Idly Poems - Poems about Idly

...Eroded, undercut, sagging for years beneath the weight of a dead sycamore, the bank gave way when the lake was closed and the dams opened up during the winter overflow, leaving the tree offsh......

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...What a joke, to live in the foreign land Can’t go from here, and I can’t stay Still I can enjoy to a great extent Little wonders of this beautiful day Beneath the lilac trees in full bloom I si......

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...I am thankful for my mortality, For if I were immortal, I would not cherish life. I say this, yet my actions suggest otherwise. 6,211 days on this earth— And I must have only seen a h......

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...Spring sunshine, idly sparks our souls with freezing glow, Still shy to shine, as winter's callous ghost refus'd to bow. Yet bold like brass, thy brightness beams unto our frosty eyes, Reluctant s......

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...Aloft in a world, Focused toward, Elaborate Strategies. Pushed to Our Knees, Bound by Principalities. Deceived by Fallacies, We try to please, Those affected, By the same dise......

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...The kittens found my bag of words And in their furry glee They tapped them with their tiny paws And wrote a poem for me The mouse, a house bound hermit Used its subtle tail To add some punc......

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...Le Bateau ivre (“The Drunken Boat”), an Excerpt by Arthur Rimbaud translation by Michael R. Burch The impassive river carried me downstream as howling warriors slashed the bargemen's throats, ......

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...How are you, my friend? Is there rain in the village? Have you dried up like the Zhem River mirage? Garden water is released only in due time, dear, Did you plant a garden near the fence this y......

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...I'm sitting with device in hand, Trapped in forked thought, Derailed, enqueued, attention spanned, All plot but ought for naught. Zephyr-jostled oriel, Jalousie jingle jets, Venetian pi......

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...We went once, then thrice again, Pushed through struggles all in vain. A mountain of trust came crashing down, By jealousy small, it wore the crown. We went once, then five times near, Yet sti......

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...Glimitz! According to your order - pronounce, I weigh less than an ounce. As gratchens flame and fly, to my disdain, I wonder, have you got a light? A conference call, a violin, a gently rap......

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...Little by little, strength fades from my body, This world is coming, aging and heavy. Now, we must not lie idly, spitting on fate, For wasting away is no longer our state. My parents cultivated......

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...Like a ghost ship idly mooring Cleaning your own mess is totally boring Sorting other people’s stuff is fun however Why don’t we switch houses in cold weather? I’ll sort yours and, you sort min......

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...(A Christmas vacation vignette) Lisa and I choppered onto Manhattan Island yesterday morning. We’d both felt toasted—so we took naps—and yay! We awoke recharged. Later that evening, Lisa and I ......

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...The door handle taunts me. No one wants me to hear. About me, but without me, vibrations of sound drown down to the ground, as my heart pounds on edge. A wedge of aloofness keeps me ......

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