing Old Time & Brevity Mythology & Folklore Heroes & Patriotism Holidays Memorial Day Poetic Terms Meters Free Verse

marches in uniform down the traffic stripe at the center of the street, counts time to the unseen web that has rearranged the air around him, his left ...