Best Retourne Poems

More than the grand fireworks display,
above chart-topper music blast;
What is the highlight of this night -
The Media Noche, New Year’s toast.

Above chart-topper music blast,
stay still awhile, to breathe our thanks;
A farewell to the year that was
and welcome one - now upon us.

What is the highlight...

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The moonbeam wears its glittered thread,
while stars lift evening's fine sarong
a trance ascends far overhead
moist kisses fondling a raw song

While stars lift evening's fine sarong
in secrets flushed …dark turns to light
when hungry lips meet to adorn
a fragrant tryst of soul’s birthright

A trance ascends far overhead
to...

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We celebrate our veterans,
on November the eleventh.
In honor of their great service,
we show our appreciation.

On November the eleventh,
a memorial will be held
at Arlington, to place a wreath,
to honor our fallen heroes.

In honor of their great service,
flags will fly and anthems will play.
Patriotism rules the day,
to...

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How blessed I feel this Christmas Eve
beneath a moonlit winter sky
as lights ignite to mimic stars
while snowflakes melt into our skin.
 
Beneath a moonlit winter sky
where footprints vanish instantly
from pathways paved with silver snow,
the waning wind breathes quiet sighs.
 
As lights ignite to mimic stars
on...

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"Shall We Retourne Contest
French Retourne Poem
Sponsor: Debbie Guzzi

One night, holiday, New Years Eve,
The big ball drops down in Times Square,
Such a big crowd, hard to believe,
"Happy New Year" is then declared.

Wow, isn't Time Square just lovely?
Promises of resolutions,
New York always kept a big flare,
Until the...

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Plans are made and family gather
by land or air, back to their roots.
Excitement builds; home is in view!
Across the nation, what great feasts!

By land or air, back to their roots
many have traveled; some have not!
Some, with dread, come out of duty,
but many others come with...

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(Retourne is a French poetry form wherein repetition is used. It consists 
of four quatrains (four-line stanzas), with each line having eight syllables. The trick 
is though that the first stanza's second line must also be the second stanza's first 
line, the first stanza's third...

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~  Love Faith Peace And Hope  ~
 (  Retourne  )



~O~


Jesus our Savior and that's so. 
Study God's Word and you will grow. 
Always keep Love, Faith, Peace, and Hope. 
He'll come to you and help you cope. 

~o~ 

Study God's Word...

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Hold me like you'll never let go;
love me, each time, as if the first.
Shake me and quake me, slake my thirst
Quench this fire-My desire.

Love me each time, as if the first;
relearn my flesh, again, anew.
Discover new ways to excite me;
uncover passion's mystery.

Shake me and quake...

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Shall we retourne now to China
Celebrate this coming new year 
To watch fire crackers and dragons
Spring festival season to cheer




Celebrate this coming new year
In fantastic Chinese style
Dance with farmers at temple fairs
Year of the monkey lets go wild




To watch fire crackers and dragons
Would surely be...

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Unravelling Ireland


                       Postcard collection as a teen
                ...

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The best wordage perfect for use
Is the time most enjoyable
Explicit to no race nor tribe
But patterned to gladden all hearts

Is the time most enjoyable
With unique attributes so rare
Backed up with the message of hope
So distinct that others cant give

Explicit to no race nor tribe
With its...

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His heart reached out to touch my soul 
Resonating warmth fills my heart
His eyes are as black pools of gold
Handsome ~ statuesque~ work of art

Resonating warmth fills my heart
The passion flows from deep within
Our mirrors of the soul are locked, 
A genteel kiss cannot be...

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In deep crenelated crimson,
Autumn arrives in regal robes.
Her boisterous blue burgundy
surging with violent carmine.

Autumn arrives in regal robes
carpeting the earth with fractured
parquet of mismatched, misshaped shards-
a luscious ramollescence.

Her boisterous blue burgundy
cape blusters with bolstered boldness
as she whips the wind to climax 
and She reigns as...

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