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Following(A) Poems - Poems about Following(A)


Premium Member Following a Mermaid
she was a blur in the water as she dove down through the depths Sven, a Norwegian sailor was intrigued, having heard her lamenting song He threw himself overboard, in hopes of being saved by her she was the kind of mermaid who would have rescued him If he had not waited too long, but alas, he had hesitated a...

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Categories: following(a), 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Following a Thought
inviting you too ride standing over the speeding train 3) to see who would follow lets see where its end is to come i will jettison fissures left and write of lying well-2)an experiment the species who lost all e hops over play with images burning to a curl my inside smile as black moves unseen and darkness sees my voice so basically we are travelling...

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Categories: following(a), poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Poem Following a Senior Dog Rescue Video
We'll all be old dogs someday if we last so long. We'll remember when we were young and active and greatly loved. But then one day someone dumped us off at the side of the road because adult diapers were getting expensive and conversations took us forever searching for our words. So there we are on...

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Categories: following(a), animal, dog, emotions, lonely,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Following a Class Act
Starting my usual job as a school counselor but in two schools instead of one. An improbable task. I have done it before, and it is not easy. Impossible, yet, we step up and do it any way. Because we have been assigned. This school district is meticulously careful to not put a specific school in our contract So they can send...

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Categories: following(a), jobs, school,
Form: Prose Poetry
Notions and Sentiments Following a Somewhat Salacious Encounter
Painted were her eyes, Somewhat azure and syphilitic, her heart; And when I got home I realized, I'd just fallen in love with a tart(!)...

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Categories: following(a), appreciation, assonance, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member I'M Following a Dream
I'm following a dream, I know not where. It leads me high beyond compare, I follow it by night and by day. It haunts me all the while. I feel subdued by it. And, yet I can't get away, it holds me close. I'm following a dream I can feel its touch, where it leads I know not much. I'm following a dream can't wait to reach For...

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Categories: following(a), change, deep, dream, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Following a Folk Song
Written March 31, 2013 In the shadows stood a figure Taller than the diggers Picking diamonds in the mines Don't worry now I will be fine Said the children to their mothers and wives With a journey comes a question Maybe two and many more Why they never close the door in the floor On coming back to where they're from To the tune of...

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Categories: following(a), adventure, travel, tribute, voyage,
Form: Lyric
A Bird's Love Song: "following a Star"
Wind, take my soul away, Up high into the sky, Let me soar through clouds of dreams, On golden wings I fly. I'm carried by an eagle, I float atop a hawk, I swerve and dive the livelong day Together with my flock. And then I part into a tree Above the highest peak, I listen close for songs of spring For it's a mate I...

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Categories: following(a), animals, love, nature, me,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Following a Trawler
A bevy of gulls in a sea-fowl cloud In fellowship,squabble,whispering loud. An American doublet...

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Categories: following(a), nature, sea,
Form: Couplet

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