Colorado Poems - Poems about Colorado

Hail needles the skin. Wind cracks the spine. The mountain holds, breath seizes on the tongue. Snow knives the summits. Cracked hands fumble dry stone, paper-thin air slices, bald eagles tilt in the blast. Alpine skiers parched, no more Earth Day banners. Cherry Creek scrapes its bed. Feces in the bedpan, chapped gloss smeared, cocoa hair salted and smoked. The Zephyr rattles east, carrying the mountains backward— Grand Central dissolves...

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Hail nails the skin. Wind stabs the spine, the mountain stretches, breath freezes the tongue, Snow visible on the summits High-altitude crumbling cracked hands claw at dry stone, Paper thin air sharp, jagged edges. Bald Eagles circle overhead Alpine sky, dry and broken— no more Earth Day vegetation Cherry Creek scrapes the sand She lifts the bedpan Chapped gloss superstar lips Cocoa fur, stained by cigarette smoke and...

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trademark green on white "Welcome to Colorful Colorado" me and the Sangre De Cristos march across the border and Mt Blanca rises to greet us smooth and elegant as a wedding cake draped with fondant majestic and proud above the clouds in my heart she strikes the home chord deeper than the tourist town I dip in and out of it's...

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I love it so but stay away … the mountains prairies and streams Each morning the magic unveiling again each night a sky covered in dreams I love it so but stay away … the cry of the wolf in the snow A warning to transients skimming the top of a landscape — they’re never to know (Leadville Colorado: March, 2021) ...

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Colorado had never looked this beautiful She is a scary, treacherous state so many fathers have killed their whole family but at least we have the mist a survivor said...

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moving slow and fast flows through beautiful landscapes ~reaches destiny~ nature's masterpiece envolves views beyond the sun ~beauty embraces peace~ red, blue or golden ~the long...

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Let’s just call a Shade a Shade. This is in reference to Colorado’s Coach Deion Sanders wearing a hat and shades. Colorado was 1-11 last year in 2022 and in the first 3 games of this year, they are now 3-0. And just by these 3 wins, if he wins no more, he has already exceeded...

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Away on the mountain no fun, easy drive- in great Colorado- July, 'ninety-five. Way up was so scary with long, winding miles that circled the mountain and cut short our smiles. The road was so narrow no side rails on edge; past times cars have fallen- went right off the ledge! Feet tall- fourteen thousand; got cold by degrees. At crest met a blizzard that spun frigid breeze. To gift...

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With my furry, white companion, Luna by my side, We venture forth in Colorado's wide-open stride. My dog's tail wags, a joyous sight, As we embark on our hike, under the sky's bright light. The crisp mountain air invigorates, As we navigate the trails with a steady gait, Amidst Colorado's natural beauty all around, With each step we take, a new wonder...

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Columbine in the mountains are the palest of blues; Ours are more intense. Gentle born ahigh and free Tougher raised from within a fence. Blooms match the hue of and reach for the sky, Elsewhere its polluted, they're more likely to die. By the highest mountain Find the coolest breeze. The most fragrant nectar invites the...

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Splendor of soft shoulders caressed by sinking sun Out my window the western slope of the thick coated Rocky Mountains Once upon a clear cold Colorado Chrstmas purple brushed horizon flecked with gold filled my picture window Mesmerized I stood staring at this huge canvas hung in the Louver God's and goddesses swirling about in a swath of psychedelic clouds refracting the...

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It was the biggest blizzard in Colorado’s history. Roads were closed. Guests were texting their apologies. Samantha made it, but her wedding dress did not. Her mother had been gone for years. She was eagerly looking toward the door for her father. He did not arrive to give her away. Neither did her wedding dress. She got married in her regular clothes. Her groom...

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In the sun it’s boiling hot; In the shade it’s cold. Don’t think I complain a lot Just because I’m old. My two brothers live here; one Loves all the mountains’ range Of weather, from when snow’s begun In summertime, so strange. The other doesn’t live so high; It’s warmer but still crazy. One minute there’s a clear blue sky; Next minute, all is hazy. The...

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You should come to Colorado! She whined. She lives there now. Two states away. I do not even drive to the mall And it is less than ten minutes away. You know I do not travel, I tell her. You could, she whines. I could cut out my fingernails too. I could stab myself it the side with a steak knife. I could...

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Without the Sun David J Walker I She spent the winters swimming Naked in the snows of Colorado Just to show us how it’s done Her voice returned a taciturn tone of blue she never knew she shivered in open windows II The air was cleared by the 24-hour clock in the tower Precision digital numbers connected to the sun Clouds bowed in feigned...

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