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Carlsbad Poems - Poems about Carlsbad


Premium Member Kelley
... there were his baseball cards collected in a shoebox, his model submarines, and planes. he paced in a restless waddle from corner to corner in our bedroom. he could beat me at any game and al......

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Categories: carlsbad, allegory, brother, for him,
Form: Narrative
Alma Mater
...Though this will not be poetic I'm opting to answer questions before they're asked And as a courtesy to tradition I will do so in poetic format Chlorella is algae which grows just like a weed ......

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Categories: carlsbad, beauty, city, desire, dream,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Lets Go See the Bats
...Hey! Let’s go see the bats! At first I am thinking baseball bats. But this is late evening, so the black ones come into my head. What bats? Why would I want to? My brother says ‘It is amazing! T......

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Categories: carlsbad, animal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Good For Nothing
...A bratty six-year-old down in Carlsbad makes his poor, haggard mother so mad! He'll be good for a buck but his mom shouts: Good luck! Just be good for nothing like your dad! Written 5/12/22......

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Categories: carlsbad, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member A Flower In Paradise
...A flower in paradise There’s a lack of nostalgic golden bell, Garden flowers in Carlsbad*, and Even cherry blossoms in Descanso**. In a neighbor's mini-garden Resting is......

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Categories: carlsbad, flower, retirement,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Yummy Autumnal Daze
...when you leave home in your childhood, ne’er returning until Fall after childbearing years, oh the hues kaleidoscopically whorl in your eyes. i’d nearly forgotten Oz, dreamlike leave......

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Categories: carlsbad, autumn, memory, travel,
Form: Free verse
Riffs In Time
...Two soldiers. One fancies himself a punk rocking soldier of fortune and the other, nicknamed hillbilly, because he lost his shoes, they plan a trip anarchist cookbook...

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Categories: carlsbad, addiction, america, crazy, culture,
Form: Haibun
Sonnet To Carlsbad Caverns
...Antibacchic Meter Deep cave, stalactites, stalagmites adorn thy black hollows where flowstone with cave made gems lie like pearls placed by far sea oysters. White colored calcite runs grace thy ......

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Categories: carlsbad, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Landmarks I'D Still Like To Visit
...In spite of enjoying a very happy life There are things I wish I had done Like running naked through the Trevi Fountain Or climbing the pyramids with a Nun Walking the length of T......

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Categories: carlsbad, nonsense, silly,
Form: Narrative

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