Best Fillmore Poems

walkway to the stars
kaleidoscope nebula
milky way beckons












by Carol Fillmore
for Rick Parise's contest: Haiku Beyond (Nature Only)...

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#33

the moon falls west-ward
the tule fog saunters east
summer ends early


New Siblings

puppy petite gold
bouncing around black dog's space
I know you’re in love
 
#25

Swimming in spring fog
wind...

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spring renewal starts
tender shoots warmed by the sun
verdant foliage

wild flowers bloom
pure colours of the rainbow
sweet scents perfume air

birds chirping in trees
insects whirring and buzzing
squirrels scampering







for...

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Schools are closed, there is no mail
And stores hold special sales.
To honor our first president,
That’s what this day entails.

Though technically, our 16th prez
Is celebrated, too.
To...

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Paintbrush colours blue
indigo to ocean hues
and baby blue tints
cerulean daubs on canvas
next to Prussian blue patches.










Carol Fillmore
for Francine Roberts "Blue" contest...

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High snowbanks surround
Slush puddles frozen on street
Seagull atop pole.











An Haiku from Your Window contest
Carol Fillmore...

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A life predestined, foretold by prophets-
Jesus’ fate was sealed: sacrificed life
that we could have the same everlasting.
Betrayed by a kiss for silver pieces,
three times denied...

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Johnny Thunders… Room 37. 

John Anthony Genzale JR, a man that did the drugs and booze, 
Not only born to live but ultimately born to...

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A is for Adams, second and sixth presidents.
B is for two Bushes who were Whitehouse residents.

C is for Clinton, forty-second president of nation.
D is for...

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Thinking of my youth 
when we rode around 
   in a light green VW beetle
Listening to Stevie Winwood 
   and the...

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The last time I saw Elton,
He was not the leading act.
At the Fillmore, Leon Russell starred -
A most surprising fact.

It's 40-odd years later
And I just...

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A mountain man is Fillmore
but there are no mountains 
where Fillmore lives 
deep in a hollow.

He's never had a job
and doesn’t want one now
spends his...

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The Fillmore East and Fillmore West
Had shows with bands who were the best.
Bill Graham, the Fillmore's promo man,
Was the performers' biggest fan.

They loved him, too,...

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