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Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy placeLapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place
I tip figurative hat to the late Cathy Robertson, longtime (lifetime) Thomas Paine Unitarian Church member, who unwittingly and quite casually made mention of contra dancing, which inopportunely, inextricably,...
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12th grade, addiction, adventure,
Form: Free verse
The Caged Bird Finally Free To Spread It's Wings XA warm caressing wandering breeze whispers and expels breath
Upon fine silk
Netted hugging mesh
Suspended on two pillars
That once scaled as a climber
Leads to a secret hidden place
That opens its drapes inviting
The prospector in...
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Categories:
adventure, devotion, engagement, longing,
Form: Narrative
Categories:
adventure, creation,
Form: Haiku
a reminder
Currents of air
And there
A Hawk
Wings spread
So wide you saw the space
Between its furtherest feathers
As it rode upon
The face of God,
Tatooed upon His Breath.
And I was lifted too,
My spirit rising
From a sleepy Death;
As...
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Categories:
adventure, bird, blessing, celebration,
Form: Free verse
AdventureWe got an old basket
A ball of strong twine
And one or two things
Of yours and mine
We found an old blanket
And very very soon
We were flying up high
In our homemade balloon
Mr Skylark interrupted
His wonderful song
To wish...
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Categories:
adventure, fantasy, fun, joy,
Form: Rhyme
Curves Contours Vale Mounds And FoldsCurves valleys mounds and folds
A sweeping landscape we choose to travel
And enjoy to linger for a time
Whenever we can
To us and our companion
To the High peak of satisfaction
And release mounting tension
In the pleasant valley...
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Categories:
adventure, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Teenager Once MoreYou are the only one who listened
The only one who took the time
When there was nobody
You came along I made you mine
Words are just words
If they don't come from the heart
I so want to express...
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Categories:
adventure,
Form: Free verse
Matthew O Harris Ease A FAKE IrishmanMatthew O' Harris Ease A "FAKE" Irishman
Saint Patrick's Day, or
Feast of Saint Patrick
Lá Fhéile Pádraig
invoke even non Irish to proclaim
Éirinn go Brách
translated as "Ireland Forever."
Though semitic thru and thru
yours truly (me) dons guise of being...
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Categories:
adventure, america, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Postcards and paper plane'sPostcards and paper plane's.
Postcards and paper plane's I'd never thought to throw away, some day I may reminisce how flying and crying mingled with nostalgia, as my travels have been short. Maybe the plans...
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Categories:
adventure, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
the wealthy peopleThe wealthy couple
who live on an island in the Far East
but once a year, they visit Europe
every year when I see them, they have changed
Alas, I wish it had been for the better
both are...
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Categories:
adventure, africa, analogy, art,
Form: Blank verse
Hobo TalesThere once was a hobo that lived by the tracks
Never ate a full meal, just ate lots of snacks
He rode in a boxcar most everywhere he went
And traveled for free, didn’t spend a cent
He had...
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Categories:
adventure, corruption, magic, people,
Form: Rhyme
Driftwood - A Brief Fantasy Adventuresculptured hobo of the sea
a pirate’s swashbuckling adventure
siren, kraken, leviathan
or some other ocean creature
but now enjoying retirement
as peaceful a garden feature
...
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Categories:
adventure, fantasy, fun, garden,
Form: Rhyme
Road MapIf you feel like a crack or a gap
You are no where near done
That's not a wrap
You depressed old sap
But light making its way in
Call it your new road map...
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Categories:
adventure, africa, america, journey,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
adventure, beautiful, blessing, paris,
Form: Romanticism
So Where Am II woke up wondering where I was
In my dream I had been driving somewhere
Here there everywhere trying to get home
I thought I saw it down the street that street
Turned down that street only to...
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Categories:
adventure, christian, jesus, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Adventure Poems
Definition | What is Adventure in Poetry?
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