Adventure Heights Poems

I like the dark,

The unseen, unknown, the scary,

Except for heights, that you can keep away from me.

 

I like mystery, 

The clues, scenes, the possibilities,

Just...

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Ever heard of the beautiful Ohio?
The writer in me wants you to know -
River life has its anecdotes
My granny, a German immigrant,
mastered that river in...

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Another switchback under mountain crossed, (*)
far below blue and violet spires bloom.
Undiscovered shady valley river flows lost,
rippling in pride of madeira's plume.

Turned my back to...

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Tug of war, Arm wrestling, Rope climbing, 
Wildest dance party, all dressed up smartly!
Slashing water upon each other in the front room and then trembling!...

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As days goes by, new heights are unleashed

Curtailed and guarded by the ambitious and the determined

Mind who with all effort are climbing and re-climbing the...

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IN YOUR PALM I SAT WITH WEAKENED WINGS 
IN YOUR PALM I SAT WITH NO HISTORY OF FLIGHT
NO ADVENTURES OR VICTORIES 
I JUST SAT AND...

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Star crossed lovers strolled together
over moorland fields of heather...
Tragedy unfolds


Emily Bronte wrote thereof...
She, too, lost chance to find true love...
Death, again, grabs hold




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For Black-Eyed Susan's...

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After drawing a self-portrait,
I want you to believe
that I am not in it.
The style of rebellion cannot be judged by
blurbs only.

A chunk of refusal,
a narrow...

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... impulse throbs raw, speaks

            of conquering mountain peaks,

     ...

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