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Best Wales Poems

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Premium Member Leaving Wales
Wales to me is her Celtic tribal history,	
Wales to me is walks upon her shores.
Wales to me is her druids, saints, and mystery,	
the soil I...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wales, leaving, longing, love,
Form: Lyric



Wales 1 Germany 0
WALES 1 GERMANY didn’t

The Germans take great pride
In long words measured by the clock
But can they compete when vied
With Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch...

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Categories: wales, language,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Just a Tree - a Requiem
Someone who knows
Said You were an old ancient Tree,
But at the time, it didn’t really matter, 
Or seem important to me.
I knew You only for...

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Categories: wales, conflict, earth, heartbroken, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Commenter's, I Thank You
Now where does this Highlander start
To thank those commenter's, present and past
So many read and absorbed
Their kindness to me always lasts

Dr.Ram and Carol Brown
My African...

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Categories: wales, on writing and words,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member An Erin Adventure
It was an autumn day, fresh and crisp,
with a slight breeze blowing that made 
our cheeks rosy.  My Aunt Trix and I were
on the...

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Categories: wales, adventure, autumn, ireland, travel,
Form: Haibun



Premium Member Australia Down Under
Down under continent
Down low is Australia
Australia the big island
Australia sixth largest continent
Country whose desert known as outback
Country who has the largest reef
Reef called the Great...

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Categories: wales, nature, weather,
Form: Blitz
Ode To a Rose On a Sunset
A kiss from a rose on a sunset night,
as the clouds dip into the sea.
A kiss from that rose as the waves fall,
over the beach...

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Categories: wales, caregiving, dedication, devotion, happiness,
Form: Quatrain
Music In My Soul - Form E Contest
Music pumps the hearts in Wales
Choirs singing throughout the vales
Sending joy that never fails.

Penned 21 January 2017


Englyn Milwr   form  3 lines /...

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Categories: wales, heart, music,
Form: Englyn
Premium Member The Stud From the Spud State and the Red Dragon Damsel
Marry Your Best Friend To Get the Best of Both Worlds

Not many can claim they met their spouse in a battle of wits
much less the...

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Categories: wales, adventure, beauty, blessing, devotion,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Anglo-Norman Arising
the wealth of norman England is poised to grow
  towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
  kingdoms extend with numbers reducing
...

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© Ian Love  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wales, england, history, identity, immigration,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Raven's Plight
Raven was Death. She dwelt in death. She lived on death. Ages past, she had worn 
the blue-black, purple, feathers of the raven and dined...

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Categories: wales, allegory, angst, animals, death,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member England - Gleaming In the Distance
across the Doggerland dogged people trudge
  Neanderthals, Heidelbergers...Sapiens, the last ones standing
  hairy mammoths, heavy life bearing down
  the mighty maw of...

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© Ian Love  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wales, conflict, destiny, england, history,
Form: Narrative
The Hill Farmer
He tills within the buzzard's flight 

this cruel land he calls his home, 

ewe and wether, milk and bucket, 

broken spirit, ne'er to roam. 

He's...

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Categories: wales, nature,
Form: Verse
It's Your Attention To Detail
Gentle caresses sweep my skin
with creeping tenderness,
devouring every curve of my body
and feeling its sizzling melt 
against your skin.
Your loving gaze enters my soul
striking away...

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Categories: wales, emotions, husband, i love
Form: Epyllion
Hiraeth of a Modern Celt
Upon the green hills of Cymru
I stand arrested by the veiw
of cryptic sea and ancient shore 
that stood ten thousand years before
they met my callow...

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Categories: wales, adventure, family, history, inspirational,
Form: Iambic Pentameter

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