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Flagstaff Poems - Poems about Flagstaff

Go cast a spell of fistful rice, outcasted!

...Go cast a spell of fistful rice, outcasted!

Hunger and me, a writhing unruly,
a belly, a body
Feels the gluttony, every time, an omnivorous hungry
Like a scarcity of rain turns slowly a charact...
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Categories: flagstaff, bangla,
Form: Free verse

Sonia Gandhi and a form an ode to an imagism diglossic seminary in nepotism

...So, I am hiding Occupied state
Or, else or, learning french occult eBay at
Non nuptial lady , a loner, an ex-positional urge
Inside the total nine after, even after a dirge
Alma mater in Houston,...
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Categories: flagstaff, allegory,
Form: Name



Premium MemberOde to the Largest Lakes of Maine

...Moosehead, mother of Maine’s many lakes
fed by Moose River’s flowing tears.
Overlooked by Kineo’s cliffs,
with Kennebec you share your gifts.

Sebago Lake, your bowels deep
with waters fresh, q...
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Categories: flagstaff, adventure, environment, fish, fishing,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Magnificent Mountains of Maine

...The Magnificent Mountains of Maine 

Mount Katahdin, Maine’s tallest peak
beckons to those who challenge seek.
and to the dare-devilish kind,
White Cap Mountain will blow their mind.

Though n...
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Categories: flagstaff, mountains, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Let Me Be

...It has been said: That if, just one person remembers,
your life after you are gone,
then you may still be forced to walk this earth
tied to a false memory.

My prayer, is to be entirely forgotte...
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Categories: flagstaff, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberSongs of Soul COS No 14: AABB

...To frigid-freed heartbeats, lover's behalf,
of mindless blind mute who came from Flagstaff.
Clueless inceptions nebulously grow,
Godsend occasion leaves the dark to glow,
sparks the light of life...
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Categories: flagstaff, allusion, analogy, change, character,
Form: Sonnet

Steel City

...Come to the hill named Flagstaff 
Climb to the top and glimpse the emerald expanse 
In summer when kites are flying and students laugh 
Or the crystalline mounds in winter when tobogganers prance ...
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Categories: flagstaff, adventure, imagery, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

No Politickin' In Soup Creek

...The oldest citizen of Soup Creek, Nopaul E. Ticks, posed to show his support for the town council's ban on politicians.

I hear that nasty Trump feller, wants to stump in Soup Creek.
He wro...
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Categories: flagstaff, community, humor,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberSS Southern Cross - the Old Lady of the Sea

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   Built in a Belfast shipyard
 for Shaw Savill ‘n Albion Line.
   On her flagstaff wind ‘n lee
 flew the Southern Cross ensign,
   down a slipway to the sea
 launched afar by Her Majesty
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Categories: flagstaff, childhood, voyage,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTravelogue

...I stuffed my pockets full of California minutes,
Set out from Bakersfield before the break of day.
Checked out a waitress at a coffee shop in Needles
Then blew through Flagstaff on my way to Santa...
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Categories: flagstaff, travel,
Form: Lyric

Trucker Duckie

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Trucker Duckie

His P.I.C handle is:
TRUMP DOGG

Road incorrecto políticamente 
rolls his 18-wheeler Hogg

Transporting border illegals is the 
			  Primary cache crop haul
Outfoxi...
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Categories: flagstaff, fun, parody, satire, word
Form: Burlesque

Freedom's Hope Denied

...I live in places  
  you’ve never seen

And sleep in nightmares
  you’ve never dreamed

I choose in dimensions
  above either or

Beyond the pain
  you can endure

My memory lapses
  in ...
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Categories: flagstaff, freedom, hope,
Form: Rhyme

America

...The power of dissent
  —a true measure of our freedom

(Flagstaff Arizona: February, 2019)...
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Categories: flagstaff, freedom,
Form: Free verse

Captured

...Striving to be anonymous,
  the hole got deeper still

Ties were broken, ropes were cut,
  less water in the well

Alone within my loneliness
  the darkness came at last

The wish, I wish, I...
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Categories: flagstaff, solitude,
Form: Rhyme

Dropping Fast

...Racing the dark from Albuquerque to Flagstaff
  old questions trailed behind me

The highway marked with broken dreams 
  of searchers long ago

As Gallup filled my rearview mirror
  the sun r...
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Categories: flagstaff, dark, light,
Form: Rhyme

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