Best Flint Poems
Below are the all-time best Flint poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of flint poems written by PoetrySoup members
Captain 'Effing' FlintMy parrots name was Captain Flint,
Boy that bird could swear.
I never invited visitors,
So blue was the air.
He'd squawk "pretty effing polly"
Or "give us a cracker...
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Categories:
flint, bird, humorous, language, pets,
Form:
Rhyme
You KnowYes, my dear, you know,
You are my source of joy, rejuvenation, hope
I need your emotion spread onto my life,
I need your heart to sing among...
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Categories:
flint, emotions, friendship, happiness, joy,
Form:
Ode
Who Knows If Magic ExistsWho knows if magic exists,
if dreams come true
and whether miracles take place
(all of these things we thought we knew)
... buried in our haste
to dig childhood's...
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Categories:
flint, appreciation, beauty, family, friendship,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Curious GeorgeI remember Christopher Robin
When helping Pooh find honey
Was my biggest problem
I remember the blustery days
We trusted each other in every way
I remember When we helped...
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Categories:
flint, adventure, child abuse, childhood,
Form:
Free verse
Support Your Local Poet“Support your local poet please”
Said the man with hand out and down on one knee
I’m down on my luck
And for only a buck
My humble verses...
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Categories:
flint, character, perspective, poets, poverty,
Form:
Free verse
Soul Haiku Revisited - Zodiac StyleAries Soul
Mischievous flint spark
razes lethargy’s prison
igniting joy’s fuse.
Leo Soul
Rich roaring campfire
radiant warmth draws attention
confidence blazing.
Sagittarius Soul
Long-tended embers
spawn dazzling wisdom flashes
endlessly...
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Categories:
flint, imagination, introspection, life, sensual,
Form:
Haiku
And Still I Drive - Part OneStars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly...
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Categories:
flint, heartbreak, places,
Form:
Rhyme
Death Undignified, Fort Laramie 1860High noon in Fort Laramie, the summer sun is oppressive.
A whalebone corset digs into my body’s tender parts.
Peering from the shop, my hand touching the...
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Categories:
flint, memory,
Form:
Sestina
When Winter Enters the HeartWhen winter enters the heart,
snowflakes gather in rosy chambers.
Like ghosts of crows-every breath throbbing.
Sluggish songs of longing and loneliness.
Over time the crows pile on,
my-my...
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Categories:
flint, age, youth,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
flint, image, poetry,
Form:
Monoku
Death Undignified, Fort Laramie 1860The summer sun was high. The heat was oppressive.
The whalebone corset dug into the body's tender parts.
Peering from the shop, my hand touching the pane
of...
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Categories:
flint, baby, children, horse, me,
Form:
Sestina
Factory HeartA divine blacksmith didn't forge winged hearts of gold,
to soothe the burn of others.
Nor mold my body into a scratching post chant.
Where others can shed...
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Categories:
flint, adventure, fantasy, heart,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
flint, political,
Form:
Free verse
Final AmenI ransack my mind…the blurred tale that cries
On hollow tracks scarcely finding life's way
The bleakest moans, the clearest views reprise--
A pounding shrill...
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Categories:
flint, confusion, how i feel,
Form:
Rhyme
Lost In Britain and Lost In The USA
LOST IN BRITAIN
Poling, Patching, Nether Wallop,
Matching Tye and Droop
Plumpton, Lickfold, Puddletown,
Westward Ho! and Throop.
Hole of Horcum, New Invention,
Boghead, Frome, Cat's Ash
North Piddle, Staines...
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Categories:
flint, america, england, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme