Best Catch Poems

to walk in early morning's still

to see the silence through the chill

to smell the rise of dawn from night

to hear the sky's unravelling light

to taste the distant fields of grass

to breathe the dry stone walls that pass

to touch the earth's pure pristine air

to catch the...

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If I should reach out, will you take my hand,
and hold me ‘til I reach that promised land?
Will you stay with me after tears have dried,
and close these lids the moment I have died?
Might you remain for just a moment more,
shall I but falter, tumbling...

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As I stare to where the sun comes up 
beauty lies ahead
mixing with the daffodils and 
the roses in her bed

I breathe in all her glory 
as she fills into my soul
living through her paradise and 
all that life bestows

Step in through my window
enter my...

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I can’t quite recall
The feel of your fingers
In my hand and

The sound of your voice
Escapes me today,
But I’ll remember it.

What was that song we sang?
Solo I can’t quite get the tune.
No one else thinks it’s funny.

You thought putting
a falling star in your pocket
was silly.

But it’s...

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Wait ... please wait
Do not let me fall
Do not let me go yet
I am not ready at all

I watch for the sun
Is leaving so soon
I watch for the rise
Of a harvest moon

I watched from above
A summer and a spring
Destined for a winter
Not as a living...

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The music itself is healing
Everyone loves music, in beautiful light tones
Please do not stop the music    

An interaction between emotion and soul
Dreams in time and melody
Please do not stop the music   

Relaxed and peaceful, still excited and happy
An important bodily...

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There was once an old man from Altoona

   Who decided to cast for some tuna

      'Twas a mermaid he landed

         He sighed saying off-handed

      ...

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Been long time that I've seen you,
& been long time that you've been here,
W/no demands these eyes kept your soul,
Now it's been long that they've felt it at all.

I know its not the easy task they call,
But trust me- I'll catch you when you fall,
I'll...

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To Catch A Butterfly

I stand beside 
a wilderness
    to gaze upon 
    unfamiliar shores
where life once 
appeared so intimate
    midst the savage 
    lion's roars,

Yet I'm detached 
from this reality
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Catch the Clouds
	As they drift by
The moist mist kissed
	In dream blue high
Catch the clouds in
	The sweet salt snare of
A woman’s womb
	A cozy room
Catch the clouds 
	If you care
Catch the moist seed
	Plant it deep
Bring the moist need
	From its 
		Dreamy sleep...

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Strange how it goes, they're waiting their turn
To flood my thoughts, these ideas to burn

Other times nothing, just rack my old brain
Get all pooped out, my attempts are in vain

Is there no place smack dab in the middle
Where rhymes reside and efforts are little

Why do...

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Chicago's been dubbed the windy town,
but Great Falls has that tag nailed down.
If you're facing Montana's fierce wind,
you're moving where you didn't intend.

Prairie grass rolls like ocean waves,
tumbleweed mounds resemble graves.
Aspen leaves' fluttery swirls abound,
scarcely settling their golden mound.

Longhorns stay bunched within a draw,
hoping the...

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I started a wave

Right where I was at

Out in the open

I raised up my hands

Over my head

Then I let them fall

Someone down the street 

Well they saw it all

So they in turn

Raised their hands up

As fast as they did

They let them both drop

A chain reaction

Took...

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Lightning in a bottle 
That is my little firefly 
I gotcha right out of 
The summer night sky 

Gently captured now 
In an old glass canning jar 
You twinkle, twinkle, twinkle 
Just like a little star 

Riled up and startled 
With a tap... tap... tap
Awaken...

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*** COURAGE ***

To wake up.
To stand?
To step out.
Avoid thinking 
    “can’t” and “but.”
Surrender worries
     into the hands of God…
To keep hope’s flame up.

To listen.
To discern.
To fall into the music
       of the spirit’s...

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