Best Cliffside Poems


On the Rocks
...what candle pressed against the wind
a winding trail unfolds 
down the cliffside 
into the storm
where a treasure lies to behold
a thousand jagged teeth
Peirce the roiling spew
a promise of pa......

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© Chris Alex  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cliffside, angst, death, gothic, heartbreak,
Form: Ode
The Temptress of the Cliff
...The heaven's lanterns she commands,
The harmony of ocean's harp.
Her moonlit shadow firmly stands,
And merges at the hem of scarp.

As I approach, afraid to speak,
Her illustration disappears.
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© Gael Attal  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cliffside, allegory, death, devotion, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Be Bram Stoker For a Day
...High winds - stirring sea - surf pounds - Whitby beach

Storm clouds - residual - seagulls - frantic cry

Midnight - a figure - in view - ascending

Bowed down - wearily - cliff steps - Abbey bound

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Categories: cliffside, character, horror,
Form: Free verse

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I'M Sad Today-- Memories of a Princess--
...I'm sad today

Because I let all the best in me, turn and walk away
I miss the way you'd laugh at the absurd things that I'd say
The hours and the patience spent, driving home the truth
I'm not ......

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Categories: cliffside, lost love, nostalgia, love,
Form: Rhyme
Moronic Murderers
...I just love to watch Dateline
And Forty-Eight Hours Mystery…
I often scream at my television
‘How stupid can someone be?’

Their internet searches are careless
Looking up such truly awful thing......

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Categories: cliffside, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Migrations
...The calls of the flocks          to this years migration
a roving community       of birds in each nation
rising and diving       above         mists in the rocks
the drawing together         for bir......

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Categories: cliffside, animals, education, life, nature,
Form: Verse


A Touching Ton of Tom's Torturously Terrrible Tid-Bits
..."The Young and the Breathless"- TV soap opera about youg emphysema 
patients unfaithful to their doctors.

Candid- Something you could do, and did do.

Phone Call- Bidding your phone to come to ......

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cliffside, fantasy, funny, imagination, on
Form: Burlesque
Days That Drag On and On
...Days like these...the days that drag on and on
If only it was quiet everywhere
if only it were quiet inside my head
Too bad, so sad
this carefully orchestrated area of noise
is just part of the ......

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Categories: cliffside, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cliffside
...Vast Cliffside, soaring
Cold sea mist dilutes my past
A bird’s life ... present......

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Categories: cliffside, nature, sea,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Wild Life Inspired By the Cliffs of Moher
...Wildflowers sleeping late on dewy days
Rather than traveling on mountaintops
Two flowers embrace in harmony
Cognizant of nature's patrimony
Thankful for the few good years that remain
Their love......

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Categories: cliffside, appreciation, beauty, flower, inspiration,
Form: Pastoral
Premium Member Lifetime Get-A-Way, a Survivors Tale
...*Image of Cherokee Piper, Four-seater single engine by Wilkie.

Lifetime Get-A-Way, A Survivors Tale

It is nineteen-eighty new years eve in less than two days,
that said--this turne......

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© Hilo Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cliffside, adventure, beautiful, crazy, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Lifeforce
...The wisdom of God is his secrets
the glory of men to seek them out
but until he understands his childhood
he will cloud insight with his doubt
 
With our faith we can move mountains
overcome every ob......

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Categories: cliffside, dedication, devotion, faith, hope,
Form: Verse
Rugged Road
...As I walk down this rugged road,
That flows through the overgrown wood;
I am reminded of the life of a Christian.
This crumbling road with its faded yellow line;
It may have difficult turns and d......

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Categories: cliffside, christian, faith, gospel, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Advanced Birdwatching For Beginners
...Crow (Blackus Menacingus)
large, clever and a scavenger
found in gardens where there’s trees
good at puzzles, can be trained
likes TV shows about celebrities

Blackbird (Blackus Not-A-Pirateus)......

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Categories: cliffside, bird, fun, funny, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Pantoum On Writing Poetry
...Your own unique voice. You’re your own boss.
Sprinkle of humble and profound words.
Speaking in tongues that often crisscross.
Ink takes flight as experiential and seasonal birds.

Sprinkle of h......

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Categories: cliffside, poetry, writing,
Form: Pantoum
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