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Amusements Poems - Poems about Amusements

Alfred the Great modern English translations by Michael R Burch
...KING ALFRED THE GREAT MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS King Alfred the Great (c. 849-899), arguably the first great king of England, may have done more to lay the groundwork for English literacy and l......

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Categories: amusements, england, leadership, literature, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Erinna Distaff Translation
...ERINNA Erinna is widely regarded, at least by those who have read her, as second only to Sappho among the ancient Greek female poets. Little is known about her life; Erinna has been called a conte......

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Categories: amusements, child, childhood, death, death
Form: Free verse



Premium Member End Game Conclusion
...When you’re dying of terminal sadness, It’s easy to fall for false cures, Distracted by tempting amusements Whose needs seem more pressing than yours. When you’re two moves adjacent to checkmate ......

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Categories: amusements, allegory, angst,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Lost Heaven Haiku
... "Lost Heaven Haiku" ...there are many rooms in my house, you could get lost in the eternal amusements the infected monoku stalking the lost heaven haiku (LadyLabyrin......

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Categories: amusements, muse, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Out My Window
...Through my window, I watch children play. Over harvested fields, they move and run. Unmindful of the bite of stubble under their feet. Eager to spend their holidays in great fun. Some run arou......

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Categories: amusements, childhood, children, fun,
Form: Rhyme



A Motor Park In Nigeria
...Here, the word I drop for Travelers “Hark!” Where offended driver begins to bark: “Why should you there your Stupid Volvo park?” The bared teeth of speaker those of a shark; If he sank them in on......

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Categories: amusements, car, corruption, evil, places,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Abandon
...Absolutely surrendering to the amusements of fate Benign benevolent sentiments within bring bodacious bait Abiding austerely into the ageless absurd fits and starts Never negotiating with nature......

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Categories: amusements, psychological,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member The Maypole
...I remember it well. The feeling was swell. It happened once a year; An event most precious and dear. The fragrance was in the air. It was still mid-Spring, but from the sky, There protruded t......

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Categories: amusements, childhood, may,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Poetique
... "Poetique" poet where goest thou on this trip? you sing your muse in small amusements confectionary conceits took a detour amazed labyrinthine ghost-......

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Categories: amusements, muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Three Happy Italians
...Palazzo Strozzi near the Duomo is empty now, The tourists having sought more grand amusements; Perpetual restlessness the most common souvenir They’ll be bringing home from vacation. Giotto’s C......

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Categories: amusements, travel,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Afflicted Afghanistan
...Like nations many, at Central South Asian seam, With its roots in the Paleolithic time stream; Home of cultures, habitats, and martial movements, Lounge of Arab, Muslim, British, Greek amusements.......

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Categories: amusements, abuse, betrayal, conflict, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Frankenstein Tea Party
...Monsters of conceit that human beings create, With fantastic forms and shapes and strength decorate; Licensing to love, loath, lust, lie, lure and loiter, Wretched then; dare to kill the very crea......

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Categories: amusements, life, political, psychological, social,
Form: Rhyme
As Summer Evolves
...As summer evolves, With heat and despair, The boy I once knew, Gazes up in the air, He's enamored by freedom, The choices supplied, By three months vacation, And magic implied, Some friends a......

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Categories: amusements, freedom, summer, sun, sunshine,
Form: Rhyme
The Loyal Figure
...It has been a revolution of revelations Full of whispers It has been a analysis of analytical Full of wonders Wait a minute, wait a minute The plot thickens Who could that be As the sun move......

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Categories: amusements, appreciation, international, leadership, marriage,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Buccaneer and the Dolphin
...There is an adventure to be written From my perch where I be sitting Two characters my imagination see A relationship story to be told late in the day over tea There is an honest buccaneer ......

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Categories: amusements, beach, deep, fish, friend,
Form: Rhyme

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