Long Lake erie Poems

The Great Lakes acronym spells homes

I chose titled topic by a fanciful whim,
nevertheless still consider my knowledge 
of aforementioned material slim.

Housing multivarious biomes
register ecological syndromes
whereby constituents of NOAA 
Great Lakes Environmental 
Research Laboratory writ tomes.

Pellucid...

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Pellucid pearls in northeastern North America since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth 
Straddle Canadian–United States border tethering partial global girth
Constituting 21% of world's surface...

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When the apostles of Jesus Christ, after his ascension into heaven, spread the doctrine
of Christianity throughout the ancient Roman empire.  Those who made their profits in
making pagan idols for worship accused the Apostle Paul...

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On September 10, 1813, United States naval Commodore Oliver Henry made this 
statement from his stunning victory over British forces in Lake Erie in Canada.

"We are have met the enemy and they are ours."

And there...

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Pellucid pearls in northeastern 
   North America since planetary birth
comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, 
     Huron, Erie, and Ontario 
   (HOMES acronym) dearth
largest group of freshwater lakes on...

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An alternate track is via the Illinois River 
(from Chicago), to the Mississippi, up the Ohio, 
and then through the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 
(combination of a series of rivers and lakes and canals), 
to Mobile Bay...

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An alternate track is via Illinois River (from 
Chicago), to Mississippi, up the Ohio, and then 
through the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 
(combination of a series of rivers and lakes 
and canals), to Mobile Bay and the...

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Pellucid pearls in northeastern North America 
since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, 
Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth 
Straddle Canadian–United States border 
tethering partial global girth
Constituting 21% of world's surface...

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Could 
should 
would 
rude 
mood 
crude 
and then
pulchritude with root word Paul care
To a back effect 
where city provided water through the water faucet clogged
you had your last montage, fixed there, in a fix, succinct,
indifferent...

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THE LIGHT HOUSE

The shimmering white beacon off the shores
Of Marble-head, let it's flickering light shine again,
In restorations amber glow of hope.
For are we not the custodians of our own history.
Allow us to relight the spark,...

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Surfing You Tube, I come upon 
“Til The World Ends” by

Three Dog Night. It was a lesser 
hit of theirs from 1975, but

it always reminded me of you, 
and that time we were
 
going to...

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Death By Murder: 

Murky water left to drink 
floating particles of death. 

Erie presence leaves discontent. 
As something wicked floats in it. 

The bone chilling cold wind doth blow 
off Lake Erie with flurry snow....

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Elements Part 3: WATER - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Brian Davey


I've seen pictures but never the authentic beauty,
for one can never explain such flowing cascades,
Niagara Falls has stolen my sadness while broody,
what a marvel mother nature has...

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This poem is dedicated to Cleveland’s own … “Barley House” Thank you for your symbolism of the “White Rose” – “A love and deep respect / everlasting devotion and loyalty to the people you serve...



For...

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SAFE   BUT   BORED

First it was cigarettes  and their warnings about survival
From no less a person than  the surgeon general.
Then bottles of beer with brief messages polite 
About shortened life,...

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I am cutting ties
that I knotted to a faraway soil.
Exiled no longer at the tiller
of a long beached fishing boat
that bobs only on the legends
of ancient waves.
Those fluent in soul-breathing,
the Celtic poets, 
those wind-chiming lyricists,
are...

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Murky water left to drink
floating particles of death
Erie presence leaves discontent
As something wicked floats in it.
The bone chilling chilly wind doth blow
off Lake Erie with flurry snow.

Late at night off cold dark shores
Shadows of a...

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Nessie, Wattie and Kin
 
A full ten years before Nessie was first sighted
Colonel Arthur Trimble visited Loch Watten
A dark, looming shape Trimble’s interest ignited
It’s now speculated Nessie has some twins
 
Oceanographers say that before the...

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Dark brier grow thick in Cleveland,
thorny tendrils thrive.
Clapperboard homes slack and linger,
neglected yards grow thin grey bones.

A vaporous wave passed over Lake Erie.
None noticed the lightless seeds in the sunlight,
but little girls went missing.

Whole neighborhoods...

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If you look closely, you will see
the masterpiece Winter painted
along mighty Erie’s shore
in the darkness, well into the early morning light.

You will see his fondness for delicate shades of gray,
How one by one he bends...

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Measly shadows, painted on the promise of darkness,
stretch across the open fields,
as nature changes her complexion.
Lake Erie, a bright orange, burns 
while the sun plunges into speculation.
The egrets know it is coming;
boisterously, they perform the...

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On the beach in Sandusky,
a woman collapsed to retire her body
at the edge of Lake Erie, under
the awning of a cerulean sky. The waves
reached out to heal her because I was never that kind.
She will...

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From the Ohio River to the Great Lake Erie.
If they come from Cleveland, or south in Cincinnati,
these talented persons’ works are the ones we should see.
They have written some of this site’s greatest poetry.
They may...

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I used to call Michigan my sweet home,
growing up used to camp by Lake Erie,
now this state has left me sad and alone,
honestly there’s nothing left there for me.

Jet’s Pizza was my most favorite food,
Jimmy’s...

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Half a mile from the shore
boats turn into diving fish,
the sky roars by
derailed by the horizon.

The Lake Erie ferry
skims the crashing crests
rises as a seagull,
scooping up the flying spray.

We passengers go below
abandoning the deck
to the...

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