Best Parachuted Poems
Dirranbandi RiverDirranbandi River
Dirranbandi river, grows the cotton,
Waiting for the rains to come,
Dig into the sandy bottom,
Fill your bucket, water some,
Three years of drought,
And then the flood it comes,
Brown snakes are swimming all about,
See the Sand Goannas run,
Get the sheep to the higher ground,
Drown it...
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Categories:
parachuted, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Madeleine the SpySonia Esmee Florence Butt ( work in progress )
The year 2014 comes to a close
Another unsung hero passed on, from a time long ago
Poets free to express our thoughts
Due to the bravery of Sonia D'Artrois
The day was may 28, 1944
A parachute and Sonia...
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Categories:
parachuted, england, hero, history,
Form:
Light Verse
On the Southern Alligator FarmDown south on the small alligator farm
Alligators grown to size to alarm
All the workers there too scared
Of young gators as they aired
Parachuted food to keep them from harm
(Inspired by Carolyn's picture but not entry.)...
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Categories:
parachuted, animals, death, funny, imagination,
Form:
Limerick
It's Norm, Down On the FarmThere once was a parachutist called Norm
Who parachuted into an alligator farm
He said with a hell of a shout
"Blimey! it's time to bail out"
Before I'm the calm before their storm...
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Categories:
parachuted, funny
Form:
Limerick
Bill GeigerMy uncle went to West Point Military Academy,
Was the second US citizen to be a licensed pilot,
So I thought my knowledge would help everybody,
So I became an Eagle, an American RAF pilot.
We all signed up September 1940, keenly poised,
But did not...
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Categories:
parachuted, appreciation, character, courage, death,
Form:
Quatrain
HippocampusHippocampus
What a memory trickling down my limbic system
Pure deep emotion released from a firing brain
Neurons transmitted untainted joy
A night dive at Stackpole Quay in Pembrokeshire
Thick wet suit in cold waters weights on the belt
No load on my shoulders apart from the aqua lung
Floating balancing...
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Categories:
parachuted, life,
Form:
Free verse
Queen Annes Lace- FlowerI reached out my hand to you
The sunflowers burst with smiles
You knew the reason for tears I cried
You’ve walked with me for miles
Your soul is like a shining gem
Endearing you always are to me
I can hold you with an open heart
For the distance in the...
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Categories:
parachuted, flower, love, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
Anti-Physic 5: Bradburying"When I stand with this silence
between us all, we are still never here --
and then I move and your whole world
shifts, and there you are. We were."
...
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Categories:
parachuted, lost love, autumn,
Form:
Free verse
Perched At a Firing SightThe eagle is perched at a firing sight!
And pebbles salute
Converged in a cannon of salutation
Swift & smooth & sharp!
Bowing near her golden wings
All the pebbles greet
Adoring the blackness of her beauty
Luring her in vain
Into a home-dance at the village square!
The...
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Categories:
parachuted, allegorybeauty, beauty,
Form:
Pastoral
OdWhen you're addicted to drugs, we can admit we've gone off the deep. But it's that pill, that line, that shot -- it infuses belief. When nobody's around to put down your bottle, you can be retrospective, contemplate, think.
But really; I was an alcoholic...
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Categories:
parachuted, abuse, addiction, allegory, depression,
Form:
Blank verse
A Frog Named TurtleA green chunky over stuffed frog named Turtle
one tortuga de rio
went home with a little boy
The little red-headed imagination drenched boy dressed Turtle
...
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Categories:
parachuted, childhood, family, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Sweeping Time AwayShe is 98 and sweeps sweeps sweeps her patio away
Every day for hours
Arms wrapped around her broom
Bride groom
Lifted over the threshold of twigs and torment
She cannot see nor hear much farther than her own reach
For I wave to her from the yard next door
Call out...
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Categories:
parachuted, autumn, beautiful, care, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
UmbrellaThe Umbrella
It was a rainy sort
Of afternoon, when I crossed
The bridge didn`t notice
Half it was missing.
Held on to my brolly when I fell
Parachuted landed on a barge.
They needed a deckhand.
The sea was a black mirror, the cook
Was artistic and pissed we only had
Bacon butties...
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Categories:
parachuted, adventure, allusion,
Form:
Blank verse
Whispering WingsQuote: Don't let the lilacs die without a touch of sweet perfume
send forth, from life to grave
She scented her wings with a powdery substance of lilac
then parachuted to earth tipping her scissions
with utmost precision;
Stardust fell across his cupid cheek but he...
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Categories:
parachuted, angel, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Food play
The carrots jumped up and grabbed my nose,
Swatted them back down with my toes!
Spinach curled round my fork,
Had two eyes!
I...
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Categories:
parachuted, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form:
Rhyme