Best Contentedly Poems
Amberina Ballerina
...A born lioness my untamed heart? ha!
a mouse, this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on a dare to be won or lost
till it became a pape......
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Categories:
contentedly, destiny, emotions, inspiration, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
An Eulogy of Sorts, That, Hopefully, Lends Itself To Daver
...Do not vainly look in those remote
Places,
That, once, were acquainted with a
Small part of me;
Here I roamed beneath congestion's
Of tumultuous cloud; ......
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Categories:
contentedly, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
The Tribute
...Their mere weapon was their forbidden courage, hands barren with no armaments, no ammunitions, marching towards the proud valley of death, dedication born from their sempiternal dreams of a free lan......
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Categories:
contentedly, appreciation, eulogy, faith, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
At the Gate of Dreamland
...I know you are there
On the other side
Waiting anxiously for me
There at Dreamland’s Gate
So I close my eyes tight
To hurry myself to you
Hoping sleep comes quickly
To carry me to your arms
Which are......
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Categories:
contentedly, desire, dream, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Treasure of My Soul
...I held an angel in my arms today,
A precious babe snuggled against my breast.
And my heart was overwhelmed with so much love,
As she lay contentedly at rest.
I watched her as she slept so sound......
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Categories:
contentedly, baby, granddaughter, joy, love,
Form:
Quatrain
Oldest Rictameter
...Purring
contentedly
just being with my love
and basking in the afterglow
of our ascent to the peak of pleasure,
I now settle, spent and cozy,
in the crook of his arm
like a kitty -
pu......
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Categories:
contentedly, happiness,
Form:
Rictameter
A Little Piece of Paradise
...A Little Piece of Paradise
An Eden-like orangery, her secret place for refreshing reverie,
a haven, from an abusive marriage, where her body and mind are free.
......
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Categories:
contentedly, abuse, emotions, freedom, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
Santa the Grinch and the FBI
...'Twas the night before Christmas and it was heavily snowing
The windows in the house rattled with the wind that was blowing
Santa looked out through the window and it filled him with dread
He ......
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Categories:
contentedly, america, christmas, snow, weather,
Form:
Rhyme
At the Gate of Dreamland- My First Contest Entry and Win
...I know you are there
On the other side
Waiting anxiously for me
There at Dreamland’s Gate
So I close my eyes tight
To hurry myself to you
Hoping sleep comes quickly
To carry me to your arms
W......
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Categories:
contentedly, dream,
Form:
Free verse
God Heard Our Mama Pray
...Summer 1967
None of us ready for heaven
We headed down that old highway
A fun road trip, a summer day
......
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Categories:
contentedly, miracle,
Form:
Rhyme
Senescence
...
Just having passed another year
In quiet celebration
I was reflecting on my journey here
Feeling still quite young
Yet remembering
What a friend just had said that we
Are now......
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Categories:
contentedly, age,
Form:
Free verse
Elevated Thoughts
...The little imp bawled lustily
as it lay in its perambulator
there by the water fountain
in a secluded garden
right in the middle of a concrete jungle,
disturbing my elevated thoughts
that churn......
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Categories:
contentedly, child, cry,
Form:
Free verse
Morning Fog
...Morning Fog
This morning
when there is much to do inside,
there is fog outside my window.
The fog I sought two mornings ago
that caused me to dash to the car
in hopes I could grab a coffee
a......
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Categories:
contentedly, appreciation, weather, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Pablo Neruda Translation: Every Day You Play
...Every Day You Play
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Every day you play with Infinity’s rays.
Exquisite visitor, you arrive with the flowers and the water.
You are vastly m......
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Categories:
contentedly, aubade, beauty, dog, for
Form:
Free verse
The Outlander
...I am an Outlander
Who lives on a high hill
Overlooking a man-made lake
That once was a rapidly rushing river
Along whose banks the Ozarks Bluff Dwellers and the Osage and then Delaware
Hunted, f......
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Categories:
contentedly, change, childhood, community, history,
Form:
Ballad