Best Northwest Poems

Joined mountains and blankets of forests
Where the sun dances just above the breeze
Deep inside the past and positions of clouds
Following branches and roots to the inside of the earth
Meadows and crevices, climbing alpine heights
Freedom in the wildflowers and fields
Memories tangled up down long dusty roads...

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(Blank Verse Sonnet)

We traded fields of cotton bolls for snows
so deep they swallowed house and car alike,
so cold a breath transformed to crystal ice,
so strong the air became as still as death.
A fur-lined boot or glove spared flimsy guard
as fingers, toes and nose began to...

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It's Spring in The Great Northwest,
And the weather can put you to test.
Those cold northern breezes,
Bring melts and then freezes,
And soon your health ain't the best.

We're tired of the snow and the ice.
Huddled down in a den just like mice.
With Christmas long passed,
If we could...

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Everywhere the trees are so green
Most beautiful sights ever seen
With snow capped mountains in between
And the rivers flowing so pristine
I love hiking the trails very long
Each step my heart is beating her song
If you would like to please come along
To get away from the crowded...

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Never a day, a Valentines day
It has to since the first day
When we arrive since the 19th of December!
Passing through the worst cold winter
Anticipating the best of spring, summer and fall!

My amusing unique Valentine
We are together forever!
Four seasons to splurge
Rain or shine to hear our...

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The air is sticky
Clouds loom low in the grey sky
Seattle summer...

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The malls are decorated
And happy voices sing.
It's Christmas in the Northwest,
Let all the churchbells ring.
We haul out our umbrellas
And put our slickers on.
We dash between the showers
To get our shopping done.
There are Santas on each corner
As perfect gifts we chase.
We sacrifice our coifed hairdos,
A smile...

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Our members living in the great Pacific Northwest,
are undoubtedly counted among the very best.
Whatever they produce, it just seems to come out right.
These wonderful people can be found here day and night.
They live in the apple and cherry state, Washington.
They dwell a bit south in...

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Segovia, historic city northwest of Madrid;
Wish to visit architectural legacy, I admit.
Especially Romanesque churches, a former royal
palace and a Gothic cathedral- a tour so joyful.
Read an article from Devour Spain, hope to go nearby
restaurant for two big dishes which I wanted to try:
the suckling pig...

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peak moss season
even the rolling stone
gathers it...

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I dreamed I accidentally bought two expensive tickets to a musical play about Thomas Jefferson, then figured, what the hell, Rhonda and I might as well go. Then an ex showed up, someone I get along with fine to this day, but I was surprised...

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My first encounter with a brown bat was at Long Lake as a kid. It was in the dark of night. I was in a rowboat with a friend guiding the boat. I was watching the water intently with a flashlight, and holding a fish...

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clouds shadow grounds and grasses
as cold winds deny spring

life pauses and passes
as I work along the side of a road

pavement must be sculpted
fields wait to become

trees waiting to bud
raise tangled arms

but a touch of sun
hints something more

a gust of wind carries birdsong
melody without words

a love...

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On the first day of school, I long for its end, 
Yearning for my Jag family, my heart's dear friend.
The food, a tragic horror, but health's their decree, 
A social kid silenced, a shadow of me.

The theater, my love, now comedy's the song, 
No musical...

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