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Coarseness Poems - Poems about Coarseness

Premium MemberTransforming Histories

...Touch, translucent, delicate and sparse,
Awareness fleeting and fragile;
Treasure of treasures, Lo and mark,
Seeker born quick and agile.
Peripheral only, inward glancing,
Laughing at clumsy ges...
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Categories: coarseness, body, cancer, death, deep,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Perfect Poem

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Sometimes 
you are given the key
to decipher the language
of trees, of rivers, the secret 
liturgy of the earth. 
It is not a language
of words but a kind
of momentary infusion
of feeling, ...
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Categories: coarseness, poems, poetry, self,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberSea Glass

...As a pebble from a rough rock, my existence began.
Did I, devoid of destiny, have a peculiar plan?
I was caught between the caves of waves and tricky boulders.
The sun over the seashores was not l...
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Categories: coarseness, life, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Fighting Temeraire

...The Fighting Temeraire
I lead this Queen to a guillotine
She follows me with dignity and grace
all English oak and 98 guns.
I am an unsuitable escort for my Lady,
my low born coarseness, the eff...
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Categories: coarseness, art,
Form: Ekphrasis

Premium MemberHaven

...his lean equine face with dust-brown eyes
defines hardship
a gaunt frame
undernourished 
he squats on city pavement 
there in the crook of his neck and shoulder
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Categories: coarseness, bird, blessing, city, life,
Form: Free verse



A Waterfront Wish On Mother's Day

...Mom, I embrace the SunShine
Mom, I embrace the Rain
Mom, I alleviate the coarseness of the grind
Mom, I eliminate all pain
Mom, I welcome all rhythms that move me
Mom, I relax the most easily tr...
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Categories: coarseness, mothers day, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Love Lost Then Love Found

...Love lost that fiery feeling
babbling bitterness,
Much mundane coarseness came
pausing prime progress.
Though interval inspired
tantalising tone,
Where gracious grieving gratitude
brought the ...
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Categories: coarseness, fire, lost love, love,
Form: Alliteration

Take the Sunshine, Leave the Rain

...If I could take my time again
A different thing I'd do;
I'd take the comfort, leave the pain,
I'd take the sunshine, leave the rain,
If only I could start anew.

If I could be another's son
A ...
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Categories: coarseness, celebration, change, me, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme

Little Ant

...Little ant, you are invited to rest here
on the back of my hand.
You’re invited to think about time with me.
I am always thinking about time,
all those thoughts pollinate my very skin.

Time li...
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Categories: coarseness, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberTransforming

...Touch, translucent, delicate, and sparse, 
awareness fleeting and fragile
Treasure of treasures Lo and Mark, 
seeker born quick and agile
Peripheral only, inward glancing, 
laughter at clumsy ge...
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Categories: coarseness, change,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWe Will Write

...We will write
For every thousand ton of ore 
There is a nugget,
And so we will write like miners, 
Breathing the dust of our darkness,
Filling our veins and lungs 
With the choke of our lives.
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Categories: coarseness, write,
Form: Prose Poetry

Premium MemberDancing On Air-Love Story

...Just waiting in line to register for college courses.
I did not relish such crowded coarseness.

Then, mon Dieux, my eyes fixed upon you, lost was I!
Your brown eyes, made me feel like I was flyi...
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Categories: coarseness, happiness, love, sensual,
Form: Rhyme

I'M Your Harsh Reality

...Don’t misread me with magnificent black of the eye; 
I’m the mascara flowing through cheeks while you cry.
I’m not a part of your puzzle to achieve it, 
I’m the piece which might crush you into a ...
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Categories: coarseness, dark, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse

On the Road

...“Collection Kaki and school bag, collection Kaki and school bag”
These are the words echoing from the woman hustling on the street side. Mindless people passing by glancing at her and listening to h...
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Categories: coarseness, appreciation, blessing, brother, business,
Form: Narrative

As Is Each Day of Years To Come

...As is each day of years to come 

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O’ blustered winds - of coarseness flow
Upon these lips atone
Yon murmured fields of slowly strolled
To quest as if unknown
Lest I call these ...
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Categories: coarseness, love,
Form: Rhyme

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