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Basketful Poems - Poems about Basketful

Golgotha

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*I normally don't like notes with poems but, a couple of things: I thought it would be interesting to capture the moment of Jesus' execution from the viewpoint of a non-believer. in addition, I wro...

Categories: basketful, death, faith,
Form: Haibun

Grocery Poem Ii

...a basketful of green and orange.
stomachful of another week’s paycheck.
a father’s pockets crumb-lined and stiff.
kids play catch in the canned food aisle

the fluorescent lights never stop buzz...

Categories: basketful, food,
Form: Free verse

Blaze of Glory

...(for Sally)
Sally, swarthy mare of a serene plain
Clad in habiliments of nubile grace
Whose name is the opium
That soothes the tremor of restive hearts.
Like the full moon that adorns the night,...

Categories: basketful, crush, hyperbole, love, metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Cross the River

...It’s a short walk to the river 
From the village of my birth,
From the place of my conception 
And my home, for what it’s worth.
Just a short walk made each morning, 
A tradition that survives,
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Categories: basketful, allegory, death,
Form: Lyric

Volume Vs Value

...A basketful of pennies, true,
May be less than a handful of quarters
Children will take the basketful every time
Because as any little kid can tell you
Volume always means more value.

written ...

Categories: basketful, children, kindergarten, money,
Form: Free verse

Coffee and the Poet

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Coffee and The Poet

The clumsy poet, had spilled
a giant mug of coffee on her
beaming kitchen floor!
At a parallel time, came a
gentle thumping upon her 
kitchenette door.
Twas h...

Categories: basketful, fun, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Outliers

...Out-li-er /-, li(-e)r/ noun

this dance was dying of old age.
until I learnt to move a toe. 
a dance of old woman trying to see
the sun rise from the sole of her feet. 
her survival outlived a ...

Categories: basketful, 4th grade, anger, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse

Keep the Faith - the Free Style

...~ Keep  The  Faith ~ 
(Free Style )


Sometimes we all have to try or do something new 
But we're so afraid to fail if once we only  try
That's  when we all need to have a basketful of ...

Categories: basketful, faith, hope, inspirational, love,
Form: Free verse

Without You

...(Free Style) 


Sounds in life that makes us sing, 
Songs of love that were created here, 
Winter, fall, summer, and every spring 
Your love brings me a basketful of cheer 

Anointed ...

Categories: basketful, devotion, i love you,
Form: Rhyme

Seduction

...My view on seduction,
 is that what you're asking me? 

Specifically love, 
my thoughts on loving a woman,
that's what you want to know?

Have you ever seen the image of a woman
in th...

Categories: basketful, romance, women,
Form: Free verse

The Ambiguous Red Herring

...Fished all day not a red herring on the line                                                                     but I got a basketful of kipper                                                       ...

Categories: basketful, fish, fishing, funny, irony,
Form: Grook

Gone Missing

...If I go missing,
Don't go looking.

You can return the library books
I borrowed under your name. And I
Know I left a basketful of dirty clothes:
You can just dump them somewhere.
Eat the snacks that ...

Categories: basketful, friend, friendship, loss, missing,
Form: Free verse