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Flank Poems - Poems about Flank

No Gentle Hands
...The master cracks his whip across the horse’s trembling flank, pushing the beast to its limits until the wildness snaps and the horse reacts, a flurry of chaos beneath the sting. When silence ......

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Categories: flank, abuse, analogy, animal, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Toppie the Elephant
...There was once a pink plaid elephant whose trunk I kissed to sleep. I won her fair and square— a coloring contest, Top Value Stamps. She slept beside me every night. Her trunk, softened by ......

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Categories: flank, childhood, family, miracle,
Form: Free verse



Before The Gates Of Alahsar - Version 2 - 32
...The Dark men fought on past their mother, many had seen the mighty one fall they fought on with bitter hate, as now, once more, did the mother of the storm. Her spear flashed lightning, she stir......

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Categories: flank, dark, death, dream, evil,
Form: Epic
Before The Gates Of Alahsar - Version - 2 -31
...Fierce goblins rode these wolves, their curved scimitars, raining death, their fierce visage could freeze the heart, they moved with the giant spiders, death comes in so many ways. The battle on......

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Categories: flank, dark, death, dream, evil,
Form: Epic
the horses
...the horses Three horses graze on my land, and one is still a foal. In the twilight and with gentle rain falling they remind me of the horses of bygone days when I steered the plow that made ......

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Categories: flank, 8th grade, age, arabic,
Form: ABC



Joshua Moore Minnesota
...Damp linens flung aside sodden cushions Flank by flank She was damp Nickel sack and bark rings Verdant gaze meet hazel orbs Ripe late April Northern Flatlands moisture Slaughterhouse savory mi......

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Categories: flank, america, angst, children, confusion,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
A cold monolithic grace
... shadows stretched from unblinking stone a sun dares trespass it's obsidian skin cold wind whispers unknowns of forgotten wars iron tears flown upon obsidian flank, rust earth exhales si......

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Categories: flank, art, creation, dark, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Elysian Fields Are Beautiful in Spring
...Opa John The caboose sits red—its iron spine cradles the earth like Atlas rails stretching into nowhere. The stream murmurs softly its voice threading through Ellie’s laughter like silver......

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Categories: flank, daughter, father, flower, granddaughter,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Mouse And The Cat Fable
... A wise mouse lived alone in a narrow hole he had dug in the soft soil in the backyard flank of a large house, whose owner had a pet cat that seemed the master of the house, for she......

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Categories: flank, analogy, animal, imagination,
Form: Narrative
Clouds and Moon IV
...Dappled cloudy scales Drifting along a sleek flank Fish eyed moon looks down......

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Categories: flank, moon, sky,
Form: Haiku
The Scent of Wormwood
...When the whip of the wind strikes the earth’s flank, Dark clouds rush forward, dragging low and dank. Like a female camel moaning for her calf, The heavy clouds, their big nipple isn't half. T......

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Categories: flank, smile,
Form: Rhyme
Ode To Bats
...Soaring through the sky of early fall Abolishing mosquitos, eating for all Your siren song echoes in the night. Hungry little teeth white and bright Webbed wings flank the higher you so......

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Categories: flank, animal, environment, flying, gothic,
Form: Ode
I Write
...I Write That which springs from my muse I write To illuminate minds and set it forth right At least that is what I try to do FYI... between me and you At times the words make a jumbled mes......

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Categories: flank, inspiration, journey, me, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Milking Time
...Milking time breaking dawn, the sun slowly rising in the east as early morning mist evaporates, all is quiet and still in the distance, a cow bellows. a cottage door opens and a maid emerges.......

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Categories: flank, animal, farm, jobs,
Form: Haibun
The New Americana
...{"We don’t run away, we cannot run away from our demons; the very ones that plague us with our history, reminisce on our backstories and they, Judge. Judge, adjudicate us by it, Convict us of a ......

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Categories: flank, absence, abuse, addiction, anger,
Form: Free verse

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