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Best King Poems

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Premium Member King Arthur - a Collaboration With Darren White
He is the king of words and poets alike
Assay as you may, this man you won’t smite
His armour sparkles in night or day
Defending those too...

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© White Wolf  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: king, art, friend, friendship,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~

i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard 
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is...

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Categories: king, angel, beauty, love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member My Winter's Wishes
In the May-time of my life
time bloomed each day a prickly boll –
but I, like the softest cotton within such a sharp seed  
swaddled...

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Categories: king, age, god, hope, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member - Peace, Love, and Gods Greatest Gift -
The mellifluous musical tones of the village bells

Echoing chimes over the cold snowcapped mountains

Both finding their way to people in the valley below

Christmas songs —...

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Categories: king, celebration, christmas, december, inspiration,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member Green- Reborn
GREEN, GREEN, GREEN!!!

My name is Jade Shamrock Green.
I will not eat one single green bean.
When I get mad, I turn green.
I wear my favorite green...

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Categories: king, funny, holidaygreen,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member It Came Upon a Prophecy
May be sung to the tune of  It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

It came upon a prophecy
   in ancient days foretold
that to...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: king, christian, christmas, jesus,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Plastic Narcissist Collaboration With the Silent One
When we search for answers from egotistic minds,
life is full of meaningless questions that lead us nowhere.
You sabotaged the sandman who brought me my dreams,
corrupting...

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Categories: king, abuse, angst, anxiety, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ballad of An Unsung Hero
Vivid flashbacks from bloodshed battles
his soul still ravaged by devious dictators,
cries from fallen comrades still echo in his mind,
but he continues to walk upon a...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: king, analogy, metaphor, political,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member The Land of the Midnight Sun
I went cruising to Norway with my wife across the North Sea
We travelled the route the Vikings took but with added luxury
Our first port of...

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Categories: king, boat, friend, holiday, sea,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Gnarled Shadows
Through shadowed trails, beneath the moon’s cold stare, 
     Its Amber gaze: a burden hard to bear.
This feathered prize found peace...

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Categories: king, conflict, dark, emotions, gothic,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Man's Tale
A man’s tale 

With mind control there he was,
A man for sale…
Hearing the vocal sound from this wordsmith, 
A man in his own tale…
Currently, he...

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Categories: king, art, beauty, betrayal, death,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member A Prince For Roseanne
A long long time ago there lived a king.
His lovely daughter he’d give anything.

She walked about, jewels dripping from each hand,
talking down to all, thinking...

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Categories: king, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Music To My Ears
Effervescent elation arises and dances to ancient echoes; the rhythm of the drums heartbeat.  
Champagne notes bubble into the night sky; night music of...

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Categories: king, animal, bird, dream, image,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rest
Rest now
O restless heart
released in ebb   to flow

ride the other side of the king tide rising
buoyant your movement in rise with the waves
Rise!...

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Categories: king, death, freedom, heaven, journey,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Strawman and the Moon
A straw man stood fixed upon timber firm, 
gazing at Autumn's gilded, moonlit prize.
He, the king of Earth and the winding worm,
she, the pale darling...

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Categories: king, autumn, imagery, inspirational, romance,
Form: Sonnet

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