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Best Leashed Poems

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Leashed
At sunset on the gray suburban street,
The only sounds are sounds of scraping feet.
My dog and I tread slowly on the black
Asphalt. I feel something...

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Categories: leashed, freedom, dog, dog,
Form: Iambic Pentameter



Premium Member An Ebony Tether
A sanguine sun tinges the edge of Earth
as darkness swiftly spreads over the ground.
And Sol stretches shadows, giving them girth
by turning the last lingering light...

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Categories: leashed, beautiful, imagery, imagination, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Me-The Confined Bird
A bird sings.. mawkish
Sings and dances smooth
She... by doing so 
has naturally
forgotten her world.

Soars high upwards
aims to touch moon
but sadly can't..
falls back in nest

the bird...

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© V. Deepa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: leashed, bird, dark, imagery,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Earth Trots
Earth trots
Behind the meandering
Leashed by their anxieties
And we in silence
Cannot tell of our perplexities
This age
Is too politically correct
And will not stand
Such truths
There is no lattitude...

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Categories: leashed, political
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Watchful Eye
The Bulldog leashed, back in his yard.
It's time for rest, he played his card.
The job at hand, has now been done.
He now shows peace, for...

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Categories: leashed, anti bullying,
Form: Rhyme



Ode To My Father
Alms Inn, there is the place again, and here
I, far away, muse in the house I grew
O this village of my love, has grown too
The...

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Categories: leashed, father, history, uplifting, visionaryvoice,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Keeper of the Beast
She lived inside a hut within the wood-
a strange and lovely woman, nature’s child.
They said she was a witch, but she was good,
a friend to...

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Categories: leashed, beauty, moon,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Why Is a Beast a Beast
The image of beast doesn’t know
being an image of formidable  foe
he is hindrance to his own essence glow
the pride of life is but parasitic...

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Categories: leashed, inspirational, god, god, image,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Beary Tales Episodes 1-6, Poet's Notes
(Remembering Innocence)


Note to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing!...

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Categories: leashed, adventure, best friend, blessing,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Down the Urban Trail
The air is crisp, cold weather
that you can sink your teeth into.
It's midwinter with a brief break
between rainy weather fronts.

My fat limping dog and I...

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Categories: leashed, allegory, introspection, life, naturedog,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Where Whippoorwills Weep
A scarlet sun singes the edge of Earth,
its receding rays giving shadows girth.
And darkness swiftly spreads over the ground,
swallowing the last lingering light found.

A dying...

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Categories: leashed, dark, imagery, imagination, light,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Trump: Persistently Steamy Poetry
By: Moji Agha -- June 24, 2016 -- Tucson, Arizona

Last dusk at a small Tucson park, my 3-year-old dear friend, Rafi,
insisted unhesitatingly on imitating, no,...

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© Moji Agha  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: leashed, anxiety, conflict, earth, funny,
Form: Political Verse
My New Neighbor
My new neighbor
a lovely ebony girl
we go together
like day and now night
a beautiful swirl...

She just wants a good man
no matter his past
or how many girls...

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Categories: leashed, africa, desire, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Public Nuisance Number 1
Dragon made the papers for that very unfortunate Church event, toots sweet.
Then Dragon, suddenly, decided to finger-paint billboards, all over the town.
He’d discovered painting was...

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Categories: leashed, change, community, conflict, fantasy,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Shadows
The
sun fills
dark outlines
in shades of black.
Stretched ebony shapes
that lie flat on the ground.
But tethered tight to your heels,
they stick by your side where you go.
Doomed...

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Categories: leashed, fun, hyperbole, imagery, poetry,
Form: Rictameter

Book: Reflection on the Important Things