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Best Saws Poems

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Premium Member See-Saws
What playground does not hold the magic lure
Of see-saws firmly braced upon their stands?
What child resists excitement, felt for sure
In ups and downs: the hard...

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Categories: saws, inspiration, life, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Defying Predictability
With hair ablaze, a jester unconfined,
I scoffed at the mundane, its life declined.
My wardrobe, a riot, a rhapsody bold,
Mismatched socks my standard, stories untold.

In classrooms...

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Categories: saws, angst, character, conflict, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The One That Got Away - Silence of What Ifs
If a poet falls in love with you
you will live forever.
Atticus Finch - To kill a mockingbird.

In the midst of conundrums, of 'what ifs.'

I dislike...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: saws, loss, love, youth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Park
Like my fondest memory of it, the park of my childhood still remains -
with its garden of roses near the entrance and its verdant rolling...

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Categories: saws, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
James Hinkshaw
James Hinkshaw

There once was a man named James Hinkshaw.
Who planned to go to town for a jigsaw.
He had hick-saws and jinx-saws
He even had a wink-saw.
But...

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Categories: saws, funnyold, old,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member In Response To My First Poem
See-Saws  -   (First Poem posted on PoetrySoup, 08/04/2014)

What playground does not hold the magic lure
of see-saws firmly braced upon their stands?
What child...

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Categories: saws, life, philosophy, universe,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
The Old Camphor Tree In My Memory
Author: Runping Chen

The desk sends forth its particular fragrance
That gladden people’s hearts.
That is the sweet-smelling of the old camphor bodies
And into the impression of my...

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Categories: saws, growing up, joy, kid,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Old Mr Oak
Old Mr. Oak

Old Mr. Oak had bumps on his sides.
In his tired arms, black birds did reside.
He had seen all kinds come and go,
watching the...

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Categories: saws, age, tree,
Form: Personification
A Park In My Neighbour
A regular walk to the park
My baby’s favourite landmark
Not more than half a mile away 
Where kids like to run and play

In the centre of...

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Categories: saws, people, places,
Form: Quatrain
A Late Summer Scene
I stand still and silent,
My eyes are closed but I can picture in my head,
What I would see in this late summer scene.

I can hear...

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Categories: saws, happiness, love, nature, people,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The Prairie Farmer
Summer is over and the farmer now rests from his toil,
Having labored hard to wrest his crops from the fruitful soil.
Fall has arrived and all...

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Categories: saws, farm, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Face of Hope
Over a hundred years of miracles
     dating back well before statehood
   Pioneers who made the desert bloom
  ...

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Categories: saws, history, holocaust, hope, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
A Sincere Distrust of Figs
In every apple, an atom resides; 
in every Adam, an apple abides. 

So it goes and goes, apples 
toppling off tables in rhythmic waves, 

falling...

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Categories: saws, fruit,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member The Way Home - 2nd Part
As I neared home I went by the water works that stood for years behind the ice plant. That’s where the water for the city...

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© John Posey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: saws, remember,
Form: Narrative
The Ballad of the Jacaranda
Walked six years, that way,
And watched this new suburb’s trend.
Near Mysore Highway,
Close to Bengaluru’s end.
Three storeys tall, stood,
This awesome tree-spread, so pretty.
Blue blossoms, good wood,
Half...

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Categories: saws, happiness, introspection,
Form: I do not know?

Book: Shattered Sighs