Best Swooshed Poems
Red Penance
Under the shade of that proliferous maple tree we'd named
I'd given you a piece of my naive exuberant heart
when I handed over a fragment of shimmering red ribbon
I still remember your reluctant smile masking paranoia
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Categories:
swooshed, endurance, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Yellow Sapphire
Onyx of darkness crumbled beneath my bed,
I lit a bead in fiery scarlet hues on a novel white canvas
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Categories:
swooshed, hope, night,
Form:
Free verse
Waterfalls, Rivers and DroughtWATERFALLS, RIVERS AND DROUGHT
The frenzied forces of cold, icy streams
detonate explosively on the rocks below.
Their rapid currents wreak havoc
on logjams caught in crevasses beneath
the mist and rainbowed spray.
We blink in awe to see this
spectacular remonstration
of pretentious power abruptly
become whirling vortexes
of descending splash downs.
But...
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Categories:
swooshed, creation, earth, environment, mountains,
Form:
Free verse
Dinosaur LimericksMiss Velociraptor knew she was scary,
she’d be rich if for each scream she had a penny.
She tried her best not to growl,
not to chase, beat or foul,
but not for long could she stick with any.
Mr T-Rex wanted a mate,
old now, he worried it was too...
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Categories:
swooshed, animal,
Form:
Limerick
The WoodsThe twisted trees swayed
as the wind swooshed in the night sky
The gates intertwined with vines
that blossomed the thorns of time.
How they come so close
To your heart
But yet so far way
You stand here counting
as days go on by.
But what you don't realize
is that
you have
wasted...
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Categories:
swooshed, beautiful, wisdom, youth,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
swooshed, fun, funny,
Form:
Limerick
Petermannchen Handed Me Over His Bunch of KeyPetermännchen handed me over his bunch of key
Hugged me and sent me to the east Aegean sea
There I found a bold golden bull
He was chewing Apollo's tool
He swooshed open his drool I forgot how to pee...
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Categories:
swooshed, fun, funny,
Form:
Limerick
Flickering FlameDear, ice cold hands:
You came from a place of hurt and evil. You were used to people walking in and out of your life. You perfected how to push people out of your life, just like you had seen everyone else do. With one look,...
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Categories:
swooshed, beauty, death, fire, hurt,
Form:
Narrative
The UndertowThe Undertow
The two could feel the undertow
Pull at them both - then let them go
He wondered if she could know
Or sense it too and let it flow
The undertow in the fast-running tide
Ebbed and flowed at the pair inside
It was hard for them to try to...
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Categories:
swooshed, anxiety, conflict, confusion, desire,
Form:
Verse
Ruby ShowersI spent my day shopping for rubies.
Shades of magenta, crimson, maroon
sparkling in the ocean of my options
as stars which would make me swoon.
The old manager tried his best
to understand my specific details,
yet I couldn't explain my vision,
much to his chagrin at drooping sales.
Shimmering ruby crystals...
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Categories:
swooshed, imagination,
Form:
Rhyme
Sans Scribbling Scrolling, Scrounging Scrunching, Scrying Scribe Section SeventySirens sounded secretly securing source. Strait sacks swooshed scamps scaling sensitive sentries (simply spayed seals) surveying surrounding staked spy sotted sham semicircular slipshod shelter. Snappy, Snippy, Snoopy suited Skyhawks surprisingly swooped somnambulant senseless scriveners. Sargent Salemander slipped shiny shimmering shellacked Sheppards Shutterfly sidearms sized simulated...
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Categories:
swooshed, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Epic
Pachyderm GripI know you love Korean food and dine on the
other sweet side of the world
I wonder if you toppled clean over
when the runaway circus herd swooshed past your shoulder.
They stepped on the tables like tapestry's ripping
clean off of the castles they'd centuries lived in
They...
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Categories:
swooshed, adventure, animals, life, nature,
Form:
A Drop of SacrificeFor a long time, the northern sea unleashed fear in the hearts of the residents living close to the coastline. The hazardous hurricanes of war riding the chariot of whirlpools swooshed everything in their vicinity to the depths of slimy water.
mighty Poseidon
twirling whips of ocean...
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Categories:
swooshed, hope, joy, peace, symbolism,
Form:
Haibun
TantrumTANTRUM
a perfect storm of tears as her teeny feet stomped,
and her voice roared ferociously,
surprising stoic parents.
in full-blown hurricane style,
her entire foundation fallen
onto the parquet entryway.
thunder and lightening swooshed
through mom and...
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Categories:
swooshed, child, storm,
Form:
Free verse
Interstellar ReverieSipping aromatic coffee on my duty break
I glanced beyond the hazy vapors
outside toward the isolated runway;
under moonlit sky giant aircraft at standstill.
Despondent like me they seemed outside,
Inside my zestful mind seemed free,
While I wondered how bored they might be,
In times like these when they...
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Categories:
swooshed, adventure, dream,
Form:
Free verse