Best Outward Bound Poems
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In the beginning was the WORD
And the WORD was ALL –
No sights no sounds
No memory to recall.
It filled the void
From no-thing to no-where
Through eons of time
Before time was there.
When......
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Categories:
outward bound, nature, time, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
...I was a professional, melodic dance instructor, at the flowery prime of the art,
And I taught its various, elegant styles, sweet joy of valuable living to impart.
The noble old classic styles wil......
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Categories:
outward bound, career, dance, fantasy, magic,
Form:
Couplet
...My prankster, older son, came home from college, just the other day.
He saw such great possibilities, in how, he, with the Trolls, could play.
Now, you must remember, my son, has always been, a tad b......
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Categories:
outward bound, adventure, fantasy, funny, imagination,
Form:
Light Verse
...He grows outward and upward
innocently reaching for the sunlight,
armed with only a fearless curiosity, ......
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Categories:
outward bound, childhood, hate, hope, prejudice,
Form:
Free verse
...Tortured souls breaking free
outward bound into the night
tortured souls set me free
when you find your destiny
everything will be alright
tortured souls breaking free
let us go now final......
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Categories:
outward bound, freedom,
Form:
Villanelle
...event horizon
revealing outer limit
of singular force
swirling cosmic dust
genesis of star’s being
clouds stellar ceiling
space lying between
all that can be felt or seen
formed that whic......
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Categories:
outward bound, creation, history, life, science,
Form:
Haiku
......an exercise in rhythm and imagery.
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The harbor is alive with prayers and expectations,
fishing boats jostle, make ready for outward bound,
crews on their ......
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Categories:
outward bound, adventure,
Form:
Verse
...The harbor is alive with prayers and expectations,
fishing boats jostle, make ready for outward bound,
crews on their mettle load tackle, check rigging,
as nets are dragged on board, sailors de......
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Categories:
outward bound, adventure,
Form:
Verse
...The harbor is alive with prayers and expectations,
fishing boats jostle, make ready for outward bound,
crews on their mettle load tackle, check rigging,
as nets are dragged on board, sailors de......
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Categories:
outward bound, writing,
Form:
Verse
...As the burn of fires burn
On ridges ripping skylines
The flakes of snow they paraglide
As fragile as my words;
When the seasons melt and turn,
Autumn journals fraught with by-lines,
Scripts of ......
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Categories:
outward bound, life, lost love, love,
Form:
Verse
...Sometimes I like to go walking
In search of a quiet place
To free myself for a little while
From the entanglements of this race.
Occasionally, I find myself, running
In circles of modern-day-dreams;......
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Categories:
outward bound, life,
Form:
Rhyme
...Dear Shari Todd – written July 29, 2015
While rifling thru outdated writing,
which virtual thumbing
wrought non deadly chancre “FAKE” blister
(long thee envy o' this wordy mister
a ......
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Categories:
outward bound, 10th grade, father, father
Form:
Free verse
...When Moses came back down
With his tablets and inscriptions
He left some lying around
With some critical prescriptions
Continued at eleven
Not to stop the count on fingers
If you want to go t......
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Categories:
outward bound, humor, sin,
Form:
Rhyme
...WoodStock - Fifty Years Ago August 15-19, 2019
I knew nary a whit about
rock n roll history
soon to unfold August fifteen –
eighteen ninety sixty nine
mollycoddled, nestled,
obliviously preoc......
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Categories:
outward bound, anniversary, appreciation, celebration, friendship
Form:
Epic
...Chapter Seven: Spaced
Chapter Seven: Spaced
Cheph111 outward bound
liftoff ten minus none
The trip from the planet's surface was almost instantaneous the crew were
webbed in bunks and......
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Categories:
outward bound, adventure, natural disasters, science
Form:
Free verse