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Best Swathes Poems

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Premium Member Jallianwala Bagh
The occupation of India began, with the East India company
And prospered across large swathes of Indian territory
Then the British Crown took control, bringing military might
And...

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Categories: swathes, death, england, garden, history,
Form: Narrative



The Golden Dusty Days
Long gone are the golden
Dusty days!
Where once, like Blazons
On Armorial Shields,
The gathered bronze sheaths 
stood -
Cut through at the stalk...
Raised from time honoured
swathes.

Burnished like brushed...

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Categories: swathes, autumn, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Wetlands
as swallows land and swifts take flight
inside late noon’s last shards of light
the chill winds that descend on day
cause dense green swathes of reeds to...

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Categories: swathes, earth, environment, imagery, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bluebell Woods
Where hazel bushes mix with sturdy oaks
and beech trees densely grow in shades of green
the fairy flowers come in early spring
attired in clothes of violet-blue...

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Categories: swathes, flower, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I've Never Been To Africa
I've lived where orange blossoms fall
and flutter on the streets of Spain.
In Germany I've seen the wall,
and snow-capped mountains from the train.
I've known Bahamas' sunlight...

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Categories: swathes, africa, travel,
Form: Rhyme



Angel of Arctic Moonrise
This poem is a special devotion for my mother, who has always been a healing sun for these wintry eyes. Mumma, you're my hope, my...

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Categories: swathes, child, deep, devotion, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Kaleidoscope of Abstract Hues
Astound me with visual auroras
swathes of rainbows in chorus
that leap across lofty skies
strange intriguing patterns that rise
iridescent visions of midnight forests.

Mind bending colors turn sinister...

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Categories: swathes, color, dream, light,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Journey
“Floating on prayer hymn the journey isn’t construed amiss,
it takes life through the stillness of soul to the bay of bliss.” – Quote by Poet


The...

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Categories: swathes, analogy, destiny, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Stormbears
stormbears

great swathes of rain
pushed, herded by gale gusts
from the north edging on arctic

moves down on polar bear paws
rumble, tumble dark across my sky
whispering vestiges of...

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Categories: swathes, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Autumn
A pple pickers gaily riding in wagons, sipping cider along the way, headed for orchards, on a crisp, clear sunny day.

U mbrellas turned inside out...

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Categories: swathes, autumn,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Clouded Thoughts
I climbed to reach the highest heights
To quell and calm my troubled soul
Hard labour to empty my mind

Engulfed in swathes of greys and whites
The obscuration...

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Categories: swathes, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member From Noonlight To Moonlight
From Noonlight to Moonlight 
I'll chance to mention a jaunt once took, along a sloping ridge; coming up steady o'er jakes ravine, cross the creaking...

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Categories: swathes, cowboy-western,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Butterflies
In summer my garden comes alive
as graceful butterflies make it home.
Peacocks with vivid colours flit
from blossom to blossom

Busily working gathering nectar
pollinating as they go on...

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Categories: swathes, butterfly, flower,
Form: Personification
Nature's Bounty
Absolute Beauty’s Celestial  Delineation, Evening’s  Festoons , Golden Hues,  Inviting  Jubilation,  Kid’s Laughter, Myriad Nodes Of Picturesque Quietness, Resplendant ...

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Categories: swathes, nature,
Form: ABC
The Rites of Spring
Excitedly we travelled to the fair.
   As fragrant scents of flowers filled the air.
   Dawns gift of light showing sights enthralling.
...

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Categories: swathes, spring, daffodils,
Form: Rhyme

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