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Colorado River Poems - Poems about Colorado River

Premium Member Zephyr
...Whether a trip to a sister's funeral in Chicago; Or another trip to Los Angeles for my aunt's funeral; Or a slow ride to a family reunion in Chicago; Or a 'Bucket-list' trip to an NFL game in Kans......

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Categories: colorado river, adventure, america, travel, vacation,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Grand Canyon and Colorado River
...moving slow and fast flows through beautiful landscapes ~reaches destiny~ nature's masterpiece envolves views beyond the sun ~beauty embraces peace~ red, ......

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Categories: colorado river, blessing, creation, deep, destiny,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Ode' To the Toad
...Always did we hear them sing A joyful lifting croak We always had to watch our dog For the poison toad wil......

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Categories: colorado river, silence,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Grand Canyon
...Travelling along the time-carved corridor of life I filled the brimming bucket with buds of wishes, some withered, didn’t descry the dawn of the day, some bloomed, pleased me with beguiling flower......

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Categories: colorado river, desire, happy, river,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Good Day To Cry
...President Trump, a master at the deceptive art of lying; says he is going to build a wall along the Colorado River; that's true. But it's a cruel endgame that will be devastating for imm......

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Categories: colorado river, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member If Ever I Had a Country: Lxxvii
...IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY - LXXVII IF ever I had a country proud of its wall-less porous boundary And if ever by no mistake of the Supreme High Command of the International Militaro-Business C......

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Categories: colorado river, america, drug, humor, immigration,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
A List of Things Less Needed
...1.) An amoeba on the cellular level 2.) A flashlight on the sun 3.) The Colorado River at 2:15 am 4.) Thursdays on the moon 5.) Oxygen....Strike that....We need that 6.) Blank checks when full c......

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Categories: colorado river, fun, image, judgement, silly,
Form: List
Premium Member Mountains
...Climb the terrain slowly, the nature's wonder is unfolding Look afar, the Rocky Mountain peaks are beholding Marvel the scenic wonder of rising bluish hues Catch the rainbow hiding behind snow co......

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Categories: colorado river, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Chasm
...Scribbling with amber-colored crayons, time scrawls sepia on ancient rocks. And ocher and orange canyon walls rise above bushes wearing dust frocks. Flora and fauna are left behind ser......

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Categories: colorado river, adventure, beauty, color, hyperbole,
Form: Quatrain
Dust
...I need nothing But the red setting sun And to rest easy in the palm of night With the prairie’s cool arms around me. I came in on dirty horse hooves And lonely cowboys’ hats, Blown far away f......

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Categories: colorado river, america, bereavement, old, time,
Form: Free verse
When the River Flowed
...© 2011 (Jim Sularz) (Dedicated to my Brother-in-Law: William L. Browne III (1959-2011) who drowned in the Colorado River when visting family and friends on a fishing trip. Bill was found 4 mont......

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Categories: colorado river, death of a friend,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Grand Canyon
...From the Painted Desert, head west Past sagebrush, brittle bush, desert scrub And The Petrified Forest at rest To the Rocky Mountains above Go past the Continental Divide Below Douglas firs and ......

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Categories: colorado river, adventure, america, animal, history,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Guardians of Chacoan Canyon
...Hear the whispering voices of our tribal ancestors, Echoing against the rough rock skin of Chacoan Canyon, Telling the outsider white devils, that this is sacred ground, Do not dare to tread here,......

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Categories: colorado river, adventure, america, halloween, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 58 Hours of Rail
...By way of Amtrak we journeyed slowly but surely from Sacramento to Chicago. We departed Monday morning July 21st at the scheduled time of 11:09 am. From that moment on, one could feel that the word......

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Categories: colorado river, adventure, happy, husband, travel,
Form: Haibun
River's End
...Wherever our Colorado River ends, life recedes with its water, it no longer has a delta. There are only miles of cracked earth. Far in the distance deep fissures spread. Crags, low mountains,......

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Categories: colorado river, america, earth, environment, natural
Form: Free verse

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