Best Glades Poems

Eyes that shone bright green
stood out in the swamp at night
as crickets serenaded.

Surrounded by scents
in Everglades’ treasure trove,
the eyes slowly moved closer.

Our flashlight revealed
scales and teeth four inches long,
a twelve-foot creature nearing.

“We’re going to die,”
I thought as it dove below,
but our boat remained untouched.




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Unshaded Glades

     In that distant land of remembered time,
     I walked sunlit paths only lovers know,
     With sharpened spirit and youth’s hope filled prime
     In that fast fading past...

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I journey through the Everglades.
Gators cut through the water like blades....

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Through city spheres
She awaited his presence
Through concrete glades
she sighed
by lakes of molten valleys

She kneels
but she is free
She came running
wearing flowers
the scent filled the air
A silent prayer
her vision appeared
but she is a shadow...

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