Best Etched Poems

Whether poets, showmen or philosophers,
Or mere cowboys who follow herds—
They all want to leave behind a lasting mark—
More than frail paper etched with words.

But the cold, hard truth still lies in the doing
And all but a blessed few will fail—
But on we go like bison...

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If my love were to be frozen in time
would its enamored glow forever remain
as poetry in a book, Sonnets written in rhyme?
If in flakes of snow, my heart was encased
would my affection wax and never wane?

It's said a heart without passion is frigid
and incapable of...

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I etched our initials in a maple tree,
surrounded by a heart
Nine and in love,
smitten by the way you looked at me,
smiled at me,
talked with me ... so beautifully friendly
The tiger lily flower you gave me,
placed in my hand,
made this boy feel like a man
Held in...

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Sifting warm sand 
through my fingers,
shimmering fine grains 
glitter my palm.
Sand,
filled with life’s memories
of nut brown days
of summer.

A soft silk breeze 
formed dunes
with our dreams 
that summer
when we danced to the stars.
My heart laced yours
listening to the sea
undulating waves of emotion
as we kissed 
on the...

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artfully chiseled 
abstract feathers etched on glass...
a jack frost sculpture

(haiku)


11/06/2022


A NEW HIKU FOOTLE TANKA Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand...

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            The eye in the jewelry box
            was the aged rusty gate
           ...

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My name is etched
On Insight Lander
On Martian soil
It waits for me
To be where gravity is low
So be careful where you go
Mars’ atmosphere has little air
So beware
My name’s still etched
On Insight Lander
Along with miliions
Who like me dream
If we can get to you
Insight Lander
Your solar panels
We’ll surely...

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I paused today
Put cares away
And finally let
The moment stay

Saw feathered skies
Through children’s eyes
Let time stand still
And realized

This life of gain
And gathering in
Pursuits of gold
Desires to win

They offer not
But jaded dust
Doomed to decay
By moth and rust

And time cares not
Nor pardon grants
For foolish charge
Or circumstance

But slowly slips
As...

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There are things about me which are unknown
by many of the people that I know.
Memories I treasure are etched in stone.
These gems stored in my brain still brightly glow.

My days of youth and sunshine so divine
are padparadscha sapphires, with a hue
beyond compare. In orange-pink they...

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The community cemetery adjoined
the rear fence-line of his property.
Broad, rolling green acres landscaped
with varieties of shrubbery and trees.
Monuments in lines, rows, and diagonal patterns. 
Most of them simple, monolithic.
Carvings, etchings, and brief epitaphs 
carved in granite or marble

The stones, like spring's green leafed 
trees and...

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etched on a tree stump.
the carved memories of us
lasting through the years...

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We are one because 
your soul is etched onto mine 
As patterns on glass 
Deeply carved is our love 
Withstanding time and trials...

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I visited a graveside this very day,
The name I saw made me turn away.
There it was etched in marble stone,
A sight that chilled me to my bone.

It was my name inscribed upon that stone,
And I heard myself let out a silent groan.
This cannot be for...

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Enemys throughout, the day they very met
fighting tooth and nail,with both warrior hearts
dominance of the town,being the ultimate prize
hatred adding fuel,enlighting inferno to prevail.

My best pal from knee high,would rather do without
the confrontations hanging on him
i will call the oppostion shaun, although fine with me
thriving...

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Contest: This or That, Vol 30 – 2-4-25 Sponsor: Edward Ibeh  - Title Chosen: Etched in Stone
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Etched in Stone

Two hearts glare at each other
Clutching their stone tablets
 Written by the finger of their rightness,
  Guarding the secret handshake
In single sighted delinquent tantrums
Refusing to...

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