Deluged Poems

Premium MemberRhythm of a River

...river
flows in slow strides,
kissing the rocky shores,
to unknown lands, in great wonder.
fetters that bind are broken asunder.
its heart is deluged with a song
waves lap merry alon...
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Categories: deluged, nature, river,
Form: Rictameter

Premium MemberA Stroke of Bad Luck

...The elderly Elmer Brown dwelled alone, like a solitary tree on a hill,
Loving quiet, glazed life still, in burgundy, sunset moments of until.

A widower, Elmer Brown had generations of off...
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Categories: deluged, fantasy, imagery, nature, nursery
Form: Couplet


Ashen faced Prometheus aghast at inferno gone awry

...Ashen faced Prometheus aghast at inferno gone awry

Whether arsonist at fault
or confluence of ripe conditions
triggering perfect firestorm,
the titan of fire beside himself with misery,
though...
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Categories: deluged, cry, environment, fire, humorous,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberInner Visions

...Blinks of teary-filled eyes see on at a diplegic self 
yet mindful transparency is willing me back
Back to my body as sinful warning zones 
alarming   have  deluged  my mind 
Seized are my wi...
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Categories: deluged, analogy, dream, introspection,
Form: Rhyme

The Israel-Gaza War

...On October the 7th, the precarious peace

of  the disputed ancient lands began to cease.

The enraged avengers brought the Al-Aqsa flood

that deluged the Re'im music festival with blood.

 
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Categories: deluged, military, war,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberI Saw God, but Now What

...Line of inquiry:
“Yes, I affirm, I have seen God
But He appeared and then disappeared
This knowing that transcends mind, left me awed
But until what’s imbibed is assimilated, by fears I’m seared”...
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Categories: deluged, anxiety, character, god,
Form: Free verse

Ready to be Swallowed

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A giant road is emerging. My sandy path 
is ready to be swallowed. Gambol, amble, 

ramble, saunter, stride… My way knows
a variety of my gaits. This is a stamped 

path in my gene as an elep...
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Categories: deluged, sad,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRain

...Yesterday I was in the parched, red desert, where it pours only seldom,
Bearing joy for varicolored cacti blooms, a silvery shower, very welcome.
This morning I deluged the green, pathless ...
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Categories: deluged, flower, fruit, joy, nature,
Form: Personification

Premium MemberAR

...clouds carry river
rains flood and destruct on earth
land deluged in pain...
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Categories: deluged, rain,
Form: Haiku

Convene from Keepers Rebellious Gallery

...Brother. O Brother.
   O when when we were callow 
	In days young  Shakers  of the movement before 
gray & silver turned our locks we held in idol 

	Spree even damned were we 

	Lessen a very...
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Categories: deluged, 11th grade, conflict, integrity,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSearch For Tomorrow

...On the brittle bank of a placid river full of settled silt,
with bricks and mortar of my labor a house I’ve built.
I make it a home in the sunny days with utmost care,
a happy home where l...
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Categories: deluged, analogy, angst, hope, loss,
Form: Rhyme

Sage Tidings

...Deluged with the nostalgic era of you,
Your lush verdant scent lining 
Wistful sentiments upon idle reflections 
Scattered in fragments and fine dustings, as 
I acquaint myself with futile intric...
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Categories: deluged, death, grandparents, life, love,
Form: Free verse

Storm In a Butterfly House

...It rained for 3 days,
drenching torrents plunged down
as if a dam had breached.
There was some local flooding
but by and large only minor damage
a lot of litter and flotsam though
‘sky wreckage...
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Categories: deluged, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberFrameless a Freed Verse

...FRAMELESS
materialised
 from  shadows
diluted
  sonorities
evoke
a
muffled
montage
as
prelude
 drifting
 through a
world half-awake
 on a
promenade
of  reverie

images faded
turned...
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Categories: deluged, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Flood

...Strangers staring, father frowning
as the crickets chirp   in  the deluged duplex,
Sydney swims towards the stairs,
looks like no water wets here, she said,
father follows further, 
where's litt...
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Categories: deluged, animal, children, family,
Form: Verse

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