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The Morn's Alive With Skylarks Singing
...The morn's alive with skylarks singing

o'er the greening meadow and the pliant pasture,

the ocean sighing, gulls aloft on wings of prayer.

A sudden shower would see me running

fancy free ......

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Categories: excelsior, tribute, writing,
Form: Verse
The Morning Speaks With Skylarks Singing - Part 1
...The Morning Speaks With Skylarks Singing

....inspired by 'Poem in October' by Dylan Thomas



The morning speaks with skylarks singing
o'er the greening meadows and the pliant pasture,
crisp......

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Categories: excelsior, dedicationhappy, autumn, happy, me,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Stan the Man--Stan Lee a Dedication
...Stan the Man--Stan Lee a DEDICATION

He who that says that he is I am
I am Stan the man
Stanley Martin Lieber was born on December 28, 1922,
In Manhattan, New York City,
n the apartment of his ......

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Categories: excelsior, analogy, appreciation, books, community,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Halloween Poems Iv
...the Horror
by Michael R. Burch

the Horror lurks inside our closets
the Horror hides beneath our beds
the Horror hisses ancient curses
the Horror whispers in our heads

the Horror tells us De......

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Categories: excelsior, dark, death, evil, grave,
Form: Rhyme
Mornings Shrill With Skylarks Singing
...Mornings shrill with skylarks singing 
o'er the greening meadow and the pliant pasture, 
the ocean sighing, gulls aloft on wings of prayer. 
A sudden shower would see me running 
fancy free between t......

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Categories: excelsior, celebration, children, writing,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Excelsior
...The Empire State Flag grandly depicts 
an azure background with Liberty and Justice standing on its sides:
two ladies guarding a lively landscape of hills with the Hudson River,
but what catches t......

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Categories: excelsior, beautiful, blessing, blue, leadership,
Form: Rhyme



The Morning Soars With Skylarks Singing Repost
...The morning soars with skylarks singing
o'er the greening meadow and the pliant pasture,
the ocean sighing, gulls aloft on wings of prayer.
A sudden shower would see me running
fancy free between......

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Categories: excelsior, writing,
Form: Verse
The Morn's Alive With Skylarks Singing
...The morn's alive with skylarks singing
o'er the greening meadow and the pliant pasture,
the ocean sighing, gulls aloft on wings of prayer.
A sudden shower would see me running
fancy free between ......

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Categories: excelsior, adventure, write,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Excelsior
...Without
an emperor-
the original star
within its constellatory
circle.......

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Categories: excelsior, history, political,
Form: Cinquain
The Morning Rings With Skylarks Singing
......inspired by 'Poem In October' by Dylan Thomas


The morning rings with skylarks singing,
o'er the greening meadow and the pliant pasture,
the ocean sighing, gulls aloft on wings of prayer.
A sudde......

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Categories: excelsior, on writing and words,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Visit
...The Visit

Dimly lit room with flowered wallpaper, 
bridal chamber for a couple, 1920.
In her noontime daydream she could see back then.

Coal dust between her fingers,
a strong back from ......

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Categories: excelsior, family, grandparents, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Swan
...THE SWAN

It’s unseasonably warm
The sun is high
And I’ve wandered down among the rushes
Bare-legged, knobby kneed, warm mud oozing between my toes
When she catches my eye as she slowly slides by
Thi......

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Categories: excelsior, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Foxglove Flower
...Translucent is the beauty of the foxglove flower, and
hiding is something they never ever do; careful they are 
extremely poisonous giving rashes, nausea and headaches !

Find them in a cottage g......

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Categories: excelsior, flower,
Form: Acrostic
The Air Is Alive With Skylarks Singing Part 1
.......inspired by 'Poem in October' by Dylan Thomas



The air is filled with skylarks singing
o'er the greening meadows and the pliant pasture,
crisp and clear, like God's first measure of
    ......

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Categories: excelsior, mother son, nature, writing,
Form: Verse
ODE TO ELEPHANT
...ODE TO ELEPHANT


Elephant Elephant 
enveloping essence of Earth !
             I hear an elevated trumpet 
             far in elixired fair forests
my ears etheric ornaments 
in your elopin......

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Categories: excelsior, animal, color, earth, extended
Form: Ode

Book: Reflection on the Important Things