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Johnsen Poems - Poems about Johnsen

The Baggage of Painful Memories
...Crushed coquina’s pains, salty air consoled. Mistrusting soul, my heart could not appease. We met when life was brimming and potholed. My spoken words were long lost memories. Relentlessly the......

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Categories: johnsen, love, memory, pain,
Form: Sonnet
Bringing It To the Table
...B ring America’s renewed greatness, please, “Deal Maker.” R eality: opinions bring new understanding. I magine opposed views seated around debate’s table. N ot to rip one another, but to find solu......

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Categories: johnsen, hope, political,
Form: Acrostic



I Can Feel Mother Natures Pain
...When the brightest moon begins to wane, And the sun breathes life into every plain. Mother Nature sees life sustain. Springtime starts her flowering reign. Blue Vervain and Daisy Fleabane – Pr......

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Categories: johnsen, pollution,
Form: Monorhyme
Texas Daydream
...All I ever do is daydream. I dream of love for only you. Then, bask in the warmth of your smile. Together we go to Texas In the wild, we join a cattle drive. All I ever do is daydream. Snug......

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Categories: johnsen, dream, imagination, love,
Form: Villanelle
She Cries
...the distant sunrise beacons the abandoned widow to think of heaven as beside the window she cries. By Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen 1/12/2017 Practicing Nette Onclaud’s newly invented form: Quadro......

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Categories: johnsen, death, emotions, sad,
Form: Verse



Daydreaming
...starry eyed young girls daydreaming beside a window love watching sunsets while new forever- love unfurls. By Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen 1/12/2017 Practicing Nette Onclaud’s newly invented form: ......

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Categories: johnsen, girl, imagination, love,
Form: Verse
Ghost Stories
...creepy creaking sounds enliven imaginations while sleepy children listen to ghost stories spellbound. By Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen 1/12/2017 Practicing Nette Onclaud’s newly invented form: Quadr......

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Categories: johnsen, children, imagination,
Form: Verse
Quadro -The Open Window
...the open window bids the outside to come inside, but only the sun enters freely; sunset aglow. By Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen 1/12/2017 Written for Nette Onclaud’s newly invented form: Quadro......

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Categories: johnsen, sunset,
Form: Verse
Fallow Fields
...wildflowers brighten fallow fields on a summer day while caterpillars eat all green leaves along their way. By Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen 1/12/2017 Practicing Nette Onclaud’s newly invented form......

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Categories: johnsen, butterfly, flower,
Form: Verse
Love Is In the Air Tonight
...Love is in the air tonight, I can see it everywhere. Butterflies and dragonflies Flirt while kissing in mid-air. The fireflies fly flashing. And illuminate the night. Children seeing, squeal ......

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Categories: johnsen, animal, bird, children, family,
Form: Quatrain
Hatred - Love
...Hatred horrible, hurtful confronting, detesting, combating disagreement, discord, harmony, concurrence ......

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Categories: johnsen, hate, love,
Form: Diamante
Florida Orange Growers
...Amazing beauty, citrus delight, esteemed Florida growers, Hoping irresistible juices kiss lips make nuances optimal. Producing quality reared sweet tasting, universally very wanted, x-tra ......

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Categories: johnsen, business, food, fruit,
Form: ABC
Abecedarian Aka Alphabet Poems
...Alphabet poems are sometimes called, “a,b,c” poems. But that is incorrect because a.b.c. poems only have 25 words in them. Commonly, that mistake is made because the lines are written in alphabetic......

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Categories: johnsen, angst, word play, words,
Form: Abecedarian
After Christmas Day
...The day after Christmas, there was only a tree. Presents ......

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Categories: johnsen, christmas, day, goodbye,
Form: Shape
Christmas Day
...“The Gift of Relief” When I was three, the babysitter helped me. We opened every present under our tree. Carefully each gift was perfectly re-wrapped. Except for the one that tore; fate had zap......

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Categories: johnsen, childhood, christmas, faith, feelings,
Form: Couplet

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