Derelict Poems - Poems about Derelict

The shiny, silver gleam of wheel polished railway lines have been dulled by a thick scab of rust. Weeds have colonized the stoney ballast, the wooden sleepers have rotted away to dust. The bush has closed in, dissolving the once clear perspectives of distance into a leafy clutter of nearby mallee trees. I stand on the platform, invite my thoughts to populate...

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I was the scattered embers of what was, a mirage of something that couldn't be. And it bore a hole inside me, for twas - it not for the grace of strangers to me, and that of the Lord, my wholesome Father, my bountiful and compassionate friend, I wouldn't be. All I'd be is farther - into the abyss of a pit-filled...

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The tide worn and barnacled pylons holding up the wharf wobble on a sea swell like loose teeth. Most of the decking planks are missing. Those that remain span joists with bones of rotted wood fastened down with rust. A chain wire fence bars public access and a large red sign screams a message of danger. I find myself looking through the wire, asking...

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There once was a derelict named Hank his show was just an outrageous prank he took their money thinking it funny and he laughed all the way to the bank...

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a sad portrait of neglect; arresting garden lovers manicured teemed with life, lulled bees, butterflies; when their love withered on the vine, it's beauty diminished by overgrown weeds; this abandoned garden: what might've been. Writing Challenge - D words - Poetry Contest Sponsored by Constance La France Word Choice: Derelict Syllables checked at HMS Date written: 02/08/2023...

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There, in our village, even today exists, A derelict bungalow which is in suspense lists; No village folk, its true history knows, The eldest, through tales, knowledge shows; Some, during British colonial times, who came here, Did not go back to their nation, out of sheer fear, That they might not be considered one among them, Will be treated, instead, like a...

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"She will reign on the cliff above the quay, this derelict house restored to her former beauty. No beast of the field, nor bird in the air shall wander her halls. Now she belongs to me." ...

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He walks with a limp, dog in tow, lives on streets, 'neath an azure sky says, "Morning," with smiles as he goes Wears logo, "Like you, I could fly." but people compartmentalize. He's one of the derelict crowd, some say they must be disallowed. Kindness calls us to contemplate what they go through, no longer proud with mishaps, we may own same...

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declare an edict Putin is dumb derelict who we must restrict Jim Horn RiverSea Plantation Bolivia, NC...

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In a season dry The rust is thick and falls away most of it is metal bones and gears Its glass fractured fallen out at last spiders webs of crazy cracks sparkle glitter in the sun the headlights like eyes seeing none blind broken out in the distance of time wheels only rims Rubber rotten fallen...

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In the beginning this boat was bare, Greenest with infant's sinless stare; Before soles more selfish than sane Had trodden its dreary derelict main. First to blacken its still-tiptop form Were kith and kin as is sin's norm; For if brother Cain won't Abel kill, Which other bloodier maniac will? Then hopped wild neighbors' feet Onto...

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Coal hearted caretaker never could accept or give love has a collection of wounded women placed them in his half dead heart museum.. he painted over one with an oil colored tongue stuffed her into a silent taxidermy bird He turned some into paper mâché mobiles fingered them into a sad sort of yellowing void of any hope then left them for...

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Das Don doth debilitate democracy driving a collateral wedge deliberately dividing differences collaborating, collapsing, and collaring disparity amidst ever increasing homogenization extant within contiguous United States across world wide web for that matter attested by increased spike among multiracial amalgamated enclaves, individuals mixing, where preponderance of melanin generally affecting predominance regarding increasing swarthy naturally copper toned skin across vast majority of heavily Caucasian populated areas predicted to become minority according new statistics located at...

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My brain was in collusion With psychosis and illusion, No fragment of resolution In my sinkhole of confusion, Any leverage or bevel Leads me towards the devil, Now derelict of hope, I seek sanctuary to cope. Entry for Eight Word Challenge Poetry Contest Sponsored by Kai Michael Neumann 4/6/2019...

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On my way down to New Jersey to take care of business there, I pulled off and up to this place, where I got out to stand and stare. This was the Kutchingkord Hotel, the heart of the old Borst Belt, looking at the ruins now, you can barely even tell. I came here once when I was four, way back in the mid...

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