Best Cautioned Poems
THE PATH WELL TRAVELLED - POTD
...POTD 23 Mar 2024
THE PATH WELL TRAVELLED.
Two paths diverged, and I was thrown by doubts I had never known
To my left, thickly overgrown, w......
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Categories:
cautioned, inspirational, journey, life, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
An Empty Throne - Part 1 of 9
...An empty throne – Part 1 of 9
For this of castled velvet throne
A queen does weep a single tear
Bleak shadows of this night have grown
To cast upon her heart this fear
Reflection polishe......
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Categories:
cautioned, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Hooker
...It was in the mists of morning, beneath the rising morning sun,
We had come to conquer Ft. Langley, It was me and Al and John.
We had all teed off quite nicely, on number one I scored a seven,
But Al......
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Categories:
cautioned, fun, golf, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
A Cowboy's Life
...I didn't want to break your heart,
I had no thought of that at all,
When I told you I'd be leaving
Right after roundup time this fall.
A cowboy's life is lonely,
With saddle, bridle and his ho......
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Categories:
cautioned, adventure, cowboy-western, lost love,
Form:
Ballad
Dream Weaver Damsel
... "Dream Weaver Damsel"
in a tiny corner beyond mysterious hills
a quaint curio shoppe promised exotic thrills
amid cryptic designs whispered brisk Autumn chills
as the marmalade suns......
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Categories:
cautioned, adventure, autumn,
Form:
Rhyme
The Boatman's Song 6/ Many
...The Boatman’s Song 6/Many
Indra again tried to convince Urveshi
But, here in heaven, Urveshi
Even the flowers are born, never to fade and die
Unlike the humans on earth, who hardly gets a
C......
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Categories:
cautioned, life, love, musicheart, longing,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Boatman's Song 4/ Many
...Indra knew this very well that
What ever may be the immense charms of heaven
Hidden in it’s never ending joys, songs and pleasures
There was no match with that of the earthly happiness
Which i......
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Categories:
cautioned, life, love, musicheart, heaven,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Thoughts On Poetry Contests
...Someone inquired of me about poetry contests,
And I shared some thoughts and considerations,
The contests, I wrote, are an incentive to write
Learning about poetry’s forms and foundati......
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Categories:
cautioned, poetry, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Disquieting Threat of Hazardous Blooms
...I avoid florists, not the people,
who generally speaking,
are polite and quite unremarkable.
I write of those floral gangsters;
the vainglorious gladioli,
eugenically forced greenhouse geraniu......
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Categories:
cautioned, poetry,
Form:
Blank verse
Rumors About Slushbo
...Slushbo was called Pinkie back in the “day”
Boys who dated her said “hip, hip hooray!”
She was daring and dashing, and did many great things.
But never was offered a pretty diamond ring.
That’s......
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Categories:
cautioned, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
The Village On the Water Iii
...Shallow-pitched tiled rooftops sparkle vividly
When lavishly sprinkled with needle-shaped grains
Of shattered mutton-fat nephrite;
There, clinging forlornly against the hanging grey
......
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Categories:
cautioned, community, life,
Form:
Free verse
Every Fear
...Every fear
Here beyond the sandstone crease
Long beneath this fractured fault
I take my bow as tears do cease
Collected in a cardboard vault
Dreamt of moments spent like thi......
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Categories:
cautioned, fear,
Form:
Rhyme
Beware the Living Dead
...From my window, darkness was quickly descending.
Costumed creatures were walking about, pretending
to be goblins and ghosts, expecting me to be scared
and totally frea......
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Categories:
cautioned, halloween,
Form:
Rhyme
Shh Here He Comes
...A dull-looking scuffed up ebony toolbox full of pure happiness,
Sat in the back of Charley’s old green Chevy pick-up truck,
Waiting for him to drink his three cups of coffee.
“Another adventure!” ......
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Categories:
cautioned, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Personification
It Is Not Easy Being Animal Friendly
...I sit outside wondering what those bossy raccoons are doing in the kitchen.
They threw me out assuring me that spaghetti making is their specialty.
Do not let the crows in, I cautioned them. They s......
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Categories:
cautioned, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form:
Light Verse