Best Landing Poems

LATE BLOOMER
sun highlights
the bod of oak bark -
Autumn knight

CLINGERS
won’t let go -
cling to puppy love,
its branches

CLEAVERS
cleaves to old
relationship vow -
storm shakes loose

LANDING
the leaves land
amidst the old maids’
bitterness

BRITTLE BONES
the children
jump in old gals’ laps
living loud

RING AROUND THE ROSIES
circle round
sing, “ashes…ashes…”
and fall down

LEARNING CURVE
life up there
in the...

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The ski jump was over ninety foot high
A Sumo wrestler thought he'd like to try
Ski's didn't fit right
Both came off in flight
And he landed on some folks passing by.



Written on 30th December 2020.

Winter Snow or Ice Limerick Contest.

Sponsored by Tania Kitchin.

10.10.5.5.10.  syllable count....

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When I first saw you
That night I was running
You blasted me away
Onto the moon landing

90 degrees out in the desert
 (we were in the park) 
Cupid shot the arrow right through my heart
 (Light shown through the dark) 
Orion’s belt started glistening
As you took me...

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On my first day in a car factory
A simple girl threw herself at me
I guess I was standing
Too close to the landing
Of the car filled with crash test dummies...

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From the land of god and routes of skies

Wearing the beauty of heavens, she flies

Pacing with warmth, to a baby that cries

Feeling her soft touch, I opened my eyes

 

“Show me your smile and wipe all tears.

I’m here to relieve you of all your fears.”

...

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the landing was successful
and the flight was smooth
coffee was delicious
and the stewardess too cool

what's it like on this planet
what am i to expect
are the natives restless
do they easily object

not that i care
because i could'nt
even if i could
by nature i would'nt

so lets be very clear
about my...

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SAFE LANDING

time moves forward
I feel content
roads are foreign
in this place of heat
and perfection

life rolls realigned
keeping pace I
expand outward
daring the unknown
phobic entities

days are long
nights bring rest
and regrets
in dreams of the
subconscious mind

freedom comes
in the eloquent
perception
aware
that this is a 
safe
landing


© Kim van Breda—20 August 2015...

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A wise person wrote be careful what you post on your Facebook wall
A potential employer checked my daughter’s and did call
He was impressed with what he saw and read
That is precisely what he said
It’s every parent’s duty in life to teach their child
To be savvy...

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I saw a frightened argus pheasant 
fall out of a cloudless sky crashing
into my limpid pool
kids thought that was so cool
ah, but for him it wasn't too pleasant...

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Four hours now we'd been in the air
And soon we would come in to land
Then over the tannoy 
The captain calmly said
"Landing gears stuck the wheels won't drop 
Brace yourselves for a crash landing*. 




Written 24th May 2020. 

For Hexastitch it poetry contest. 

Sponsored By...

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wishes for a soft landing

I bought a Pashmina in a
a tight little shop in Lhasa; 
the scarf was soft as feathers.

It was woven in Kashmir
by skilled artisans
with peaceful faces.

I walked to a stupa 
near the path into the hills
tied it among the prayer flags.

Thinking here...

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where do I set my bags
I believe I am dizzy from all this jet lag
passed through gas like smoke coming out of a train
I need a chair to sit down I may go insane

pass out from all the exposure of this transition
crossing the Pacific Ocean...

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' Me & my pal Ginsberg arrive in Poland, now more artisticly able from coffee-blood and sleep deprivation. I hear him say: "If you can speak your heart, speak, but make sure you do it with style; give each word a signature" '

We descend, 
the...

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JULY 1969 – Moon landing

There are no wolves
Astir tonight
To chill our fireside man
 
The wolves are gone
Are northward gone
From a disenchanted land

From where Maid Moon
Who winked at dreams
Has lost her apple eyes

Oh, someone’s plucked
The saucy dish
From out a virgin sky

Her lover’s cool
Bacterial breath
Has blued the...

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She said
Boy, you couldn't land on water if you fell off a boat!

He responded...
The wind created by the flutter of your eyelashes makes men believe they can spread their masts and set sail in the desert. As I stepped back to observe your beauty, I...

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