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Mainstays Poems - Poems about Mainstays


Premium Member September Falls
...So gradual, the change that comes about Enhanced by wind chimes seemingly, non-stop. Pink painted sunsets draw cool evenings out 'til golden moons melt down from mounta......

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Categories: mainstays, autumn, change,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Grandmas Button Box
...Grandma’s button box and first aid kit were both mainstays in the kitchen. We knew she had everything to help us if we were hurting or itch'n. If we tore up our pants, got poison ivy or ripped a bu......

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Categories: mainstays, granddaughter,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Magic of a Mountain Climb
...Rocky trail Fallen trees Fresh scent of pine leaves Scattered acorns Wild blooms Thundering sounds of a graceful brook Brightly red Cylindrical Snow flowers Show-stoppers for enthusiasti......

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Categories: mainstays, joy, mountains, nature, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Nobel Lionized Matriarchy
...Freely forming metrical mainstays poetic occasion to phrase the fairer and gentler sex, thus the following turns of phrase to bestow acknowledgement regarding wonderful wise ways of collectiv......

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Categories: mainstays, angel, appreciation, celebration, inspirational,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member If Ever I Had a Country : Lx and Lxi
...IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LX - LXI The Yijing says : " If the common folk commit crimes, the fault for them shall reside with this one person (i.e., the Sovereign) himself… " Transl. R. J. Lynn......

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Categories: mainstays, bullying, immigration, leadership, people,
Form: Dramatic Monologue



Announcement Prayerful and Frolicsomely Playful: Or, a Canticle I Think I'Ll Be
...A canticle I think I'll be, A rimed thought, hoary and ancient, Stinking as the dust heaped up empyreal on the hills of The Judean sands; And as dulled and dimmed as an archaic coin tarnish'd.......

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Categories: mainstays, absence, adventure, allegory, anger,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Mighty Oak Tree, Its Acorns Fed Many
...Mighty Oak Tree, Its Acorns Fed Many (A Native American Food Source) Hard-cast shell flung down in Fall, food for man and beast nuggets of forested treasure, Nature sprinkles its bounty ......

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Categories: mainstays, creation, history, humanity, native
Form: Verse
An Ex-Californian's Lament
...My world is disappearing beneath this blanket of snow and cold, As I sit here remembering times, before I began to grow old. Times when every day meant a walk on the warm beach, Never did I suspect t......

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Categories: mainstays, friendship, life, life, life,
Form: Rhyme

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