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Aback Poems - Poems about Aback

Premium Member Cloud Watching
...When I was younger, I thought that in retirement I would take pictures of or paint beautiful clouds situated so vividly above us. Clouds more often appear as wonderous displays in the canopy. Clo......

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Categories: aback, poetess, weather, world war
Form: Free verse
Halcyon Fall
...Through the beige isle, veins of green holler aloud Lush foliages of maple, yet I pick upon a rosebud Mists of sentiment brabble, springing whistles of reminiscing From the floor, they call out to......

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Categories: aback, death, death of a
Form: Free verse



Happy Father's Day God
...Thank you for each of my children and my wonderful wife. Thank you for their mothers through whom you gave life. No matter what any of us think about You. You honor your word and your love is so t......

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Categories: aback, 12th grade, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 8 Questions
...Out of nowhere it seems, he appeared to me. He had the eyes of an eagle; the heart of a lion. He had the strength of a bear, but he was a man. He posed questions to me in the tone of a teacher. ......

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Categories: aback, angel, dream, imagination, visionary,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Brainwash
...To the best of my memory, the word brainwash has been used in reference to me only twice. The first time happened more than 50 years ago. The second one occurred less than a year ago. One refer......

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Categories: aback, perspective,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Unwelcomed Visitor
... It was on the 7th of May. It was in the early part of the day. He appeared but was never invited. Upon seeing his kind, I was not delighted. There were smaller ones I had seen, But not th......

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Categories: aback, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Reflection in the Mirror
... In the quiet morning light, for the first time, I truly gazed into the mirror, What I saw was unrecognisable, I must confess I was close to it but had to draw closer still, I was surprised......

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Categories: aback, change, hair, old,
Form: Free verse
The Confluence
... The path diverged, a choice laid stark and bare, Two separate journeys breathing different air. One winding upward toward a sunlit peak, The other shadowed by a murmuring creek. We walked t......

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Categories: aback, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Butterfly
...As she drinks nectar from a flower, sweetness from heaven falls like dew anointed with a gentle rain amidst sun showers she appears as if on cue Lifting her wings she lands on a Zinnia ben......

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Categories: aback, beautiful, butterfly,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Tune of Smoke and Fire
...It's funny. The mind goes there and back, Switching between lyre to inspire - And the sober thoughts of black. If all I love is theory, And if all I know is fiction, Then why do eyes get teary......

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Categories: aback, deep, emotions, fire, friendship
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Losing Mary Lou
...I had to discourage the love of Mary Lou My pals advised me what to do Just insult her the Texas way She'll set you free and go away. But Mary Lou heard on the grapevine of my plan, so decid......

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Categories: aback, absence, girlfriend, humor, hurt,
Form: Lyric
ABEL-CAN ANIMALS SUBSTITUTE HUMAN LOVE?
...Well, there is someone for me now- I thought as I bought him home from the pet-shop, My boy had left me last week, Now I have him to kiss my cheek Ah! What a company! I took him in my lap, An......

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Categories: aback, allusion, anger, anxiety, best
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Dog Shares His Perspective
...as my dog and i were on a walk he said we have to have a talk about the way we are constructed it was then that he instructed when you say top to bottom about things that we've both got 'e......

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Categories: aback, dog, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Implosion
...To be immune from aspersions mean and vile May assuage our hurt feelings for awhile But to really uphold the Golden Rule We must also withhold words harsh and cruel—by poet In an upsid......

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Categories: aback, hate, world,
Form: Rhyme
Parting Ways
...At this point she has exceeded her lifespan and the time has come for an upgrade. It sounds so impersonal to speak of her simply as a tool. She was a constant, from the saffron glow of dawn through ......

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Categories: aback, bereavement, conflict, death, dedication,
Form: Clerihew

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