Best Berm Poems

Singular snowflakes spread-out
blanket a dreary barren berm 
that overlooks the dormant meadow
bringing a brightness to fields of grey.

Smiles overcome me as I watch
the proud red-breasted robin 
pick at pieces of weathered brush
choosing just the right one
to comfort her nesting baby.

Whistles echo out of the rustic...

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I’m building castles in the sand
on the shores of a grey, grey sea.
The clouds have gathered overhead
and the shells are wave-washed clean.
Footprints wander down the shore
of the vast and vacant sea,
the waves are buffing them away
and turning the sand sateen.
Beyond the berm and the waving...

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fisherwomen tramp
along river's berm
we picnic...

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December Rain Dance
A drop of cold rain sneaks through the atmosphere,
Suavely mingling to the earth,
Lightly tapping the shoulder of the road; 
Almost startling the road, causing a lonely spec of road dust to stir and turn its head
To meet the rain,
The drop asks the dust...

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I.

Ode the thrill of a tango
curled in clutches sleek

Elegance, a prerequisite
Add on a spun euphoria

Nimble is a turgid swoon!

Arms conduct to the aria
New skin, feels no tocsin
It's deeply in a you and i
Glazed, to the tightening
and a strangling organza
Necked into a suffocation

So go the tunnel...

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There is a world of endless exploration,
The whole of life yet at its blissful berm,
A place of wonder and imagination,
With views of this world in its purest form.
A world that all have paid a passing visit,
And drove men mad with longing for another,
Its greatness, not...

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The snow doth fall upon my face

with cool spots of icy water that soon melt from the heat of 98 point 6

The snow fills my bird bath 'til it piles up and creates a dome no bird will negotiate

The river, behind my house flows slower...

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Smoke trickles from red brick stack
Children make ready for slumber
Through the frosty panes of boudoir glass
Eyes amaze at the wonder before
Amber radiant glow of street lamp
Broken by fall of crystalline confetti
Obscuring rays and speckling ground white beneath
 
Sleep won’t come soon 
As preparations cease and...

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Awaken to sounds of flight, machines in the distance 
Muffled sounds from fire watch
Bellowing to arms to arms
Planes humming, men rising from their slumber

The sky was dark, silhouettes dimmed the stars
Unapproachable rays and milky ways faded 
As the Reaper flew over way
With tools of trade

Squinting...

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On the top of the berm
One Canadian soldier stood
His head bowed
Heavily understood

We sign up to do
What the duty ensues
To our flag we obey
Our enemies, we pursue

This tor of abroad
In a distant land
Four lives so free
Leaving families bland

As we awake tomorrow
Knowing of yesterdays gone
We do for...

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off the gander, down feather basks on the free breeze, divorced 

(8/24/2020: '02 Sea Ray 560; Willow Berm)...

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i stood there on the berm of a cliff
like juliet in the absence of romeo
feeling dim, as night fell
in a breathless mist

my thoughts lurked
in the ebon hole of mind
as the stars settled in 
looming in and out
of the milky way

i looked at them
as they glistened
remembering...

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A baby salamander
In the middle of the road 
Seemed in danger of a horrifying end,
So I thought I would transport him
To the grasses on the berm
Or a car would squish him coming ‘round the bend.

When I placed a leaf before him
He resisted crawling on 
So...

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There once was a cautious weird man named Berm
He was mortally so afraid of germ 
No girl did he ever kiss
Saying I won’t get sick miss
Pressed her lips with fingers, thought there’s no harm. 

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May 14, 2023
Syllable count : 10/10/7/7/10 (HMS)
Contest : Funny, Bawdy Or...

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The Worm Doth Squirm
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