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Late(A) Poems - Poems about Late(A)

Premium Member Journey of our lives
...Dear brother,from humble roots we grew In poverty's grip,our childhood knew We climbed the ladder, jobs in hand Salaried lives,no longer bland. Your calm demeanor,s gentle soul Kindly and help......

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Categories: late(a), death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Remember, my life is just a forest flash
...Remember, my life is just a forest flash I don't have a life anymore, your life for me is just drifting away Life is dusk, death is the bright dark flash ......

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Categories: late(a), leaving, life, lost, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Isabelle
...Iridescently glowing. She's breathtaking beauty. A tiny miracle of a baby. Born a tad late; a blessing! Enriching in an instant Lives she touches......

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Categories: late(a), baby, girl, i love
Form: Acrostic
Among Us
...Among us The dance of death never stops A plane crossing the Atlantic losses heights the chief pilot flirts with a woman when he is called to the cockpit Too late, a gigantic wave hits the ta......

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Categories: late(a), angst, autumn, betrayal,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member The Rudiments of Wings
...It's impossible to fly; and yet, you kept on trying. Of late, a tear in your eye tells me you have been crying. Time's stolen your youth; that's true, but th......

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Categories: late(a), age, angst, anxiety, feelings,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Missing Bride
...My late cousin’s daughter was to get married at a place some 80 km from their residence, I was asked to drive her there and I agreed, it was like my daughter’s wedding in a sense. So, in the af......

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Categories: late(a), funny, wedding,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bye-Bye, Football
...Friday night football lights His whole life high school sports A rah-rah father behind him Overflowing his shorts Covid-19 postponed many dreams And left an opening, it seems For other ......

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Categories: late(a), education, football, high school,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member She Bean Counts Her Days
...She slept in and awoke late, a cardboard pizza is what she ate. Today's agenda, the grocery store, food supplies, an endless chore. Her home as quiet as a tomb. Perhaps she should have slept til noon......

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Categories: late(a), 1st grade,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Heartbroken
...Be mine, my love for eternity, I perfectly thought with certainty. I was only thirteen and in dreams or so it seemed, my mind sunny gleams. He would saunter the scho......

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Categories: late(a), lost love,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Drink With Me Coffee
...Drink with me coffee, black and strong. I promise nevermore To drink with meals a fifth of wine Then stagger ‘cross the floor. My need for thee doth rival thirst For booze; you're both divine! ......

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Categories: late(a), drink, parody,
Form: Rhyme
The Flowers of Evil
...A dusk, a glazed verandah, it's just rained, a smell of lilac, earthworms and wet earth, an awkward silence - the confusion chained my tongue: “What if she’ll laugh at? Is it worth?” A glass of w......

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Categories: late(a), death, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Megan's Quest Part 1of7
...Moon sprites dotted the sky like lilies at dawn in a ballet meant to cause nocturnal delight. While Fairies and Pixie Dust covered the lawn in a dance that would last through the night. ......

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Categories: late(a), adventure, courage, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The Reflection of Narcissus
...Life passed, within an eye’s blink, like a reflection of Narcissus on a death pool; A lover of a hypnotic time, a withering away in the end. Fossilized glory of a fool. Silence heard the river of w......

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Categories: late(a), life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Wedding
...My cousin’s daughter was to get married at a place some 80 km from the residence. I was asked to drive her there and I agreed, it was like my daughter’s wedding in a sense. So in the af......

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Categories: late(a), funny, wedding,
Form: Rhyme
The Strongest Woman, Part I
...The strongest woman that I ever saw was born thirty-four years ago, to loving parents who doted on her, told he of the great places she’d go. She was popular all through high school, never fai......

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Categories: late(a), angst, children, life, strength,
Form: Narrative

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