Bordering Poems

Brisk temperatures at dawn and dusk herald incipient early Autumn

...Brisk temperatures at dawn and dusk herald incipient early Autumn...

here within southeastern 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
encompassing quite a geographic swath
bordering Philadelphia Coun...
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Categories: bordering, appreciation, autumn, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTwin Decisions

...Twin Decisions

One in the USA, one in Germany 
Too much alike to deny destiny
First the coup attempt, all involved were jailed
Then a pardoning, democracy failed
He set their country back prom...
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Categories: bordering, anger, corruption, political,
Form: Couplet


Premium MemberOnly the Strong Survive

...Stopped at the rest stop with my friend Seth,

He just made the restroom, out of breath!

Came out gasping for air,

Yo Bud!...Don't go in there!

This "Turlet" has the foul smell of "Death!"...
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Categories: bordering, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Combinations of Catastrophe

...Combinations of Catastrophy 



Combinations of catatstrophic scenarios everywhere I look

Invocations of prehistoric evidence collides with the big book

Complications that are caustic that ...
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Categories: bordering, life,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWITH HOPE FAITH IN THE PROMISE

...WITH HOPE AND FAITH IN THE PROMISE  

Like roaring rivers flowing under bordering bridges,
Cascading over, under, and around blocking stones,
So must we be as we continue to struggle
Along the f...
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Categories: bordering, faith, freedom, hope, life,
Form: Prose


Premium MemberWhen help is not enough

...he's a seriously troubled soul
dwelling on regrets
they're eating him alive

things he can't forgive
hurts he can't get past
dreams he left afloat
cobwebs in his mind

his rambling thoughts
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Categories: bordering, angst, anxiety, mental health,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberIf Fantasy Were Reality

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                                        If Fantasy Were Reality

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Categories: bordering, dream, fantasy, imagination, peace,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTiniest Glimmers

...The first signs of spring—
the lily of the valley
bordering the garden.
The faint sounds of baby birds:
tiniest glimmers
of the beauty that surrounds us
daily.

The green foliage,
a tapestry...
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Categories: bordering, beautiful, hope, nature, spring,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe noise was christened as silence listened

..."No one dare
Disturb the sound of silence"
Quote taken from the Sounds of Silence by Paul Simon.

Echoes of a lingering quiet time,
When no one hears the bells that chime.          
Through the...
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Categories: bordering, song,
Form: Rhyme

As an underdog given a short leash on life

...As an underdog given a short leash on life

alternately titled give one targeted scapegoat a break,
an unquenchable thirst for moolah before I wake
from nightmare of computer hackers. 

I tread...
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Categories: bordering, adventure, age, america, analogy,
Form: Free verse

Existence

...This world, womb we are cradled ,
Fetuses in oblivion, illusion bordering,
Unknown tomorrow, sealed faculties
Yet today’s now was future once unknown.
From a mother's  womb  we came to light’s em...
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Categories: bordering, life,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTears Of A Clown

...Against a willowy wailing backdrop of inner chaos,
an indignant incendiary mask stifles the simmering cauldrons,
of a stoic stage clown post lachrymose performance wearily stunning yet stung,
or t...
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Categories: bordering, angst, anxiety, august, confusion,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWITH HOPE AND FAITH IN THE PROMISE

...Like roaring rivers flowing under
bordering bridges,
Cascading over, under, and around
blocking stones,
So must we be as we continue to
struggle
Along the freedom road to promise
Equanimity:-
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Categories: bordering, allegory, encouraging, extended metaphor,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberTransylvanian Gothic

..."In the bordering mountains and city streets of Transylvania, the seductive starved immortals appear." quote by poet

Restless is the shadowy inky night,
Even as full moon hangs in possession,
En...
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Categories: bordering, fear,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Magical Journey

...“Magic can create wonders bordering between reality and fantasy, creating before us an aura of chimera. All celestial phenomena may flash past before our naked eyes and we cannot decide if we are dre...
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Categories: bordering, beautiful, fantasy, mystery,
Form: Free verse

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