Best Drift Poems

writing as I drift

   on the ocean's endless blue. . . 

                     my soul over        flows...

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Flair

of ink

spilling sweet

cloudbursts of thought

flare billows of young imagination -

daydreamers ride the mind of story-time

using wands of

enchantment

penning 

worlds 


Susan Ashley
November 28, 2020


~ Third Place ~
Contest: Double Tetractys 6
Sponsor: Eve Roper
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Poetry Soup Syllable Counter Per Line: 1 2 3 4 10 10 4 3...

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In eighteen seventy nine; twenty second of January 
Was the day of a great battle and for the Zulus victory 
At Isandlwana the Zulu army showed no fear
Against British guns, armed with shield and spear. 

Twelve thousand warriors from the Zulu nation 
Wiped out the...

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Hearts do fall in life
Burst into storms of ardour
Drift against anchor.
Confine your heart to reason
When not ready for the tide....

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I dream about a day that may never come,
I watch my life unravel, simply come undone.
My feet begin to drag as I walk across the floor,
Still I cannot wait for what the future has in store.

I go out for a walk as the sun is...

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night touches wind, gold

      buds drifting off from laced hems

         in slow procession,

     while twirl of frothy breeze cloaks...

 my desolate autumn view.



Contest: 4 or 5 LINE POEM...

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Quiet taps on my old oak door
with a scent of lavender and honey
blown right past where flowers grow
swirls back in to a place she knows

In my arms I can feel her rest
heavy head and a broken heart
tear filled mist brought with the sea
seeping so slowly...

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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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            Our seconds- they drift by each day-
                 like little pieces fly,
      ...

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Drift..
Going to unchartered grounds..
Bliss surrounds me..
Awakened I am to the ambiance of magnificence..
My soul is lifted..

Drift away I am..
Where there is no pain..
Only the glory of whom I am..
Interludes of euphoria arises..
As there is only I am and all..
All is one..

Unlimited visitations.. 
Flying high where...

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 collapsing into the fall
         thoughts of another
      so compelling
  the rest of the world 
               ...

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Morning fog scrolls amid lonely hills
scarlet rays of wonder sultry bead 
dissipating breaths mist in prelude
offering up a delicate canvas of need

drenched at attention mid stare
reflections begging to be revealed
all of life's secrets soon to bare

painted corners of blushed lips 
curl, in the drawing of...

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These green and isolate continents,
set apart by oceans slick as glass,
post signs on high escarpments
to warn ships, sailors -- and loves that pass --
of seeming permanence, often met:
though earth seem solid and free from rift,
please beware of continental drift....

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From where I drift from my old home, the roads
And places that I roam, I stay at peace.
Never can a word of a soul release
My care for the dirt, not even those loads.
Bumping along the sweet country, railroads
Adjoin the scene of beauty that won’t cease.
The...

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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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