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Customary Poems - Poems about Customary


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fingers tingling from the bitterly cold lingering before fireplace craving buttered popcorn Written October 20, 2022...

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Categories: customary, childhood,
Form: Kimo
Premium Member Our Customary Winter
Mid December and the temperature is soaring The sky is cerulean, and it feels like early spring, I expect the robins’ return, the meadow greening And children again playing outside in the street. Christmas morning is less than two weeks away, And we have yet to have a ground-covering snow Or an ice storm with bright glistening branches, Where, oh, where,...

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Categories: customary, change, weather, winter,
Form: Blank verse



Beware, Claps Are Customary
If a poem fails to bring in loud cheers, Need there’s none to feel unduly sorry, Nor cheer up if some stray hearts it endears; To too loud cheers need there’s to feel weary. If at times your Muse says ‘I can’t help here’, Fine, a flower blossoms but at right time, Comes the right time and uncalled she comes near, Words-failing-to-fall-in-place...

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Categories: customary, humor, poems,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Customary Whines
From the help spilled forth customary whines Moaned that their duties were fraught with deadlines That it couldn't be worse If they were in a hearse! Time to exchange their complaints for complines Note: 'Complines' are evening prayers traditionally recited before retiring for the night....

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Categories: customary, hyperbole, prayer, work,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Customary Rites
(Dedication: For Michael and Clara on your Wedding Day, today, Saturday, 19 July 2014) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cheer fills this day, charm looks profound; Union of souls here on this earth; See moments play in sacred grounds; Trust makes one whole, now glimpse new worth; Opt to share voice ever sincere; Make love a sign spanning your time; Applaud fine choice etching your years; Rouse fond...

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Categories: customary, dedication,
Form: Sonnet




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