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Best Plateau Poems


Premium Member On a Hawaiian Plateau
You said “I do”
I said it too,
That amazingly magical day,
On a Hawaiian Plateau.

Now that nineteen have come to pass,
I have no more wild oats to sow,
You will be the last lover,
I will ever know....

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Categories: plateau, wedding,
Form: Light Verse
Transient Plateau
(To her, who will never read this.)

Her hooded heart shields her from getting soaked by any sort of lustful rain 
She is impenetrable by any weakening feeling such as affection or commitment
She’s got everything but nothing and nothing to lose but everything
She’s the same way...

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Categories: plateau, woman, time, me, time,
Form: Free verse
Atherton Plateau
flat tabletop spreads
lush valleys buttress below
coarse mounds arch above...

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Categories: plateau, nature
Form: Haiku

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



On My Plateau
On my plateau we have a saying,
"You can jump as high as you want, but you'll only gain a fraction of your height."
Work hard to reap the benefits,
Work harder to prove yourself right.

It's not about standing out,
It was never about the rewards.
It was about the...

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© Mike A.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: plateau, career, encouraging, identity, image,
Form: Free verse
Strange Plateau
strange picture frames lie on the scorched 
earth of the barren plateau, crooked and jagged.. 

to strange for her bucket of watercolors. 
to obscure for pastel horizons to rupture in light. 

no ressurection of the multi-colored aquatic bow. 

no dispersed water molecules ever form in...

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Categories: plateau, allegory
Form:
On the Plateau
On The Plateau

Remote Island in the sky, on the plateau
Above the lowlands removed and separated
Nine thousand foot drop prevents our leaving
We watch others like ourselves down there
Telescope in hand to seek their knowledge
Down below they advance beyond us 

Highland’s mesa and low world never merge
No...

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Categories: plateau, absence, change, desire, earth,
Form: Didactic



Epitaph On the Plateau
Hacked down at dawn is the tree that would have blossomed
Maimed is the navel that sometimes may have grown straight
Burned is the candle that may have shone in a dark path
Stifled is the dream that might have come true
Bludgeon are youth who would have led...

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Categories: plateau, war, may,
Form: Elegy
Flower Plateau
It's pretty late, isn't it?
The day's done, Midnight draws near
You mischievously glance at me
I carry you away to our room

Along the way, I think
Of all the last four years have given me
Scar tissue that I wish you saw
Warheads all rusting in peace

Four years ago, I...

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© Derek Chos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: plateau, anniversary, introspection, life, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Plateau
Does anyone know what a “plateau” means
When trying to loose weight and become more lean
Frustrating as hell
Damn! Damn! I yell
Till finally I fit into my tiny wee jeans...

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Categories: plateau, happiness,
Form: Limerick
My Plateau
In the essence of my mind I look towards that plateau where my soul can rest, and where I can obtain serenity and peace.

I search so hard day by day, but can never find it.  In my dreams it is the perfect place where...

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Categories: plateau, imagination,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member The Ancient Plateau - Act 2
In the morning we arise
To a sky of perfect blue
Surrounded by leafy greens
And Birds in plumage hues

We head deep into the lush
Strange sounds resonate
If such beasts exist
I wonder what awaits

The rays of the sun beat down
As our strength saps by the hour
Intermittent squalls
Momentarily repairs our...

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Categories: plateau, animals, fantasy, nature
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Ancient Plateau - Act 1
At the British History Museum, we met
To discuss our future plans
An expedition beckons
To a far forgotten land

Rumours had been rife
Of a plateau on this lands
Where time had stood so still
With ancient beasts, oh so grand

Down by the Thames
We load the Cargo's for our trip
Scientists and...

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Categories: plateau, animals, fantasy, naturemorning, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Blood On the Plateau
Gunshots pierces the silence of 
 the night
The shrill cries the shouts and 
 the flight
The herdsmen, spillers of blood are on 
 the Plateau
The Sheriff is seated on the high horse in 
 his Chateau
The Plateau people in such a hopeless 
 fight...

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Categories: plateau, anger, bullying, fear, horror,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Love Plateau
How can one ever describe real love
An all consuming ache for someone
A feeling that's difficult to describe in words
It defies cliches and interpretations

In reality it captures the honest simplicity
The basis of what life is about
It's the best description anyone's come up with
Plain and simple without...

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Categories: plateau, love,
Form: Rhyme
Lines Written In Sorrow For Nigeria
I could hear in my head their thousand shrill cries
While their homes burn, their throats slit,
Unpleasant thoughts of the bloods of the innocent
Bring sadness and tears to my eyes!

What has happened to the human soul 
That run through men of this beloved country;
It grieves my...

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Categories: plateau, africa, anger, angst, break
Form: Couplet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things