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Cumberland Poems - Poems about Cumberland

bondz in thuh cumberland hillz
.... i were yeah I were clear'n bramble and rock big rock ......

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Categories: cumberland, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Carpe Diem
Lovely enchantress of cyberspace
...Lovely enchantress of cyberspace Betwixt and between us lies an immense untraversable realm of never knowable forbidding possibilities quixotic, rhapsodic, sympathetic, telepathic..., where ta......

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Categories: cumberland, absence, adventure, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse



An anticlimactic sexual event
...An anticlimactic sexual event... with Barb Black née Beebee to help set the ghost of little Willy Brandt free (a non German, but germane fellow courtesy Craigslist classified personals of m......

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Categories: cumberland, 12th grade, adventure, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Try Again By Paul David Powers
...I am willing to Try Again, to meet a Woman, Lover Friend, One of Faith I can depend, Someone close to Cumberland! I still Believe that Love Prevails, Life's been hard sometimes like Hell......

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Categories: cumberland, 12th grade, age, best
Form: Free verse
The Spirits of Culloden
...The Spirits of Culloden. This is like a pilgrimage, a try tae come every year, Gather at the cairn, meet old friends, wipe away a tear. Standin on that moor, that once with blood was sodden, Pay......

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Categories: cumberland, anniversary, death, dedication, memorial
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Winter Shuffle
... when winter woke and dealt its hand it froze the heart of cumberland as icy air dispersed in spades to twist and cut like razor blades. small pools of water turned to glass to shine like dia......

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Categories: cumberland, england, nature, snow, weather,
Form: Rhyme
Shoot Out the Stars
..."Gonna shoot a little dice Play a little cards Drink a little beer and shoot out the stars Gonna dance with the girl in calico dress Live to raise hell, ain't no time to rest" Sittin' at a ta......

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Categories: cumberland, song,
Form: Lyric
Granny's Tonic
...Oh the daily news got to her But; she couldn't turn away It was like watching a train wreck Though it made her nerves so frayed Each night she turned the tv on And her head began to pound Pol......

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Categories: cumberland, anxiety, grandmother, humor, mythology,
Form: I do not know?
My Night On Thunder Road - a Parody
...A profession that's not the norm. It borders on the absurd. In the mountains and down the hollers, powerful engines could be heard. I decided to try something new. Put my driving skills to the......

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Categories: cumberland, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
An Independant Scotland
...AN INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND? (Or, Beware The English) by Damian on June 15, 2014. © Damian Cranney, All rights reserved An independent Scotland, That will do just fine, We no longer have to listen ......

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Categories: cumberland, england, farewell, freedom, friendship,
Form: Verse
Premium Member The Neighborhood Prophet
...Racism, and sexism and violent capitalism are as American and as bad for you and your kids as pre-millennial rotten and burned-out apple pie-sellers And ProMatriotic learning and living ......

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Categories: cumberland, age, caregiving, gender, health,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Resting In These Tennessee Hills
...Resting In These Tennessee Hills Lazy mornings in these Tennessee hills Horned owl in tree behind house hoots all night Sometimes annoys but often gifts a thrill As country-fired moon sends us ......

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Categories: cumberland, appreciation, beauty, feelings, imagery,
Form: Sonnet
Categorisation Meow
...When taking a stroll on a path filled with weeds the force fields are often not symmetrical nor are they aligned. But the shining synchronization of a sky lit sun cap can capsulize even the most unti......

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Categories: cumberland, arabic,
Form: I do not know?
A Top a Highland Hill
...A Top A Highland Hill A top a windswept highland hill above Locheil land Clansmen gathered roun and shook the princes haun They raised the standard high cheered till they were hoarse Followed t......

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Categories: cumberland, allegory, cry,
Form: Ballad
Highland Clearances Or Human Clearances
...On the Isle of Skye and Raasay In eighteen fifty one, The English Government army Cleared Scotland's daughters and sons, Cumberland burned their villages To ensure cultural disappearance, Was t......

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Categories: cumberland, history
Form: Rhyme

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