Best Wades Poems
Quietus...In a mire brewed
betwixt puddles of hell and mute dissent
a martyr wades -
weighed down by chains of shame and disdain
alas the thirsting self-absorbed swamp
distills and swills her stewed sil......
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Categories:
wades, angst, conflict, dark, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Rhyming Doubles On My Muse's Stern Command...Rhyming Doubles On My Muse's Stern Command
He who Lives, to green woods explore
and bathe in glowing moonlit streams
shall find his Love, begging for more
than pale ghosts in late midnight drea......
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Categories:
wades, appreciation, art, blessing, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
The Amazon River...The Amazon River
The Capybara wades the shore
A Wooly monkey climbs a vine
To search for food up on the trees
The Amazon that I adore
Its total nature I will bind
Bromeliads have blushed wit......
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Categories:
wades, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Journey Companions: the Friend Sonnets Part Ii...HEROES
Near somber guards, units of children heap
dead leaves, naive to any else fallen.
Friend, you chuckle, but your posture speaks
of duty on this day of contradictions.
Firefighters bow......
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Categories:
wades, friend, hero, places, poetry,
Form:
Sonnet
Skies From a Little Girl's Eyes...She wades in until the water reaches her waist,
looks out and continues into the endless sea.
Her imagined long gown floats behind her.
Her little girl shoulder blades
become hidden beneath......
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Categories:
wades, child, french, nature, princess,
Form:
Free verse
Peace In the Nowhere...
"Peace in the Nowhere"
Ghosts remain in this place
they read their words
marked each day on walls
like prayers, it gives them
peace in the nowhere
someplace relevant ......
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Categories:
wades, muse, poems, poets,
Form:
Narrative
Hot Summer Day...Sun poures its hot rain.
It wades drinking away the race body heat,
beneath their feet as they walk the baking street.
Neighborhood kids play upon the streets
splash......
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Categories:
wades, children, fun, water,
Form:
Free verse
Texan Unicorn...She wades along a bustling Texan street,
A line of roses drifts on like a fleet
While unicorns climb in her head;
Galloping with dreams, refreshed
By softened mist, that eases eyes
To ride the ca......
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Categories:
wades, dedication,
Form:
Couplet
That Sinking Feeling...Murky sea this day as she wades chest deep
Battling strong waves with every step
No other swimmers, no lifeguards, no sun
Nary a gull on the beach so windswept
Solitude is her preference, she f......
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Categories:
wades, angst, sea
Form:
Narrative
Beauty...Her breath catches with each infliction. Her pain their addiction. She wades water in a sea of strife. Her day, her tomorrow, her animosity toward life. She allows them passage only to feel their sh......
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Categories:
wades, aubade, beautiful, hope, poems,
Form:
Prose
An Angel In Disguise...Water rushing through the brook
leaving drowned out laughter
and a blooming lilypad
A mother with a weary look
as she wades through, feet clad
It’s her children she’s looking after
Hair thr......
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Categories:
wades, age, america, appreciation, child,
Form:
Free verse
A Couple In Love...A young couple sits together on the beach
As he holds her close darkness approaches,
The sun free falls toward the sea.
Refusing to let her go he kisses her,
And whispers in her ear,
“I love you......
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Categories:
wades, inspirational, love, time, sun,
Form:
Narrative
Stars of Clarity...Stars of Clarity 11-22-23
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Stars of Clarity
Lost in ebony
Void of bursting astral intuitions,
Alabaster amber stolen,
Aba......
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Categories:
wades, life, light, stars,
Form:
Free verse
Woven...Beneath the fury of sun
Wades a wobbly nun
Stomping on thorns
Her soul burnt and torn
Scars on her skin
Carried wounds engraved
Trust, her sin
So were snakes she once craved
She sucked an......
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Categories:
wades, betrayal, emotions, time, woman,
Form:
Free verse
Kite-Surfer and Observer...
Kite-Surfer prepares for his thrilling ride
With double-checked gear, wades into the tide
Observer sits noticing all that’s around
And sees the direction where’s Kite-Surfer’s bound
Like an......
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Categories:
wades, 9th grade, earth, endurance,
Form:
Rhyme