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Best Stretch Along Poems

Below are the all-time best Stretch Along poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of stretch along poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member The Love of a Gentleman
There is a place where the land bows down to kiss the misty tide,
Where rolling waves bring memories of the place my heart resides.
There among...

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Categories: stretch along, family, fishing, love, sun,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Mystical Tides

Before me lies the ocean, with its shore,
   maintaining varied limits day and night;
at times, beyond its border, reaching more
   than...

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Categories: stretch along, emotions, feelings, metaphor, ocean,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
The Twilight
The cadent curls recede upon the shore,
with fizzle sounds like brushes on a drum,
their once brave tune declined forevermore,
beneath the growing shades of a beach...

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Categories: stretch along, age, extended metaphor,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Quiescent

Oh, how I love a peaceful summer day
when trees are still, and fields of grass stand tall.
In tranquil air, the bird songs drift away-
in tunes...

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Categories: stretch along, inspirational, peace, seasons,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member Visions of Hope
Rainbows are scattered on my blank walls
Patterns appear where the light splits and falls
They stream across the ceiling
They stretch along the floor
Echoes of beauty for...

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Categories: stretch along, beauty, emotions, encouraging, hope,
Form: Lyric



Tripling a Cross
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I dream a cross is dressed in diamonds rich.
It rears too high with spans that glisten gold
that stretch along the sky's chromatic edge
yet crimson rubies...

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Categories: stretch along, bible,
Form: Sonnet
Damned Forest
The air is filled with owls' hoo-hoo;
trees shadows stretch along the grass,
looking like tall, mean monsters;
red eyes glitter behind the bushes;
the lake smells like fresh...

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Categories: stretch along, dark, evil, fear, halloween,
Form: Free verse
Chyann Rose
Chyann Rose, the elegant and beautiful rose
That grows in the wilderness beneath the trees,
Its memories floats high over all our country roads,
Fluttering its leaves, dancing...

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Categories: stretch along, allegory, beautiful, daffodils, first
Form: Ballad
An Hour At the Beach
Driftwood benches stretch along the shoreline as far as the eye can see


While purple and green kelp stain the wet sand like messy 
brush strokes...

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Categories: stretch along, faith, imagination, introspection, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Sunlight
Sunlight has come, and the newest has day began 
With the sweet sound of sleep lay in curls beyond 
Wear limbs and rest, above heavenly...

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Categories: stretch along, imagery, light, summer, sunshine,
Form: Free verse
Where Is It
Branches that stretch along the terrace with dangling stems throughout.  Scraped, chipped and peeled of layers from its grey skin.  Connecting each stem...

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Categories: stretch along, forgiveness, inspiration, nature,
Form: ABC
The Lake
Standing at the water's edge
 a school of small fry catfish swim
 scurrying beneath the sun rays
 in and out the cover of decaying leaves;
how...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stretch along, appreciation, nature,
Form: Free verse
Slow and Steady
Steadily
 the rapids flow, fast and quick,
 splashing up and down the stones
 then falling into the pond.

Swirls and ripples form
 where once still waters...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: stretch along, spring,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Human Race
For some folks, it’s a marathon 
Of lonesome country miles
That stretch along a winding road 
At every runner’s pace.
For others, it’s a full-on sprint 
Of...

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Categories: stretch along, allegory, race,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Rearranged
My whole layout you rearranged
fragments fit my shredded heart,  
revived by a blackout unplanned; 

Cabinets you couldn’t leave closed, 
repairing hinges that had fallen...

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Categories: stretch along, emotions, feelings, love, romance,
Form: Villanelle

Book: Reflection on the Important Things