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Afield Poems - Poems about Afield

the end of security
...the end safety No modern weaponry can stop this brutal onslaught. The Med is far from here, where the Atlantic breeze is cooling we who do not travel watch the fire with awe Further afield, peo......

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Categories: afield, abuse, age, anxiety,
Form: ABC
Rivers Jumps Our Banks
...Households unhitch, clapperboard hulls creaking - the sound of storm-lashed rigging, as washing lines and telephone wires twist netting loosening foundations. Where we once believed roots gripp......

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Categories: afield, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Robertson's
...The heat haze from the fire was joining that of the sweltering day as the man added another item to the fire from his late father's detritus. Stuff left ov......

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Categories: afield, discrimination, father daughter, father
Form: Free verse
Hidden In The Hollow
...Hidden In The Hollow Of His Blessed Hand; Never Foe Can Follow Never Traitor Stand; Every Surge A Flourish Every Strength ......

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Categories: afield, appreciation,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member A Poetic Journey Through American History
...Aboriginal tribes, ancient and free, Bold explorers sailed ‘cross the vast sea. Colonial dreams, a new world’s birth, Devout pilgrims, a holy rebirth. Emanc......

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Categories: afield, america, history, thank you,
Form: ABC



Premium Member Unrequited
...I was once a Romeo In gallant quest of romantic love. For sake of which I wandered far afield, Past mills and quarries, foundries and farms Where good folk tend their business And useful thing......

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Categories: afield, allegory, relationship, romantic love,
Form: Blank verse
Beach nymphs
.... From toes unto nose's lip alopesia rrrrrr there'z not one from the other save t......

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Categories: afield, celebration, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Reigning In
...You may conquer on horseback but to rule must dismount Pandora lies waiting new blood for the fount Napoleon Attila Augustus afield The vanquished in chaos till order —congeals (D......

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Categories: afield, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Jagged
...Bella Luna blemished with jagged face Craters and debris of beauty no trace Midnight sky golden globe rides high On earth we see vision and softly sigh. Luna mystery is at last revealed......

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Categories: afield, moon, space,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Waking Up
...I should have washed the dried tears away My skin is uncomfortable this morning That can be remedied though There is a hush and I feel I can hear a far away train It might be my blood pumping pas......

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Categories: afield, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Holiday Paradise
...Holiday Paradise is burning Rhodes is surrounded by invading fires and blue sea no modern weaponry can stop this brutal onslaught. The Med is far from here, where the Atlantic breeze is cooling ......

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Categories: afield, absence, age, beach, creation,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member N Is For Nature a Happening
...The wood pigeon awoke on her roosting perch, fluttered with a nervous jerk; warilysearching for sustenance, above the peregrine made a fateful entrance. The winter harsh and icy cold, driven f......

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Categories: afield, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Vanishing Point
...Far beyond the supermarket workers and the gardeners building their own allotments, the boy soldiers and the coal-miners with dusty lungs, the women helping mould silver bullets for wars and the mini......

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Categories: afield, beauty, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Wayward Wanderer
... Why does my soul not conform to the social standards that society and family set before me? As if I was written as a chapter of a different book and thrown amongst the scoffers. Or am I just a ......

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Categories: afield, conflict, corruption, courage, culture,
Form: Free verse
If Not Burning
...If not burned Hellas is burning the Athens is surrounded by invading fires no modern weaponry can stop this brutal onslaught. Greece is far from here, where the Atlantic breeze is cooling ......

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Categories: afield, arabic, beach, death,
Form: Blank verse

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