TOP OF THE MORNINGThe day is bright
Behind us is the night
The sun smiles
Kindness in endless piles
Trees, flowers and bees alike
Our hearts beat to the same strike
Yesterday's pains, sharp as a cry
Dissolve like the stars when the dawn burns them high!...
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Categories:
adventure, allegory, appreciation, art,
Form: Rhyme
Ode to a songbirdOde to a Songbird.
I listen, in the early hours,
to the butcherbird’s song,
clear and sonorous
above the general throng
of morning warblers,
entranced by the sound
of his mellifluous tones,
as though a small flute
had got stuck in his throat
while he was foraging.
Over and over, he repeats
his two-part repertoire:
a rising riff, a pause,
and a descending counterpart,...
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Categories:
appreciation, bird,
Form: Free verse
Kehne ko chaandKehne ko toh Chand keh dun usee..
Kehne ko toh Chand keh dun usee.
Par kambakht Chand par bhi daag hai..
Noor kuch esa h uss ajnabi chehre mei..
Ke Noor kuch esa h uss ajnabi chehre mei..
Khud ye chand bhi hairaan hai.....
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Categories:
appreciation, beautiful, beauty, for
Form: Rhyme
a certain pungencynothing
appears as
this story
and that story
and when the
story involves
the me character
there may seem
a certain
pungency~~...
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Categories:
appreciation, words,
Form: Free verse
Potion of HealingCome, come, this form of grand
Arise, the queen of hurt and can't
Towards my love your heart may prance,
Farther from whence your pain has danced-
Into my arms your silence speaks,
Woes sung low of stolen vanity,
May we last until death dies out,
Forever yet shall we stay soulbound....
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Categories:
abuse, analogy, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
On Growing OlderOn Growing Older
Sometimes my steps are steady,
Sometimes my hands shake.
Sometimes my memory falters,
And I make some sad mistake.
Sometimes I hear you talking
But I do not understand.
Just remember that I love you
And I do the best I can.
My skin is sagged and wrinkled.
I look a little like an Elf.
My eyesight's getting hazy,
Sometimes I repeat...
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Categories:
age, appreciation, blessing, body,
Form: Rhyme
The World is BleedingGod dispatches two angles
for each missile sent in war
to recover the souls of those perished
He then lets nature clean up the blood
with insects and bacteria
so the war-torn scenario is blessed
It’s too common a sight
men, women and children
dying in war zones
Heavens gates are swayed open
with a constant line of new souls
carried by the angels
When...
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Categories:
appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Summer Hiku 37
Categories:
appreciation, mystery, nature, summer,
Form: Haiku
My lovely cup of tea
All alone in my later life just my memories and me
Reminiscing about my younger years
With a lovely cup of tea.
Thinking about loved ones who have been and gone.
Time has gone so fast has it really been
That long.
Days slip into weeks and months slip into
Years
Laughter in happy times and in sadness there were...
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Categories:
appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Its time to make a DecisionA list of tasks to accomplish before I embrace love again:
I envision my mind wandering through expansive fields where patches of grass lie brown. A single wildflower stands out among the scattered pebbles beneath my feet. Memories linger, taunting me alongside the bare trees with their bent trunks. A cool breeze brushes against my face;...
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Categories:
allusion, anger, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Dramatic Verse
1972
It was the year of coming into my own.
It was the summer I turned fourteen and
I was discovering the meaning of freedom.
I owned a ghettoblaster and together
would take my blanket up the hill
to stretch out in an empty field.
My horizons had expanded and
life seemed full of possibilities.
The future was a vast expanse.
Not knowing made the...
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Categories:
appreciation, freedom, growing up,
Form: Free verse
Crafty little friend of mine
He’d stay for a minute and watch the sun. Then disappear like the wind… and then there was none!
He’d follow my footsteps in the snow.
He’d watch me off to work in the car go.
He’d be around at breakfast and tea time and would always get fed.
He’d patrol n the nighttime when we were in bed....
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Categories:
animal, appreciation, cat, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Ginger Shots**Ginger Shots**
Today, of all days, I find myself dividing my tears into sections. With each moment, each tear, and each snuffle I make, the paper tissues crumble, showing signs of the mishaps in life that surely cannot be mended. Yesterday was your birthday, and today is my revelation about life—my life.
Lately, it seems I’ve...
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Categories:
appreciation, allusion, america, anger, anxiety,
Form: Dramatic Verse
I sing the praises of SteriliteI sing the praises of Sterilite
(even Mary Poppins would tout
a plug for said company she would spout
forcing playthings scattered helter skelter
retreating into their respective bins
analogous to a defeated army
beating a hasty retreat after a major rout
against all odds fighting off
the aggressive incursion
of a trumpeting lout,
which troops use weapon of choice
namely breath issuing "Kraut"
which in German,...
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Categories:
america, appreciation, beautiful, fashion,
Form: Free verse
Fasten Smiles Upon Me SayI'm not old fashioned I'm just from a time when everything was better !
Tether me with flowers
bring me sunshine everyday !
Do not ruffle up my feathers
when I'm doing it my way !
Fasten smiles upon me say,
"Go ahead, do it your way !"
...
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Categories:
appreciation, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Appreciation Poems
Definition | What is Appreciation in Poetry?
Poems Related to Appreciation
gratitude, thanks, recognition, acknowledgment, indebtedness, obligation, tribute, testimonial, gratefulness, inflation, growth, gain, improvement, rise, enhancement, admiration, perception, love, knowledge, commendation, enjoyment, sensitivity, awareness, understanding, sympathy