Best Tower Poems

I shall resolve to leave this
Place now...
And steadfastly search out,
Nestling between ridge and bluff
Amidst the folds of a foreign 
Land,
Several acres of unkempt ground
Fallow and rough;
Upon which stands...
Crumbled stone walls
With an exposed slate roof in
Some state of disrepair,
And a rounded brough
Complete with smooth, 
Well trodden...

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We saw a dim light upon top of the Bell House Tower
a scream echoed out and then a dark shadow slipped 
by the light, in the midnight hour.

What was that? I asked my friend, I don't know
she said, but it sounded as if something has...

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I wonder often what you think, or if you think at all,
of the time we shared together as the summer turned to fall.
I dream of your adventures, while I watch the passing day,
in a room of empty chairs, in a tower far away.

I wonder often...

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Unable to somehow escape this castle of want

As an apparition endlessly roaming its corridores

From room to room and door to door; up and down its spiral staircase

Looking at the paintings upon the walls, of another era, gone by....

Desperately seeking something inside, of these bolted moments

Trapped...

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THE EIFFEL TOWER

In the city of light their aspire
Was to build to a climax higher
Gustave Eiffel you see
Said just leave it to me
I can satisfy all your desire

Monsieur Eiffel seen with affection
By Dames de Paris for perfection
Of his manner de Gaul
Mais plus ca most of...

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It was some curse,
 Locked in a tower all time,
Did I steal a purse?
Or did an unforgettable crime?

I paint the house like Van Gogh,
As I feel I'm going to shout,
I bake cookies and make bows,
But why can't I just go out?
 
I go to my...

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The water tower stands above the town and can be seen for miles around.  It has a 
ladder leading up to the base of the tank.  This ladder has been climbed by countless 
teenagers, for thrills and mischief and young kids answering a...

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Lies...
stack them up like
foam blocks, all foamy—
or wooden blocks 
be wooden

Higher, and higher,
piled on top of the other,
teetering

A foundation built on lies

Sky high, too high 
one 
last lie
to put on top,
one more lie
as white and light
as a feather

but it is enough
to let everything
topple over...

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Tower of babel
falls pride crushed dust
scattered across the face
Of earth dull heads crumble
Who challenges Gods of the ice-bergs 
Spilling thorns on sad milky way
Are we building tower ?
Let it crumble on  heart.



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No. 6 The Tower
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TOWER OF TUSK
‘ ‘’’      ‘’ ‘’ ‘ ‘ ‘’’   ‘



lone tower of tusk
roaming  beams of angel- light…
signal post for ships


rising obelisk
pewter threads wave guardian’s blade…
safe sail from dark harm





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Russell Sivey’s Contest: In the Light of Haiku
Written...

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Existing, so removed, in your ivory tower
From high in your loft you wield your power

You weave your emotions like Rupunzel’s hair
dangling enticingly waiting to snare

Keeping your feelings locked behind bars
elusive and untouchable distant as the stars

Seemingly honest and raw and true
easy to trust what you...

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(A New Zealand Poem)

In thought as I sit here, 747 flying by, in contrast to the isles of white clouds cruising eastwards across the Manukau sky yet another 747 passes by.
Tourists keep on coming, knowing nothing of the struggle within, local tribe just trying to...

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Carve not a tower enclosing your heart 
Allow our breaths to play, let warmth prevail
Sabers fling across moors searching the grail; 
While armor of conquest tears us apart.

Unload all hardened marble in a barrow
How far one’s dauntlessness, how near one’s pride
A hallway of song waits...

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far far away 
lives a girl with nothing left to 
say

tears tumble down her pale 
white cheeks
but they're  are all getting used 
to it
because she has been crying 
for weeks

she only wanted one thing
it was a small diamond ring

the ring was to set on...

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I opened my love to a beautiful day, 
In rain, in hail, and cold,
And my heart ran off, to your open arms, 
To grasp, to nurture and hold,

With love on your pillars, reaching up high, 
Above all the love in the town,
My heart, in your...

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