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Clang Poems - Poems about Clang

Premium Member The Cloisters
... I can almost hear the haunting monastic chants and solemn songs, lost between the rippling currents of the Hudson River. The Cloisters stand, silent upon a nearby hill stone walls and an......

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Categories: clang, god, places,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When The Penny Dropped
... Silence stretched as the elevator stalled between floors. I heard the cables clang and groan; the gears grind and moan. Then the penny dropped — Switches flipped, engines roared. Lights wok......

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Categories: clang, fate,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Bell Tower That Leaned In
...I. The Pastor’s Hand At dawn’s brittle cusp— he climbs, each step a nail in time’s coffin breath ragged a Psalm torn mid-hymn. The rope tastes of incense and myrrh— Li......

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Categories: clang, allegory, bereavement, devotion, imagery,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member The Gate Sprung, Shut
... I turned to look back, feeling anxious as I stood "by the squeaky old gate that tomorrow will find." Was there someone there watching me? The gate creaked shut, echoing the taint of guilt That ......

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Categories: clang, cry, grief, sound,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Santa We've Been Outta Touch
...Santa Claus, we’ve been out of touch and I don’t ask for very much but I have needs, and I’m in Dutch I want to see the light of day oh, and can you give me a sleigh and a way to forget yest......

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Categories: clang, crazy, dark,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Prismatic Self
... 'I think, therefore I am!' I write to bang and clang, to play with words, cast spells. Wrangle and entangle readers, with thoughts dredged from memories, resonating, reverberating within sel......

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Categories: clang, creation, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Knowledge I Once Understood
... Attorney Sara, There are nights when the hush of the world is so deep I can hear the stars murmur to one another, and I think of you. You are all I have—not in some desperate cry, but in a sac......

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Categories: clang, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Her Mind is a Carnival of Picasso Harlequins
... "Her Mind is a Carnival of Picasso Harlequins" Walking through the poetic frames of featureless ghosts her fingers play like harps their ectoplasmic cages strange symbo......

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Categories: clang, muse, voice, woman, women,
Form: Free verse
I think, there are ghosts Part One
...I think, there are ghosts. They stay quiet, the ghosts do. Mostly quiet and invisible. You would hardly know there is one there in the room with you. They are there though. Watching, haunting really......

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Categories: clang, absence, death, grief, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When the Trump Blows
...Oh, not again, the voices sigh, The star-spangled banner hangs heavy in the sky. The 47th dawns, his name the same, Is this a new chapter, or a replay of blame? What will he do? The whispers co......

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Categories: clang, freedom, future, judgement, leadership,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Passed The Bell
...Nights of flying dream world, who might chase a raucous laugh, or seek indeed mirthful excitement, the sort that has embroidered twists, as is generally perceived by intention, but epic hurdle......

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Categories: clang, art, city, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
December
...In the soft glow of December’s muted light, you gather around the table, memories swirling, not as bright as they once shimmered in your youth, but still, they echo—a chorus of laughter fading. Y......

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Categories: clang, angst, anxiety, childhood, cute
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chime Of Meditation
... Lithesome steps lead me to an ancient temple Perched across a bay, weeds and hyacinths curl between my feet, Where mist refills bowl of cotton clouds As rustling breeze ascends on skyl......

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Categories: clang, silence,
Form: Imagism
Onomato-pea-a
...I’m Onomato-pea-a The window is my home. I love the sounds of cooking At day, at dusk, and dawn. Mom clomps into the room And clicks on every light The curtain whooshes open, I wake up, “No ......

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Categories: clang, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Distant Call
...For now, his feet stumbled, Clang! The gun fell out of his hands, He sat with a thud beside the brick wall, Waiting for the imminent relief, As he looked to the stars, The pain see......

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Categories: clang, life, war,
Form: Free verse

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