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Cymbals Poems - Poems about Cymbals

Premium MemberCarousel Ride

...the clock strikes dusk 
the sun fades away
a thousand golden lights blinks 
to set the scene on fire

crowds carouse
for the merry-go-round
that bright crown of the carnival night

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Categories: cymbals, childhood, children, fun, joy,
Form: Imagism

Premium MemberA Night Out at the Carnival

...Under the inky façade of the night sky,
With reluctant steps, I joined the stream of men
Flowing to the place of the great celebration.

A huge crowd was already there in the temple p...
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Categories: cymbals, celebration, feelings, night,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberTake Time to Stay

...Fuchsia gives light to the cobalt blue sky   
As the doves sing a lullaby
One tree frog croak while cricket chirps
And woodpecker's cymbals add their touch 

Close your eyes and feel...
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Categories: cymbals, introspection,
Form: Free verse

Journey on for the Moment

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if I could describe your soul it would be 
clear mirror shattering forevermore 
where pieces are jigsaw puzzles 
not fitting, falling under oak table  
stuck on persian carpet ex...
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Categories: cymbals, allusion, change, character, destiny,
Form: Free verse

The Night New York Slept

...It was one solemn, long night,
Tenebrous with the astuteness of perfidy,
And multiple hours before the break of an
Impatient dawn.
Lampposts froze through the pergola of winter.
Limp from exposu...
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Categories: cymbals, city, new york,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberEvery Remaining Last God

...Covered by cloud the out-of-sight tops of soaring towers,
Buckling under their own weight, beginning to topple from 
Those airy heights;
The gaping breach - the once impregnable outer wall!
The i...
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Categories: cymbals, mythology,
Form: Free verse

Yesterdays

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The shuttlecock's not got a feather
my balls have lost their tether
yo-yo and hula hoop have gone for a loop
chasing rainbow's become a boring chore
in any kind of weather
and me I fli...
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Categories: cymbals, games, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Memberfinal destiny

...a crashing and thrashing
slamming and jamming
they fit together like lithium batteries in a robot
drummer is smashing the drums
cymbals crash
their eyes meet

forces beyond their control urge ...
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Categories: cymbals, dance,
Form: Free verse

ABYSS

...  ABYSS 

Abyss, a Place of Redemption
solace space curling then unfurling 
here we sail drowsy dark seas
no boats or oars, unaccompanied
converse with walrus and whales 
black shimmer...
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Categories: cymbals, allegory, change, character, color,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Circus Narrative

...she hears the cheering,
the big drums, the cymbals
and daddy’s narrative.

…hears the crowd’s laughter,
the clown’s are after.

her heart beats rapidly
    at the possibility

    that the ...
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Categories: cymbals, father daughter, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberInvisible Books

...The ancient tomes speak of realms we cannot see. Wisdom waits to be rediscovered in forgotten corridors of stone where the past echoes through carvings and symbols. I stand at the threshold between w...
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Categories: cymbals, appreciation, birth, books, death,
Form: Haibun

Premium MemberMurmurs of the Damned

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Silt collects at the outreaches of an ancient, murky marsh.  
Twisted tendrils of white oleander form archaic symbols.  
Deviant rituals, cocooned and lost eons ago, lie awash—  
Taken to th...
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Categories: cymbals, dark, gothic, metaphor, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

ELEPHANT WOMAN

...{ emo music inspired poem }

ELEPHANT WOMAN 

She is Elephant Woman 
you cannot hide from her
in houses of brick or glass or 
lined velvet curtains
whether it sits o...
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Categories: cymbals, allegory, character, courage, dance,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWALLS

...Four beige walls
Streaked with yellow tar
Of too many smokes
Kerouac waiting with Brautigan on shelf
Once the mongrel beat
Long forgotten

And the jazz plays cymbals taps flare
Chaka boom cha...
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Categories: cymbals, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSutures

...Lightning sutures me
not leaving a single scar;
My smile starts to glow;

To myself I say,
‘Everything will be alright.’
Such a clear cut sign;

Natural cymbals
back up my internal source;
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Categories: cymbals, emotions, feelings, hope, nature,
Form: Free verse

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