Best Gathering Poems

Cleaning out one of your drawers,
I remove your beautiful woven sweaters
     one    by    one
    pausing           to hold up to my face
the blue...

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Four “Golden Girls” seated at a table
Grey streaks our hair, but minds remain stable
     Convention is underway
     Michael has something to say
He opens our meeting with a fable
 
It’s about a tortoise that beats a hare
Some of...

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The First Gathering, The Wrath, The Return Of Zeus
( "Wherein Fate and Destiny Reign Over Blind Worship )


Else the throngs of mortals find the truth,
 
teeming in the angry hordes they may,
 
forget to pay alms and worship us all,

instead learn to burn their own...

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Sun
Shining
Azure sky.
Barbie fired up
Soon the guests arrive
Bringing food and cold beer
Children play while adults chat
The steaks sizzling on the barbie.
Drinking and eating with much laughter
On this bright and warm August summer day....

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It happened in a moment, during my 7th grade English class   *
As we studied classic literature; “Evangeline”,  the poem
A substitute teacher, wearing shoes of polished coal             *
His soft style,...

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emerald still pond 

yellow musty pages hoarded 

cobwebs of the mind

© Nadiya (03 Mar '15)

*Placed 3rd in the contest 'Gathering Dust' by John Lawless on 25 March 2015.
*Placed 3rd in the contest '10 or less lines' on 14 Oct 2015....

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As I intently peered into the darkened trope clouds ?
Aligned amid the sky; holding this bottle of sins which formed
Collected throughout ones nexus life ? Casting it as far as one could 
Into the deepest of blue oceans; to swallow then, turning..
Unto Beauty's Angels and...

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I went into the woods
To seek solitude
And found poetry,
Uncovered words
Under old leaves and
Decoded secret messages
In the pebbles by the stream.
The stones whispered to me,
And the silence
Distilled into song.

10/19/2016...

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       An argument brews...
               Interlude of rest is stirred
               ...

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Gathering Leaves 
On an autumn day 
Bittersweet memories 
Of summer, 
Swept away. 


        W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly. 2018.


         24/10/19...

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The long shadows 
are growing cooler. 
Soon there will be places 
where the light will no longer reach
and the river will wear
its autumn coat of leaves.

My walks are getting shorter,
contracting within a circle,
tightening in an ever diminishing 
circumference around 
my home. I feel a hurry
in...

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I am the wind
the textured curl of clouds
those specks of glitter
silver and gold are my
illustrative gleams

the foiling wings
that flutter and flap
feathers ripe with color

complementing all rosy hills
a rolling kiss a splash of
blush a dash of spicy dish
the pepper and the salt
of a morning's stirring serving

see...

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Gathering my memories of you,
I surround myself
with your love.
I can recall
every smile, every hug,
and every joy.
Now that you have passed,
memories are all I have.
You were my friend,
my lover, my hope,
and my muse.
I fell in love
with all your little quirks,
and funny gestures long ago.
I remember our...

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Lamentable, the family gathering
on the other side of sunshine,
with possessions no longer bothering,
sans loving cups, draining of wine.

Great-grands, grands, aunts, uncles, cousins and unborn,
one mom, a nephew, memories
their perspectives (only they carry). Torn,
yellowed pages of treasuries.

Climbing steps, silver dollars, and finger gloves,
savory chicken and dumplings,
boat...

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Cool raindrops kiss my cheeks
A warm breeze rises within me
As I recall the moments
Which linger in my heart forever

The pulsating sphere of light and dark
Polar opposite lovers in the circle of life
Encompassing magnificent visceral nuances
Infinite shades of gray, slate, and steel
With mauve interludes
An elegant intimate...

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