Best Territory Poems

ignorance is bliss

                                   baby bunny in the woods -

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I surf through the crooning crests
of warm, blue waters,
breathing poetry and prose,
carved in topaz and turquoise,
for I am the goddess
of the bittersweet estuary,
crowned with foamy salt and sea glass,
intoxicated by inked
sapphires and solitude.
This quill longs for silence and serenity,
where the scarred streaks of sunsets
cannot burn...

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When my inkless isles 
become drenched 
   with icy wintergreen embers 
of apologetic auroras ~ 
 and l i f e loses its lyrics in lilith's labyrinth, 
  this soul orchestrating in origami riddles 
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The very hot summer is coming to a close,
fresh cool weather is in the air.
I love my walks on autumn days,
it puts a giddy up in my steps.
Off to the pretty park we will go,
looking for the In Marked Territory area.
The grass seems much greener,
with...

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Ancient and modern is this heartbeat 
of a kingdom of four territories;
becoming the first biter to the endocarp of industrialization;
the first host to a global carnival of sports;
running the eldest of all notable department stores
and oldest without aging is one of its publishing houses.

A historic...

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The Irish Republican Army
Through clenched teeth will fight,
So all with Irish accents
Will hear "Ireland's call" and unite.

The cowboys sings of the country 
Mountains and farms and all that,
Though he is from the city
he'll wear his ten gallon hat.

The American is so proud 
He was born...

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This new voyage on which you have begun
Is taking you into, as yet, uncharted territory.
It is a journey not ’cross distant seas,
Nor to foreign lands, but to deep within your self.
It is a time, during which you will discover hidden depths,
And strength you could never...

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Over the narrow coastal zone,
where my sweetheart lives,
I am able to see the forest covered by the rain of May,
and it lies the treasure of kisses y stream,
the most fine flow of happiness.

My sweetheart and I take turn in watching such beauties,
which flows everywhere,
digging up...

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In the place where no one goes
lurks many things that no one knows,
where we are terrified to roam 
in fear of facing ways unknown.

This place is deep within our mind
but one we never dare to find,
if brushed against by accident
we close the path down which...

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One lopes through 
his dense tree occupied domain,
  thinly dappled,dispersed stripes 
                     gleaming,
    dully on a soft fur coat,
  tongue...

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"Dangerous Territory" 

The wash 
slides over naked minds
and feet

the sands of time 
pull you in
unexpected inviting

secrets whispered 
in your ears
too late to turn 

do you take 
the message 
to heart

or burn it 
as flotsam, jetsam, 
a wayward dream

fair weather friends
fast warning
loose charter

dangerous territory
somersaults backwards
out of...

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Falling embers

Splintering lives and

Piercing memories

Rage begets rage.

Weeping mothers

Enraged brothers

Martyred fathers

Widowed sisters

Pushing ideologies

My way or no way

Twisted metal

Territorial markings

Of a beast....

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In my early teens (late 60's)
I remember it all
began
in my mind

Dad was driving us into
downtown Minneapolis
for church I think,

up ahead, a block or so,
the bob-lights on top of
2 cop cars was twirlin'
and  speakers were loopin'
that open-sore noise

then it went silent

but what caught our eyes
was,...

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Your word says be
 Fruitful and multiply
That’s why I need
Help from the big guy
In the great sky
You place me here
And only you know
The real reason why
I will not question you
You know  what You want
Me to do. I will do it for You,
Whatever it is....

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Stark barren red island
Rising out of sea like sand
Changing colours reflecting
The heat and sun parched land
The shadows cast by the Olgas
Beneath a rainbow sky
Land eternal revolving
Interchanging wet and dry
Like a speck of sand in time
Are the prints of all of man
Ancient land of cycads
The hot...

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