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Best In Harms Way Poems

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Premium Member Sir Poet, Hold True To Thy Gifts Long Given
Sir Poet, Hold True To Thy Gifts Long Given


Sir poet, why hast thy broken thy true pen?
Are not thy words intended to help and heal?
Pray...

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Categories: in harms way, art, creation, dedication, destiny,
Form: Sonnet



In Remembrance of Veterans Day 8x8
In Remembrance of Veterans Day 
                   ...

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Categories: in harms way, conflict, hero, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Night I Fell Like Rain
You had that future retro look:  two thousand seventeen,
There was a slow and sultry permanence, a little slouchy lean
As you eased out of the...

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Categories: in harms way, destiny, water, , cute,
Form: Rhyme
A Rainy Train Journey - Happy Father's Day
A sudden rain
cloaked the rail path
Lightning strikes were furious
Thunder storms drum big
Windows drenched in rain
Unable to see the scenes
Uncertain about the future 
As we were...

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Categories: in harms way, daughter, father daughter, fathers
Form: Free verse
Loving the Child In Me
There is a child that looks like me.
Years from now still won't be free.
You'll want to rock her in your arms.
Keep her safe from all...

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© Deb Wilson  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: in harms way, father daughter, pain, child,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Sweet Child of Mine
As I watched my daughter playing with her son, I couldn't help but see myself in her. I still think of her as a child,...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: in harms way, daughter, grandson, love,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Let Me Lead You, My Love
Take my hand and let me lead you
Let your strong hand be pliant 
In my soft and tiny one
Let me lead you

Enjoy the journey
Knowing my...

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Categories: in harms way, dream, passion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ten Thousand Angels
Ten Thousand Angels

Listening to the silence
I felt you touch my soul.
I could sense a teardrop fall
as you lost all control.

I felt the heartache in you
As...

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Categories: in harms way, absence, analogy, bereavement, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Hurt Can'T Be Kept
You’ve come from cold
Hushed words not told
Don’t say those things
The shame it brings

Don’t be so bold
Just let it mold
Deep in your soul
You dig a hole

Hide...

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© Judith S   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: in harms way, abuse, betrayal, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Veiled Depths - Constanza
Beside the surf she lay, a heap
Of broken hope, like bones, now crushed
And burning lips, forever hushed.

From eyes to sea, her briny weep
Gave solemn witness...

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Categories: in harms way, betrayal, jealousy, passion, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Gently Now, Gently
I found you crying in a doorway, all alone, 
whimpering while singing your doll a song.
You're so young, child, to be on your own, 
and...

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Categories: in harms way, child, love,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Tree
Written: January 29, 2024
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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: in harms way, appreciation, beauty, earth, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Blanket of Prayers
I may not believe in war
Yet I still believe in you
I am one of the many
You are one of the few

You are standing in harms...

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Categories: in harms way, appreciation, emotions, war,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Good News
...She is a ten year old girl.
Her mother?...
...A fine example 
for her daughter.

...He is a father a husband.
He was a soldier...
...sent in harms way.
They are a...

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Categories: in harms way, courage,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Catch Me Wind
Wait ... please wait
Do not let me fall
Do not let me go yet
I am not ready at all

I watch for the sun
Is leaving so soon
I...

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Categories: in harms way, autumn, courage, death, fear,
Form: Personification

Book: Reflection on the Important Things