Best Suburb Poems
Alpha To Omega...ALPHA TO OMEGA
A is for Arturo and Alexis two great Poets,
Who make us all cry and laugh
B is for Besma a great philosopher
And soul sister On Poetry Soup’s graph,
And Beata,and Gordon who
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Categories:
suburb, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
Pink Christmas Kisses-------Potd...He told me he loved me.
It was winter and snowing.
We walked on the street.
In a suburb, what a treat.
Houses aglow, Rudolph outside.
I wanted Santa there to go
for a sky ride.
Mom had her......
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Categories:
suburb, christmas, happiness, imagery, joy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Merry Minstrel of Mickleover...The Merry Minstrel of Mickleover
I strike this chord without a sword
For I am not so brave
Whence came a knight with armour bright
Who vowed princess to save
The wicked sire of the shire
Ha......
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Categories:
suburb, history,
Form:
Rhyme
A Ghost Story...Sue and I had lost contact when we left school and the Dominican Convent,
Met up ten years later, admitted both of us foolish, each nodded consent,
Had coffee, agreed to meet often, lived in Cape T......
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Categories:
suburb, dad,
Form:
Rhyme
Lovely...Lovely
In deep woods, so verdant, quiet and still,
below the sun where bravely hawks do fly,
you’ll find a county spot called Owings Mills,
a suburb born beneath the Maryland sky.
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Categories:
suburb, beauty, community, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Song of a Poetess...
In a California suburb she sits,
Pondering to go on with her writs!
All seem pointless to her now.
Even though~to her family she
made a vow!
To leave them a heritage of her life......
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Categories:
suburb, happiness, how i feel,
Form:
Rhyme
Silence of the Soul...Words,
too many words,
superfluous and useless.
They bind you in a swirling vortex,
drown you in inconsequential thoughtlessness.
Oh for a few moments of supreme silence,
in some secluded sp......
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Categories:
suburb, silence, words,
Form:
Free verse
Eternity...“There is no death! What seems so is transition;
this life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life elysian,
whose portal we call Death.”
-Henry......
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Categories:
suburb, death, heaven, life,
Form:
Quintain (English)
My Bio...1. Valsa (means in our language 'loved' or 'dear')
2. I rate myself as sincere, humble, compassionate and conscientious
3. I am the proud Mother of two sons-Thomas and George
4. I long for peace......
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Categories:
suburb, character, introspection,
Form:
Bio
Upbeat Day Ahead...I hail each bronze, red, and blue coloured dawn,
as pulsing heart mould torch flame of bliss,
to gaze across some awestruck mint sprig lawn,
that golden birthright never goes amiss
Ey......
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Categories:
suburb, birth, blessing, celebration, cheer
Form:
Quatrain
Peace Under Siege...Today I'm learning the name
of war refugee camps,
in Congo, Rwanda, Palestine, Lebanon,
Turkey, Syria, Yemen, you name it,
and the children who play hide and seek
in charred automobiles, shiver......
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Categories:
suburb, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Elegy For Poetry...Written: September 25, 2023
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In the depth of night, we gathered as one,
With eyes akin to a tiger, fierce and undone
The ni......
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Categories:
suburb, analogy, appreciation, beauty, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Enduring Spinning: Agriculture, Culture and War...You can feel it spinning
fast
the Chinese, Japanese, American and European junk
orbiting at several thousand miles per hour could
......
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Categories:
suburb, culture, environment, farm, future,
Form:
Verse
Blue Island, Illinois...
If you are not from the area, you probably don’t know
about this town which is a suburb of Chicago.
It is located to the southwest of the Windy City.
With Morgan Park, it shares its nort......
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Categories:
suburb, dedication, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Nowboy...He's an urban redneck
Likes his George and Madflex
He's country and what's next
Metropolis with crops
From barn to the city
Farming in the nitty-gritty
He's surrounded by concrete
Too many suburb pl......
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Categories:
suburb, community, history, life, society,
Form:
Rhyme