Best Scene Poems

ripples of  blue ebb

               as ocean pebbles crumble--

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How I love the sky, the sea and land.
Today I paint myself into a scene
of visual delight; though I'm on sand,
I dip my brush first into vivid green.

Tall trees are in my view far left and right.
I paint the path made out of stones that...

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Permafrost upon the boughs,
in a glistening diamond wood;
where the water meets the Terra,
thin sheets in semi-melt
perform a slow ballet.
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Machinating the manger scene

The little shepherd sat at night
and kept his sheep within his sight
he gazed up at the starry night
and saw one star was shining bright
onto a solitary manger site
inside a candle gave its light
two images appeared in sight
and in a straw crib was...

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                                     The moonlight's pale rays
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How lovely to spend time
On a hillock overlooking the bay!
The ruddy sun just warms enough,
So I’ll enjoy my perfect day.

The sea is not perfectly calm.
Waves roll towards the beach,
What are they whispering to the sand?
What thoughts I wish I could reach?

There on the other side...

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Like a royal parade,
they waddled across
the well traveled thoroughfare
teeming with autos crawling to a stop;
otherwise road rage reduced to admiration.

The regal drake held his head high—his eyes
piercing straight ahead—oblivious to the traffic.
The obeisance of his trailing brace
reflected a solemn reverence to their chief.

A mother hen...

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I sit and pause, looking at the sky blue ceiling above me. White vapour cotton wool clouds
gently float like water lilies on an upside down pond. My humble seat, an igneous rock
from the Devonian period. A glaciation past has moulded this comfort to rest this...

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Act III, final scene, psychodrama script-
the world is ushered off into history's crypt.
All the super heroes lie slaughtered on the floor
while apocalyptic addicts are screaming out for more.

A handful of patriots ride the airwaves into night
broadcasting dire warnings to bring the truth to light.
General population...

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swirls of clouds trim sky
leaves twirl as wind passes by . . .
a squirrel stands still

Sept. 8, 2022
for Tania Kitchin's Autumn In Nature - Haiku Poetry Contest

for 'A HIKU PREMIER' Poetry Contest...

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Derelict tombstones lying at death’s door.

Contest: Six words Sponsor: John Lawless
02~22~16...

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Gravity enters my thoughts, what ever goes up has to come down. As i start my descent from
the summit of this giant of the Grampians. My journey down is so different to the ascent.
Clouds build for the evening mass. The breeze has magically transformed into...

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So what is different
The vagrant limps across the careening snow
Scantily unkempt
From inside the bank with glittering glass
I watched him pass
Carried by the flow
Of that dilapidated mass
For whom tolls the jingling bell
And toll, and toll ignored again
My heart 
Shunning the superficial cheer
Left all I heard
Devoted to...

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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 the young children screaming and shrieking at play,
The squeaks of the playground slides, swings and see-saws,
The gentile gossiping of girls,
The...

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Calm
Following an ice cold calm night
Winter sun bathes a splendid sight
Icicles pirouette to ground 
Nature's ballet dance does astound
Winter wraps herself round the scene
A frosty regal beauty Queen 
Clothed in a fetching wintry gown
Lustrous as diamonds in a crown.

Robins bop along, feathers fanned
Upon Earth's dazzling...

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