Best Switchback Poems
Below are the all-time best Switchback poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of switchback poems written by PoetrySoup members
My Coloring BookWe loaded up for a Sunday drive
The Ozark Mountains were alive
Wild dogwoods of pink and white
Every shade of green in sight
Blooming jonquils and daffodils
Woodpeckers, blue...
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Categories:
switchback, appreciation, daffodils, family, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Somethin's Bound To GiveAnother switchback under mountain crossed, (*)
far below blue and violet spires bloom.
Undiscovered shady valley river flows lost,
rippling in pride of madeira's plume.
Turned my back to...
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Categories:
switchback, adventure, beauty, flower, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
Long Distance RunnersWe don’t run the way we used to
ten kilometers pounding
hard through switchback trails
to beat the twilight
Twenty-odd years ago
you wanted marriage
kids and a...
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Categories:
switchback, life
Form:
Free verse
The Jokes On YouThe jokes on you
Flit
As we walk home from the party
The atmosphere declines
Just you and i alone again
There’s nowhere left to hide
In and...
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Categories:
switchback, confusion, introspection, night, day,
Form:
I do not know?
Distance Lends Enchantment“Distance lends enchantment...”
They say distance lends enchantment and true love
weathers all seasons; but, sometimes I wonder
whether the distance becomes obscured by changing
winds and billowing clouds.
And...
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Categories:
switchback, emotions, feelings, imagery, life,
Form:
Blank verse
Trifolium Pollinated Courtesy BombusTrifolium pollinated courtesy bombus
Before landscapers mow swaths
across undulating waves of clover
(the father/daughter team
usually cut grass every Tuesday)
bumblebees alight from one to another flower.
Meanwhile, I lie...
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Categories:
switchback, 12th grade, appreciation, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
Why Spoiled Misses PrincessWhy spoiled misses princess...
never wishes to awaken from pleasant snooze
Appellation (with trailing switchback
and/or additional colorful turns
of phrases) emphasizing assigned
nom de plume "princess goldilocks"
hardly flattering compliment
gently...
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Categories:
switchback, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse