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Best Tow Poems

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Premium Member Island Spirit
Island Spirit

Palm trees are swaying island style
Within the gentle trade wind's flow,
As Egrets glide on salty air—
Then land where verdant grasses grow.
Breathe in sweet scents...

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Categories: tow, adventure, beauty, nature, ocean,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Redneck Santa
T'were the night after Christmas, 'n' the house was all dark.
Not much money for 'lectric in the ol' trailer park.
Ma waitin' tables at the club...

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© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tow, christmas, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Love Sleeps, Never Dies
An old man
A Grumpy bitter old man
Bitter face
Red nose
Wrinkled beady eyes
Scruffy clothes his best attire

Life has not been kind
So his bitter words bite those around
He...

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Categories: tow, angel, beauty, child, hope,
Form: Light Verse
The Peephole That Is the Moon
An infinite door of midnight blue;
glowing peephole that is the moon.
Dare I look before turned to dust?
Yes, dear friend, I surely must.

In the midst, a...

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Categories: tow, faith, god, heaven, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Microshot
When looking for a quack with spiked rates
Some try the Windowed Office of Bill Gates
Coz right on the spot
He’ll give you a shot
But be prepared...

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Categories: tow, angst, corruption,
Form: Limerick



Suncatcher --Recited
A visitor—
icicle fingers
tapping on my windows' pain—
white blanket in tow

Hurting enough, I paid him no mind
so he kept tap, tap, tapping
‘til cobweb-like cracks appeared:
a final,...

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Categories: tow, inspirational, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
The Red Wheelbarrow
The old red wheelbarrow is still standing there
right next to my Grandfather’s fixed rocking chair.
Though neither has moved in a good many years
their presence revives...

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Categories: tow, death, grandparents, happiness, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member T'Was the Night Before Christmas

'Twas the night before Christmas, all children were in bed
Elves were loading the sleigh, for Santa's big night ahead
A heavy fall of fresh snow had...

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Categories: tow, christmas, humor,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Defying Predictability
With hair ablaze, a jester unconfined,
I scoffed at the mundane, its life declined.
My wardrobe, a riot, a rhapsody bold,
Mismatched socks my standard, stories untold.

In classrooms...

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Categories: tow, angst, character, conflict, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Faith, Trust and Irony
She's dressed in freshly laundered scrubs,
a floral top and pants pale blue.
There for a moment to hand me a gown,
and tell me what to do.

As...

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Categories: tow, caregiving, health, work, me,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Mr. Truly Amazing
Sixteen years old and in a world of her own
Confined to life lived in a wheelchair
Ever since birth, doctors don’t know what went wrong
But, it...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tow, animals, inspirationalfamily, family, horse,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Corruption of My Lust For Life
Hibiscus rays of light
herald the sun's stretch from slumber
in a bloom of ravishing red passion- 
Oh! how I despise dawn's blushing optimism
and lust for life!
for...

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Categories: tow, bereavement, death, innocence, loss,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Island Aloha
Island Aloha

Tall and lovely palms are swaying island fair
within the tropical gentle trade wind's flow
as elegant Egrets glide on salty air—
then softly land where verdant...

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Categories: tow, animal, beautiful, memory, places,
Form: Rispetto
Premium Member Strength
The trip to church on Sunday wasn't long
Down dry dusty country roads closer roamed
Hearts did rejoice when singing love's sweet song
Precious memories now deeply intoned

A...

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Categories: tow, angst, blessing, family, history,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Dress
It was the last year of high school and there was a lack of beaux,
But then I got an invite. Whew, that was close!
So now...

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Categories: tow, 12th grade, dance, high
Form: Couplet

Book: Shattered Sighs