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Epaulets Poems - Poems about Epaulets


Premium Member Statues of Horses
...Outside drives of dude ranches or of hobby farms Cast statues of horses bred from Cortez' runaways. They stand in basket planted ferns to camouflage their hooves, Or rear atop a barn as though to ......

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Categories: epaulets, america, discrimination, history,
Form: Free verse
I, Too, Sing America, and Did So In My Diapers
...I, Too, Sing America (and did so in my diapers!) by Michael R. Burch I, too, served my country, first as a tyke, then as a toddler, later as a rambunctious boy, growing up on military bases aro......

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Categories: epaulets, child, childhood, children, memorial,
Form: Free verse



Damsel
...Epaulets of schmaltzy eyes set to be so loose Given a glass of rosewater, its perfect booze! This cattish damsel in the planetary alignment of swank Regularly chichi, sometimes bltchy Never mind,......

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Categories: epaulets, fun,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Spring Snow
...It snowed last night and spring’s nascent shades were hidden under a sky of lead, the cedars, green, cloaked by a blanket of snow white framed by tree trunks black. The swollen stream r......

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Categories: epaulets, color, snow, spring,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Tickle My Epaulets
...A little known fact, keep a young lassie as a pet Cuddles me when I'm cold, my bippy gets wet Cathie doesn't mind Hates when I whine Ah life's little pleasures, they tickle my epaulets<>...

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Categories: epaulets, giggle,
Form: Limerick



A Haunted Poem
...Snakes slither in my veins in lieu of blood. There is a demon in my eye. My stomach’s full of stinking mud. A troll grins gleefully between my thighs. My fingers form black widow’s legs. My knee......

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Categories: epaulets, body, dark, funny, halloween,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member He's Baack
...On the heels of last week’s snow storm, Red Winged Blackbirds have returned. Resplendent males red epaulets flared against sleek black feathers against cold white snow. Staking their patch of catta......

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Categories: epaulets, bird, nature,
Form: Free verse
I Look For You
...????? ??? In the corner of the bookstore is a man playing dominoes the crowd outside doesn't notice the confusion, there is the sound of firecrackers and people turn in all directions, the cameras s......

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Categories: epaulets, history,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Doorman
...Golden epaulets smile A hint of vermouth Through an opened door......

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Categories: epaulets, on work and working,
Form: Free verse
You'Re Easy To Be Proud Of
...You have grown to be such a man yet, I cannot help but see the boy in you you are my Son, who wears many uniforms as your father, I cannot help but be Proud, I see you march in the Orange and Black ......

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Categories: epaulets, family, son, love,
Form: Free verse
A Lofty Precipice
...In 2028, the votes were tallied and the winner announced. The loser had been trounced by a good woman of the people. Soon, epaulets came into her office and other shiny suits so fine as the n......

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Categories: epaulets, political
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member That We Might Lovely Be
...Robes of gold and purple Flecked with a scarlet thread Poemgranate,gold bells around the hem Epaulets of onxy,engraved upon each gem. Jacinth,agate beryl,amethyst Jasper,diamond and sapphire, ......

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Categories: epaulets, faith, people
Form: Rhyme

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