Long Westward Poems
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In the Islands Far, Far AwayMission Control, this is Flight Z924693744, do you read?
We're having some technical trouble. How should we proceed?
We have spotted a planet, that appears to be suitable to abort;
But, to return to earth, we will need...
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Categories:
westward, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, planet, space, stars,
Form:
Couplet
Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter SolsticeGroundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice
Rather than be a day late
and dollar short, I opted
to post poem acknowledging
the second of February,
where eponymous groundhog
gets his (most often male)
foretelling...
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Categories:
westward, adventure, america, animal, celebration, confidence, february, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Westward BoundThe past was locked in with very little 'right of passage'. ...
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Categories:
westward, childhood, home,
Form:
Narrative
When Savages Sang Strongly 4Sometimes faith lives on the edge of a knife
as Sviastoslav the Rus sacker came to know
The Khazar Khanate knew how to cut a slight
his gilded skull stole the show,
The Vatican went from a marsh...
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Categories:
westward, heart,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
One KneePoet: Ken Jordan
Poem: One Knee
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: September 2017
One Knee
Yes, I kneel down on one knee
damn right I do -
I will not honor an Anthem
of...
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Categories:
westward, africa, america, betrayal,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Gateway TownGateway town, Mississippi and Missouri river flooding confluence,
with its celebration of manifest destiny, its looming, iconic archway.
Stainless westward marker, its culture flowed southward for influence
within the lawn-jockey, pink flamingo neighborhoods of moral decay.
T.S, Eliot,...
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Categories:
westward, allusion, city, class, longing, racism, slavery, urban,
Form:
Rhyme
Crazy Horse MonumentCrazy Horse Monument
Up there! On the Black Hills Mountain, 1
A work in progress sculptured in granite,
Of a stern faced warrior, strong and determined, 2
Unadorned in a war bonnet, with his hair flowing in the wind,
And...
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Categories:
westward, america, education, history, native american, tribute, usa,
Form:
Verse
A Novel I ReadI usually don't have the patience to read long novels, but this one ...
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Categories:
westward, america, love, romance,
Form:
Verse
HimalayasHimalayas
Eons ago in the planet’s evolution,
During tectonic plate movement: 1
The Indian Island Ma moved northward
Crashing into the Eurasian continent,
To form the Himalayan mountains. 2
Out of the chaos, towering peaks arose,
Piercing heavenly soft, white cotton clouds,
Bursting...
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Categories:
westward, culture, education, environment, mountains, nature, planet,
Form:
Verse
I Saw God But Now What. Darkness there was...
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Categories:
westward, religious,
Form:
Rhyme
Wind SongI was a professional flutist, and performed in orchestras and symphonies,
To express the sheer joy of living, like the birds sing to summer's breeze.
Becoming accomplished took many years, and I'd played since childhood,
As a late...
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Categories:
westward, fantasy, imagery, music, nature, song, wind,
Form:
Couplet
A Novel IdeaI was an avid, lifelong book lover, and I could read forever and a day,
Like the pleasing, scented lilacs, always and forever blooming in May.
Though my house was very disorganized, I would read where I...
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Categories:
westward, birthday, books, family, fantasy, friendship, imagery, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Paint Me An Ugly DuckAwakened and degenerated, I feel I am clashing somewhere
The clouds appear and then depart, just another face amongst billions
Millions of colors of the rainbow at one point I thought I was rare...
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Categories:
westward, art, depression, horror, loneliness, lost love, sad,
Form:
I do not know?
Revenant's ReturnI float …
in the ether -
a roll of sea swells below,
pier toward the west,
little island I know so well -
endless hours there,
but rarely alone ...
then …
moon pixies …
sparkle at my feet,
dancing underneath "me" -
soft, yellow-blue...
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Categories:
westward, allegory, allusion, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Lost In Britain and Lost In The USA
LOST IN BRITAIN
Poling, Patching, Nether Wallop,
Matching Tye and Droop
Plumpton, Lickfold, Puddletown,
Westward Ho! and Throop.
Hole of Horcum, New Invention,
Boghead, Frome, Cat's Ash
North Piddle, Staines and Pen*stone,
Wash Dyke, East Breast and Flash.
Six Mile Bottom, Mudford...
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Categories:
westward, america, england, humor, humorous, london, places, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
The BuffaloTHE BUFFALO
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
THERE WAS A TIME I ROAMED THESE PLAINS
FAR BEYOND WHERE THE EYE CAN SEE
IF YOU LIVED ON THESE PLAINS
YOU HAD TO DEPEND AND FOLLOW ME
IF YOU WANTED QUALITY MEAT TO EAT
GRASS...
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Categories:
westward, betrayal, culture, history, native american, obituary,
Form:
Rhyme
Do You Have a MinuteBack in upstate New York
she was a girl with stars in her eyes
She hopped a freight out westward
And tried Vegas on for size
Off strip hotels, little shows
Young Delores danced with glee
She was working in Las...
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Categories:
westward, america, city, confidence, home, house, jobs, social,
Form:
Rhyme
Avatar's ReturnI float in the ether ... a roll of sea swells below, pier toward the
west, island I know so well - endless hours there, but rarely
alone ... then.
Moon sparkles dance at my feet, underneath "me"...
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Categories:
westward, dream, fantasy, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Odyssey From Africa 14fOdyssey from Africa 14f
This colossal ratite was the
Largest bird on all the planet
It would live on Madagascar
Till the time of William Shakespeare
“Let me tell you” said the monarch
Quietly pleased at Han’s reaction
“What...
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Categories:
westward, adventure, africa, history, myth, nature, science, voyage,
Form:
Narrative
Doozies and Whozies of the Wild-Wild West! Synopsis (For Deborah's Contest)Eighteen hundred and three begins U.S. destinies.
Merriwether Lewis and his comrade, William Clark, agrees –
They will go forth, avoid Frenchmen, fighting growling grizzlies.
To find a water trade route that flows west to the Pacific seas.
Louis...
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Categories:
westward, adventure, cowboy-western, history, men, men,
Form:
Monorhyme
It Grew On MeI was a fashionable horticulturist, for elegant flowers keep eternally in style,
Like the saffron sun, coming and going, always causing dark skies to smile.
Plants were a jade preoccupation, long before glad days of my rosy...
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Categories:
westward, appreciation, beautiful, career, color, fantasy, life, tree,
Form:
Couplet
Odyssey From Africa 1b 2But the mood of celebration
Lasted only for a short time
Very few returned to thank them
Han and Matto found this puzzling
Chapter 2 BLOOD MOON
Through the days and nights that followed
Spread a...
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Categories:
westward, adventure, africa, betrayal, history, mythology, travel,
Form:
Narrative
Mystery of MayI was an unfathomable mystery writer, producing novels for ardent readers,
Much like a mystery of vanishing pearly moon, as sun comes up to greet her.
My days were spent devising fresh plots, like edgy seas, seeking...
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Categories:
westward, fantasy, imagery, may, missing, mystery, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Mom, when I Saw you Last
Is not ‘Mother’ the sweetest word in the dictionary?
She's one’s closest friend, companion, and guide.
How can I restrict her within the frame of a poem,
when my entire world circled around her once?
As I think of...
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Categories:
westward, appreciation, farewell, mother,
Form:
Free verse
Few Sensitive Other Callous To a Symbolic Gesture Earth HourFor “EARTH HOUR” we pledged without words rearranging,
Let us try and attempt to stop things from changing
Am doing my bit as promised to myself and me,
wrote a poem on “earth hour”, published it and...
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Categories:
westward, nature, words, nature, beach, green, nature,
Form:
Rhyme