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Lamplighter Poems - Poems about Lamplighter


Premium Member A Lamplighter
Written: October 30, 2023, For Brian Strand Contest ______________________________________________ as gloominess drops to the ground the lamplighter performs his rounds. Equipped with his ladders, wick trimmer matches, long pole and backup fuel positions the ladders on the post, He opens the lock and trims the wick and strikes a match to ignite the flame locking...

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Categories: lamplighter, analogy, history, light,
Form: Shape
Premium Member A Lamplighter
A world without light devoid of sight A world pitch dark teeming with fright What resides in men’s minds unspeakably cruel, so unkind A Lamplighter needed to remove all the blinds...

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Categories: lamplighter, dark, light, world,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Firefly
. Firefly's golden light Welcome beacon of the night Sparks fire here and there Like the lamplighter of old Tiny light that shines so bold. March 13, 2022 for Firefly Tanka contest by JCB Brul Syllable Counter FIRST PLACE...

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Categories: lamplighter, appreciation, courage, earth, fire,
Form: Tanka
My Lamplighter
She was in her early teens She looked like a bouquet of morning But twinkles were crumbling in her sheen The flowers in her eyes looked deserted by the sun From some source she had heard I could reorient the windows of her thought Could guide her to turn her shadows into sunshine Making her eyebrows and smile free from many a...

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Categories: lamplighter, conflict, inspiration, stars, sun,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Lamplighter
Floor, table to ceiling,from chandelier to a trellis filigree- nouveau image glow Louis Tiffany's Grape table lamp designed by Mrs Curtis Freschel-was an International award winer for Tiffany http://www.tiffany-lamp-uk.co.uk/shop/...

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Categories: lamplighter, art, people
Form: Ekphrasis



The Eternal Lamplighter
My dear passer-by, Do not hurry, please! It will be, as in old times: all will fall asleep, even the wind, the merry fellow and deceiver, and the eternal lamplighter will silently turn on his magical lantern. Transparent, lilac light will spread around, You will hear footfall of invisible horses, Say «Excuse me!» if someone awakens to sighs, whispers. You will whirl in your happy, colored dreams, and...

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Categories: lamplighter, imagination, inspirational, song-
Form: Lyric

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