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Best Whereabouts Poems

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Premium Member A Desperate Housewife - In Limerick Form
A desperate housewife I knew
had such mundane housework to do.
Being so tired of it,
she decided to quit.
Then off to Las Vegas she flew.

Having always been...

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Categories: whereabouts, adventure, wife,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member To Eve's Drop, Or Not To Eavesdrop
Forbidden fruit they had eaten
   At the bidding of the snake
New ashamed that they were naked
   They had to cover up,...

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Categories: whereabouts, god, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Wander the Desert Alone
Aimlessly I meander in expansive barren-landscape
Whipped by the assault of rustling windy gales
Embossing sandy designs resembling ocean waves
Simulating pools of water in mirage of seascapes.

Plateaus...

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Categories: whereabouts, imagery, metaphor, nature, onomatopoeia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Rare Find
Next item up for bid, a rare coin of mine
Is one 1894 s silver Liberty dime
Only 24 of these coins were minted that year
That is,...

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Categories: whereabouts, business, fantasy, history, money,
Form: Rhyme
Eagle and the Dove
Gather around the sacred fire, my children
Let the embers' glow spark your curiosity
as we begin on this journey together;
to the time of how things once...

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Categories: whereabouts, allegory, bird, hate, love,
Form: Epic



Premium Member The Sad Tragic Tale of Dennis Lloyd Martin
His parents' worst nightmare that left them disheartened
is the sad tragic tale of Dennis Lloyd Martin

On a family outing at Cades Cove park
Dennis, his brother...

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Categories: whereabouts, dark, death, mystery, scary,
Form: Ballad
The Train Ride
Ruth and her six year old daughter Annie, were moving along the countryside by Train. Ruth was reminiscing.  She was staring deeply into her...

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Categories: whereabouts, anxiety, jewish, love, mother
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Hanged Man's Ghost
Listen my children and ye shall hear,
A tale to make ye quake with fear.
'Tis a scarey tale I tell ye no lie,
Of a man who...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: whereabouts, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Pretty Polly
Made is she of the finest porcelain, that daddy's
Money can buy, with soft raven tresses, and blue
Hued shining eyes.
My pretty Polly baby doll, has a...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: whereabouts, childhood, evil, halloween, holiday,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Algol
When gazing Beta Persei,
a star with many ghoulish names, 
be wary of a winking eye,
for fluctuating flames
belie its evil aims. 

Ancient mariners would watch with...

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© Eric Cohen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: whereabouts, myth, mythology, star,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Winter
I awoke to find 
that Jack Frost had paid a visit 
to my bedroom windows
for the very first time 
this Winter.

If only I had seen...

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Categories: whereabouts, introspection, metaphor, nature, seasons,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Desert Rose
I was driving to Utah, because I had gotten a promotion;
And chose the scenic route, so as to put things in motion.

I had been traveling...

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Categories: whereabouts, beauty, faith, fantasy, inspiration,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member In the Land of the Free
Escaping grinding poverty
And violent crimes
You left scant existence
Holding your Dad's hand
In the middle of the night
Going on a long journey
Dreaming of a free land

Miles and...

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Categories: whereabouts, angst, child, grief, immigration,
Form: Free verse
Angel -Fv
It's way back before I reached 
       Age of double-digits
     But very clear in my...

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Categories: whereabouts, childhood, memory,
Form: Free verse
Shadows
As the moon aligns itself with the stars
I search to find me
Can’t find my way
My psyche is perplexed
Seemingly, I long to be found
Yet, I have...

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Categories: whereabouts, confusion, depression, life, mystery,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs