Carry Away Poems

Nostalgia

...So, is it good or bad?
Excessive is sad!
For Senior Citizens or Tiny-Tots
The emotions are lots!
To be happy and controlled
One must let the thoughts be paroled
By the sweet and peaceful joy;
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Categories: carry away, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

Do not play games

...If you want to say
I am evil
go ahead
you have the two thousand pound bombs
we have donkeys to carry away the wounded
you have killed our ambulance drivers
seventy generations we lived in peace...
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Categories: carry away, anger, holocaust, racism,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberRain

...Take care with wet wishes --

there is a shortage of road sponges,

then come the splashes

rivers that overflow

can carry away foolish rafters 

those who did not heed the sky,
soaked, d...
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Categories: carry away, abuse, addiction, desire, health,
Form: Free verse

Rain

...The rain fall
Against the window pane
                 Wash the glass clean
                    Carry away the stain. ...
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Categories: carry away, metaphor, rain, symbolism,
Form: Quatrain

Premium MemberNo Anchor For Rancour

...Unmet expectations damage the dormant psyche,
unkept promises smother the rays of fading hope, 
unkind words tear the lattice of the mangled mind,
life then turns into an urn of fabricated resentm...
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Categories: carry away, august, introspection, psychological,
Form: Free verse


Second Best

...Woman, when it came to loving me
I knew I was always second best
But can you tell me why you had to
always leave my heart in such a mess

You kept me hidden in your darkness
placed me on your s...
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Categories: carry away, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMajestic

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Mountains - majestic, like the wind and the storm - Believing, like the wisdom of pure love! ~ Quoted by this poet


Mountains, striking – ridges, majestic
As the emerald and purp...
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Categories: carry away, beautiful, inspiration, meaningful, mountains,
Form: Free verse

The Scape Goat

...A goat without blemish
And creepers and verming
Are inserted in its mouth
Then all it's orifices are bound
The ancients sewed them up
And it driven to the wilderness
To carry away the sins of t...
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Categories: carry away, creation, culture, devotion, extended
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberCry Me a River

...Cry me a river, let your tears flow
Drown me in sorrow, the pain that you know
Let me feel the weight of your broken heart
And together, we'll heal the pieces torn apart

Pour out your anguish, ...
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Categories: carry away, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Elegy

The Evil Changing World

...Birds nolonger sing in the air and trees!
Stars stopped lighting in the darkness!
Same applies to the moon at night.
Even the sun covered by the strong clouds during day.

The earth is filled wi...
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Categories: carry away, betrayal, change, christian, evil,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Mother's Love

...The reasons we call her Mother Earth are easy to concede…not only does she give us life…she provides us everything we need.

If you’re not convinced of what I say…from the Earth to the sky above…he...
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Categories: carry away, earth, love,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSea Eagle Talons

...Here comes the talon bird, sea eagle to you.
His grizzly bear claws will do much damage too.
A grip strong enough to break a human’s arm.
I was stunned to find this talon bird no my farm.

Stay ...
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Categories: carry away, animal,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSilence of River Styx

...In the shadows of the Montezuma mountains there lies an ethereal river
Ancient Greeks knew of it, and wrote legends, many which are lost.
She is the River Styx. Where your soul travels beyond flesh...
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Categories: carry away, mythology,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Normal Stranger

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Strangely, the world – strange
Has transformed from graceful,
With stardust laughing across the plains,
Sunlight silences the darkness, the night
Falling beneath the shadows of light…...
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Categories: carry away, age, history, memory, remember,
Form: Free verse

Tears

...What are the puddles that gather in my eyes and swell so large that they run down my cheeks. Are these tears mine? Or a gift from someone else. The kind of gift that I didn’t want. The crushing of my...
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Categories: carry away, deep, emotions, feelings, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse

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