Long Sandhill Poems
Long Sandhill Poems. Below are the most popular long Sandhill by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Sandhill poems by poem length and keyword.
Sacred Crane"This is our Cry, This is our Prayer, That there shall be Peace in the World" -
Sadako Sasaki Statue, Hiroshima
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Categories:
sandhill, bird,
Form:
Shape
The Strange Tale of Turtle and Salt WomanTurtle heard that Salt Woman was on the road again, and he was
wanting a taste of her. Some miles from Cochiti, he stopped
for directions at a Speedway gas station.
The dwarf who ran the...
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Categories:
sandhill, humanity,
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Georgian Bay ReflectionJune 11, 2016
I sit on the balcony of a research station in Georgian Bay, disconnected from the world.
The vast waters open up before me, with the rocky beach expanding off to each side,
A blue sky...
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Categories:
sandhill, nature, senses,
Form:
Free verse
Look At Em CrawlingLOOK AT EM CRAWLING...
At the old Darreel pub out near Mungindi....
Trapper Joe he rode up, he come from Boggabri...
The DTs were bad with this poor old bugger Jack...
Look at em crawling he did mutter ...
And...
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Categories:
sandhill, funnyold, horse, old, cancer, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
And If We Care Not Anymorei'm afraid we might be making
funerals of our our life's moon
asking the night's darkness to become our medium of sight
ask me— who sees this emptiness that the eyes speak of
ask the saints of hell who...
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Categories:
sandhill, allegory, allusion, anger, angst, anxiety, care, death,
Form:
Free verse
The Animals They TalkVenus
Casts a tiny shadow
Upon the ghostly snow
From its candle held by an extended hand
Of a cloaked man
Who trips through the stripped trees
Follows the fresh trail of reindeer
To our second-floor windowsills
Then on to rooftops lined with...
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Categories:
sandhill, animal, blessing, christmas, faith, giving, hope, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Cathedral SpiritualPink and grey walls rise like castle parapets
Reflecting the sunrise in golden hues
I ride along the canyon to the sound of leather
Creaking softly in the tranquil mountain air
Sweat and horse, with layers of dust
Well worn...
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Categories:
sandhill, natureblue, blue,
Form:
Idyll (Idyl)
A Day In the HammocksHere is a time of anticipation,
hammocks poised for the days afternoon rain.
Glaring diamond sun, horizon ink black,
breezes stir hot thick air, thunder clouds call.
Sandhill Cranes graze in a lazy black stream,
glittering gold minnows lost as...
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Categories:
sandhill, nature, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Rancher, Ranch Hand, Cowboy, Cowhand Part 1I have a name for my husband. One that can be repeated. I call him cowboy. But
he tells me I am wrong. He never redeoed, nor a Saturday night cowboy was he.
And...
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Categories:
sandhill, cowboy-western, funny, life, work, work,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Where Dragonflies AlightIt was a long hike before they reached the campsite,
and sunlight was fading with the slight threat of rain.
Mandy was weary and Jeff's mood was quite dreary.
There was much yet to prepare before dark of...
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Categories:
sandhill, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Song of The Sandhill Crane No 1: ABABA descension of value bows night scenes,
the purple canopy edges its hoist,
spirits cool Platte River to lose its sheen,
Nebraskans wake to clarion fields voiced.
A loyal guest calls, it's the Sandhill Cranes,
dancing lessons, fields fattening corn...
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Categories:
sandhill, allusion, analogy, animal, appreciation, imagery, nature,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets