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Best Waxwings Poems

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Premium Member Netflix, Hulu
Neftlix, Hulu, autumn elaeagnus
thorns, small hairy buds, twigs hyper-lenticelled
fruits supposedly edible, leaves elongated, oblong
xerophytic but found in wetland
introduced species, some say invasive

Xbox is invasive
Hulu is...

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Categories: waxwings, dream, fear, february, people,
Form: Verse



A Georgian Bay Reflection
June 11, 2016

I sit on the balcony of a research station in Georgian Bay, disconnected from the world.
The vast waters open up before me, with...

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© Elaine Ho  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waxwings, nature, senses,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Christmas -- As We See It
CHRISTMAS – AS WE SEE IT


A sparkling white crest of new fallen snow
A bakery window laden with freshly baked pastries
Children – sledding down a hillside...

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Categories: waxwings, faith, religion, upliftingchristmas, baby,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Nature's Intelligent Partner
The wood is stacked for winter.
One way out of the mind's limitations
is through other minds' contemplations.
The books are stacked for winter.

Yet even that cannot satisfy.
Failing...

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Categories: waxwings, anger, change, fear, nature,
Form: Verse
Fermented
drunken waxwings spill
yellow belly stained crimson
with wild cherry wine...

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Categories: waxwings, animals, nature, seasons
Form: Haiku



Ladylove
A breast of rocks and woods with no song
Four hundred miles of pines that endure
And a path of chocolate sand with only hoof-prints.
Cherries are red...

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Categories: waxwings, for her, proposal,
Form: Free verse
Birds of Future Springs
Bird watchers say
 there are birds that return in spring to play
build a nest, raise their young
 but as seasons change there are always some
who...

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© Dm Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waxwings, bird, spring, time,
Form: Sestina
Premium Member 2 Jobs, 2 Kids, 2 Houses, 2 Hobbies
Carrying a sleeping baby.
Cleaning after a successful party.

Camping beyond mountains more mountains.
Playing trumpet on the streets of New York City.

Eating although the food supply is...

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Categories: waxwings, baby, city, dog, food,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Birds Among the Purple Lilac Trees
Many tiny purple-green iridescent hummingbirds go fluttering by
As cardinals, and finches are out foraging as their little hatch-lings cry
Robins proudly landing on tree branches, dancing...

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Categories: waxwings, bird, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sunset In a Bird
We went to the top of a mountain…up a mountain road we wound our way
because we know it’s the perfect place to watch the sun...

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© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waxwings, bird, nature, sunset,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Magic of Winter
Winter winds howl and rustle barren trees
As snowflakes coat like frosting and freeze 
Dawn’s early pink colors emerge in the sky
The sun starts to warmly...

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Categories: waxwings, appreciation, beautiful, imagery, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Boundaries of Heaven
Cottonwood sky
Men hunger to fly

We beat our waxwings
Against this innocent wind

Then, we ascend
To the boundaries
Of heaven

What beacon of light
Burst, as a flame,
From the warm hands...

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Categories: waxwings, imagination
Form: Free verse
The Mould
I wake up to this early Autumn sky
Watch as the waxwings and sparrows fly

So small but so much effort a purpose and meaning to live

The...

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Categories: waxwings, autumn, love, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things