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Best Off The Beaten Path Poems

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Off the Beaten Path We Go
off the beaten path we go
nothing like the thrill of newness
even when it gets old, something new is discovered like a dylan record
we embrace our...

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© Marty King  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off the beaten path, growth, journey, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Follow the Bouncing Ball
She dresses the land down
in a virginal bridal gown 
a masterfully cut and sewn chenille 
shines brightly with a fine crystal appeal

Her assistants work quite diligently
to add special...

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Categories: off the beaten path, cheer up, , cute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Loneliness
Lonely is the life of a writer- for we seek solitary places,
off the beaten path. Sometimes, I wrap myself in loneliness.
Not to say, I am...

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Categories: off the beaten path, loneliness,
Form: Acrostic
Lost In the Backwods
Took a trip off the beaten path.
Nothing modern in site.
Knee deep in the woods and to scared to laugh.

Blew a tire.
Met some dude that said...

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Categories: off the beaten path, funny
Form: Rhyme
Cathedral Spiritual
Pink and grey walls rise like castle parapets
Reflecting the sunrise in golden hues
I ride along the canyon to the sound of leather
Creaking softly in the...

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© Lena Pate  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off the beaten path, natureblue, blue,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)



Premium Member Meander In the Valley
We meander off the beaten path, 
A veritable sally,
Admiring the flight of lively swallows 
Above the green vast valley.

Puffy white clouds form and reform,
Methinks, one...

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Categories: off the beaten path, kiss, love, nature,
Form: Verse
Lost
Bewilder was my middle name as I felt lost and torn
experiencing fallacious feelings before the hike that nothing would go wrong
going on the Appalachian Trail...

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Categories: off the beaten path, anxiety, lost,
Form: Rhyme
My Valley
My Valley

Tucked away in the north-central part of the state, about ten miles or so from where the clear and slow-moving water of the Grand...

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Categories: off the beaten path, poetry,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member The Delayed Flight Home
Upon revelation’s flight
Under Orion’s focus

I witness a fiery glow towards familiar horizons.

‘Tis no sunrise

It is a striking reality.

My saddened retinas witness monochromatic pitchforks,
Desolated screams,
Embellished declarations...

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Categories: off the beaten path, life, people, slam,
Form: Free verse
The Road
I chose to follow the road
Even though i know not where it goes
My thoughts alone the only hope
To help my through this life alone
I guess...

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© Donald Lee  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off the beaten path, hope, loneliness, love,
Form: Sestina
Sitting By the Riverside
I walk down a trail off the beaten path
Contemplating life’s equations, trying to solve its math
I sit down by the riverside, the breeze blowing through...

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© Dylan Foss  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off the beaten path, peace, philosophy, river,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn Trails
Off the beaten path,
Falling leaves conceal the tracks:
Scurrying wildlife....

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Categories: off the beaten path, nature,
Form: Haiku
My Mortality
I wonder if I’m the only one
who smells the fetidness
of dead daylilies,
carrion that lies concealed
off the beaten path.
Could it be my preoccupation with death lately?
Reviewing...

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Categories: off the beaten path, age, , cute,
Form: Free verse
Cliche Heaven
Cliche Heaven

Be it as it may I'll try my hand at some clichés
    and address the elephant in the room soon when...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: off the beaten path, confusion, cool, crazy, satire,
Form: Free verse
Church Sin
Looking for poetry off the beaten path.  Take a look at "The Menagerie" 74 hand 
selected poems by this author.  Available for download...

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Categories: off the beaten path, angst, history, religion
Form: Rhyme

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