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Best Greets Poems

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Forgotten Heroes of the Somme
Over the top lads, for old Blighty! Hold the colours high!
Say a little prayer for me, for this summer day we die.
My brothers from the...

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Categories: greets, brother, death, history, life,
Form: Rhyme



Solitude
Incessant din of jammed highways
suddenly lulled to deserted streets
quiet of rustle forlorn breeze plays
laughter of birds, smiling sun greets

diamond dews glisten ruby petals
on a palette...

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Categories: greets, self, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gate
Regally it stands, the staunch guardian of her lonesome heart,
Reminiscing in revelries of yore, treasured memories impart,
Defying glum turbulence of now, hanging on to seasons...

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Categories: greets, emotions, memory, missing,
Form: Personification
Premium Member An Abecedarian For Flowers
Apple blossoms in abundance; sweet aroma in the air.
Begonias burst with brilliance. Blue bells pop up everywhere.
Cherry blossoms cheer with pink; corn flowers cluster blue.
Dandelions...

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Categories: greets, daffodils, flower,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member I Got a Letter From the Devil
(Hello, my sweet friend!)

Speaks in unknown tongues 
Nevertheless it will consume
Ask for food, 
A sweet drink 
The hunger and thirst are real
It's pitchfork aims at...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: greets, anger, anxiety, character, dark,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Crescent Waltz
She slants her shining, golden glance
Across desert, mountains, rivers, plants
Greets her rising, true romance
In the purpling, opposite skies

Her lunar love, her heart’s delight
Soars to ever...

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Categories: greets, allegory, friendship, life, love,
Form: Tail-rhyme
Premium Member Namesake
(Dedication: For Dave Wood)


Do follow feel, do simple write;
Align your flow, align your say;
Voice lines that heal, voice verse that cite;
Echo fond glow, echo fond...

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Categories: greets, tribute,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member A Season's Dance
The seasons vary as they come and go,
and each, a lovely lady, loves to dance.
Fair Winter glistens in a gown of snow
she wears whenever she...

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Categories: greets, seasons,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Aloha Spirit
Aloha Spirit

Sol, with his golden crown, greets me each morning
within divine rays extending out over emerald hills
and valleys that absorb his warmth of abiding light.

View...

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Categories: greets, bird, nature, sea, sky,
Form: Free verse
Jan You Wary
The Russians, of course, think its cool
To jump in an icy-cold pool
But I'm not a fool
And made a Mule Rule:
Dive only where warmth greets my...

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Categories: greets, humor, january,
Form: Limerick
Blue Egg Mommy
Blue Egg Mommy

You know it’s spring when she sings.
The first to show as day greets “Hello”

Her morning song so beautiful and strong.
Soon preoccupied all day...

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Categories: greets, bird, earth, friend, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fleeting Rainstorm
Stormy winds swing canopies of trees 
Swaying dark shadows upon my reverie
Glimmering through forest-green leaves 
Sunlight filtered by cumulous clouds

As raindrops pitter-patter on sidewalk
Drenching instincts...

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Categories: greets, imagery, nature,
Form: Free verse
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America the Free  ~             America the Brave ~
    ...

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Categories: greets, america, city, death, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Seasons
Seasons

With a chill still in the wind, spring arrives
Clutching her white coat that slowly melts
In Sun's warmth, coaxing blossom's birth.

Humidity heavy with the scent of...

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Categories: greets, autumn, imagery, seasons, spring,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Gary's Yard Sale, the Story
Gary's Yard Sale, the story
                    ...

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© Chuck Keys  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: greets, nostalgia, people, timeage, age,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs