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Marquees Poems - Poems about Marquees

FIREFLIES TO NEON
...Verse 1 We were barefoot kids in the ‘Bama heat Chasing fireflies through the summer wheat She laughed like a song, wild and free Holding that jar like it held a dream I'd watch her glow in that......

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Categories: marquees, dream, fate, first love,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Thrust of Dusk
... Pulp wrung out of sunset squeeze Chinese dragon clouds make mandarin marquees Purple curtain shrouds Folks without homes nobody sees Electrified skies spark dust to fl......

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Categories: marquees, absence, allusion, imagery,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Gingham Prison: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road
... (A call for the lights to dim as a single spotlight illuminates the legend Judy Garland, who is center stage. She wears a faded housecoat as her beautiful, brandy brown eyes hold a lifetime of ......

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Categories: marquees, addiction, anxiety, depression, loneliness,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
How Many Times Can One Marry In a Year
...Dashing to the Registry With my bride to be, to be. Under blue skies with blue shoes. Wedding bands and promises, Held tight, till later… I do Fanciful footwork and fireworks The most glori......

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Categories: marquees, feelings, happiness, joy, love,
Form: Free verse
Next of Kin
...On glossy pages generally reserved for stars of stage and screen golden calves lounging casually on cushioned chaises, deities of decadence sunlight streamed in black and white through filthy, film......

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Categories: marquees, celebrity, city, death, depression,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member At the Movies
...‘‘Twas so very long ago. The lights, the colors, the joy. Freedom, laughter. Popcorn but now with distancing? An arm around my shoulder. Ah~ I want all those days back. Wll I ever be free to ......

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Categories: marquees, memory,
Form: Rhyme
A View of New York In the 1950s
...(Dylan Thomas, Oct 1914 – Nov 1953) I as one who has never touched the shining Big Apple – as ruthless then as it's ruthless now – gaze at its romantic pictures moving on my TV screen ......

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Categories: marquees, new york, space,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gazebos
...Millions used to roam across Africa’s plains, But, sadly, not one Gazebo still remains, Yes, unfortunately, they are now extinct, Their fate and Man’s greed, clearly linked. Treasured for their......

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Categories: marquees, africa, animal, environment, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mortal Prose
...The sibilant wind blows over frosted shingles of cracked porcelain. Passed chain link a fissured road wends the dry creek of my mind; downtown the stars are charted at a four-way stop of plywo......

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Categories: marquees, metaphor, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Car Check
...Some days when it is time for work, although still tired I do not shirk, but struggle to get out of bed while thoughts of sleep stay in my head. My workplace is a large marquee that’s put in p......

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Categories: marquees, work,
Form: Rhyme
Rowing Ruataniwha
...Thunderous silence in fresh mountain air Dragonflies land on a mirrored flat lake. A trout breaks the surface with but a swirl Hushed morning stopping to rolling vast cheer. Eight boats of rower......

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Categories: marquees, beauty, mountains, nature, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Slice of Urban Life
...Crowds in Times Square Tourists blend with locals and hit the theatre district hard Keep moving along with the throng or be trampled by their multitude of fe......

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Categories: marquees, eve, urban,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Someday
...As this week closes into hours of pewter night may the moonlight touch your lips while I sleep in the arms of dreams unrefined. Though I may not be with you on misty evenings caved by my......

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Categories: marquees, how i feel, time,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member In the Dark of the Strand
...Marquees are bright with neon lights, where crowds line up for movie night Holding hands, we're in 'The Strand'. The velvet carpet guides us in Popcorn smokes, .. we're drinking cokes,... and cr......

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Categories: marquees, dark, film, history, military,
Form: Free verse
From Times Square
...Dazzling lights Throngs of people Walking through crowded streets Reminds us of why we live here Costumed performers - Bright theatre marquees Seeing those sights brings happiness to......

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Categories: marquees, autumn, urban,
Form: Ballad

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