Dwindle Down Poems

Heavenly Host

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Fading away as the days
dwindle down to a dismal few
I'm still grinning
what more can I do
my head's spinning
eyes dimming hair thinning
but if the devil's in the details
he drives a...
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Categories: dwindle down, age, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme

Winter Blues

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There's a hint
of winter in the evening air
as the autumn days
dwindle down to a golden few
but I'm looking forward to
spring and all it will bring
when the whole wide world
is rebor...
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Categories: dwindle down, fun, summer, weather, winter,
Form: Rhyme


A Walk Into Eternity

...Blowing In The Wind


                              A Walk Into Eternity   
 It’s time I took these childhood memories and placed them in the
 Backroads of my mind,
 And to look upon this new a...
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Categories: dwindle down, hope, imagination,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTo Thy Own Light 2

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 To Thy  Own Light, Scintillate Bright
 Never Let The Sacred Ember dwindle down to size,
 Soar Ever So High, Shine the Brightest Of Stars
 towards Great and Luminous Bonfire Hearts,
 Press Fort...
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Categories: dwindle down, inspirational, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberIf You Could Be An Animal

...If you could be an animal,
Which one would it be?
Which one shares your personality?
Would you be mammal, or amphibian,
Perhaps a reptile, or a fowl,
The strength and memory of an elephant,
Or ...
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Categories: dwindle down, animal, humor, perspective,
Form: Verse


Fall Deep Into Autumn

...F Fall leaves turn red, yellow, orange and brown 
A around October’s normal change of heat.
L Long nights cause chlorophyll to dwindle down. 
L  like children, leaves a...
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Categories: dwindle down, 11th grade, autumn, color,
Form: Acrostic

Falling Leaves

...The leaves whisper in the trees,

They crackle like fire underfoot,

They spoil and rot,

The color of their skin turns,

As they die in a brilliance of color,

Their crumpled bodies lay sp...
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Categories: dwindle down, seasons,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMay Your Days Be Merry Bright

...May your days be merry bright
And full of blessings. May all...
Your wishes come true this...

Yuletide season. May your cup of life
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Categories: dwindle down, encouraging, hope, new year,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberDecember

...Days dwindle down to a new year
Expectations sing into all ears
Can you believe how fast time drifted away?...
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Categories: dwindle down, december, seasons, winter,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberSimple Talk

...Dedicated to my Granddaughter Heather Ashley Curtis-Kramer 
Simple Talk

I wonder if we really knew
Time would pass and she'd grow up
As days would dwindle down to few
To sit and talk and drink...
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Categories: dwindle down, appreciation, granddaughter, growing up,
Form: Rhyme

A Remnant Remains

...What Remains
by
Rick Folker
June, 2017
Kansas City, MO

When the crowd clamors
And the tocsin clangs

When the mighty and powerful
Crush the weak, the vulnerable,
The poverty that chains a...
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Categories: dwindle down, hope, inspiration, political, power,
Form: Alliteration

Back Then, Dandelion Greens Were Segregated Too

...Martin, a very senior citizen, wants to get a bucket and knife and go hunt up some greens in a field in Alabama. But in spite of his yearnings for a big bowl of greens, he knows his wife, Martha, won...
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Categories: dwindle down, race,
Form: Prose

She Is the One

...Truly it’s a wonder that you appeared in my life
A miracle for which I have waited on to take away my strife
Such a gift from heaven; an angel emerges in place of my site
To give me the pleasure o...
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Categories: dwindle down, i love you, love,
Form: Rhyme

Three Tanka Strung Poems

...Caterwauling winds
Force the once settled landfills far
Soil erosion starts
Settling  so far out of  bounds
To then dwindle down some again!
….didee © TANKA
 

Earth imploding ‘noted’
creati...
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Categories: dwindle down, creation, environment, moon, morning,
Form: Tanka

Outside-In Inside-Out, Rebirth, Earth's Time Shares,

...birth, creation, dark, death, earth, history, metaphor

OUTSIDE-IN---INSIDE OUT! ©   TANKA

Very green flushed carpets
Sky blue azure topped ceilings
Tree branched sofa chairs
Mirror sea rippl...
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Categories: dwindle down, birth, creation, dark, death,
Form: Tanka

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