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Carolina Poems - Poems about Carolina

Premium Member 60 miles from Cherokee
I took my bike on Amtrak, got off at Charlottesville. Climbed up to the Blue Ridge parkway, the first of many a hill. I met a Canadian Carpenter as I got closer to N.C. He was cycling alone; his wife would meet him in Miami. We shared some jokes and when food ran low resupplied at the green valley of...

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Categories: carolina, autumn, endurance, loss, mountains,
Form: Lyric
South Carolina
I left the old me on the South Carolina sand. The naive, sensitive, fragile girl stayed on that land. I signed my life away for a greater good out there. Sacrificed what I was to become someone better. I left that place as someone unrecognizably new. Stronger, braver, not someone easily subdued. South Carolina kept all that I was before. I clawed,...

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Categories: carolina, character, confidence, farewell, growth,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member western north carolina
muddy waters recede give up beloved dead recovered appalachian songs eternal...

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Categories: carolina, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Haiku
Carolina Shore Nights
Carolina Coast Nothing but stars in night sky Could I grab them all? ...

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Categories: carolina, beach, night, stars, surreal,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Carolina Sunrise
Tides enfold first light, Golden hues seep through briny mist, Daybreak murmurs rest, Ebb and flow dance quietly, Dawn's tender overture sung....

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Categories: carolina, beach,
Form: Tanka



Carolina Reaper
Fruity red pepper burns with the fire of dragons~ Coming and going...

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Categories: carolina, poetry,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Carolina Allspice
once again memories of sweet shrub quietly imposes ...

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Categories: carolina, beautiful, childhood, flower,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Carolina
Churches sit upon red hills And blue birdsong such a thrill Romantic eyes looks that kill Onyx night sky blue and still Lovely southern accent that rings In ears like song of sweetest dreams Neighborhood nosey busy body And dogwood flowers by the creek ...

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Categories: carolina, america, appreciation,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member LA or Carolina Clay
Purple phone on the piano Red rings sing of missed rendezvous I’m sure it is my fuchsia fellow But what’s a cocoa girl to do I’m in love with music and neon notes Are so fun to tangerine discover His heart amethyst art full of hope But melodies are my mahogany lover He beckons me with a turquoise tease I’m the man,...

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Categories: carolina, america, angst, anxiety, art,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member SNOW DAYS
Winter sun is yellow gold Making mud run of melting snow And Carolina clay is frozen hill Where kids sled and play at will Frosted sky with cotton cloud In the eye of guy driving snow plow He’s hard at work while we all play All school kids search for snowy days ...

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Categories: carolina, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Death By Carolina Reaper
We interrupt our program to bring you this imporrr…tant messssssss… White wall… canvas of blood… symmetrical… battered consciousness of time…signals switched? (Aberration) password: “pepper” … red skin of the burdened goddess… breaking the fourth wall… shattering innocence… breath of hunger… awaken… (I…resist) teardrops soften… like rain on a coffin… but her memory… my gift, not mine to give… heterogenesis, external causation… impute… (I re…sist) before the chamber door… revelation of angles… wings unfolding… the golden ratio… in...

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Categories: carolina, fun, light, pain, storm,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Carolina Wren
I love the birds that make their home in Florida… The woodpeckers, doves and cardinals who live just beyond our front door… The pelicans, herons and spoonbills we see on our walks along the shore. And when we get to Florida…it does’t matter when…. I love how we are greeted every morning…by the Carolina wren. The Carolina wren is a...

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Categories: carolina, bird, song,
Form: Rhyme
The Old Mill Is Gone
The streets are filled with crying men, filling the gutters up with tears. As we walk from our final shift, that’s fed us for a hundred years. Eleven hundred jobs vanished, like a leaf caught upon the wind. And Canton North Carolina, will never be the same again. What’s in store for us tomorrow, no one can ever really know. When your faith is...

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Categories: carolina, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rain - North Carolina
Swiftly, lightening Flashes in the sky, singing ~ Melody so calm ...

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Categories: carolina, appreciation, home, rain, storm,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Carolina Calling
Poised on a farm in Carolina Not labeling yields “made in China” There lived a cow and goat With milk they couldn’t promote Because their best milk caused angina Funny, Bawdy or Humorous Limerick Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin May 14, 2023 ...

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Categories: carolina, animal, farm,
Form: Limerick

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