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Obelisk Poems - Poems about Obelisk

Architecture of anthropological anteaters
...The day the hour, The meat the shower, Show no oscillating octopus to an octagonal obelisk and eat a Greek tortilla upside down in a second. It is wiser to tread lightly in a miller’s abode. Round ......

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Categories: obelisk, aubade, beautiful, bird, blessing,
Form: I do not know?
Fresh Catch-In Memoriam
...Dust shrouds the peeling varnish on the old church pew as Noah (first of his namesake, last of his namesake) thumbs an overripe orange in his patchwork coat pocket. The preacher, made an obelisk ......

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Categories: obelisk, america, bible, christian, corruption,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member GNRT DAY 24 RUGBY
... Today’s trip was all in North Dakota…from Minot to Grand Forks On our way to a city named f Lakota we made a stop in the little town of Rugby, North Dakota. Rugby has a valued place in the hea......

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Categories: obelisk, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member More War: 24
...This is constructed in the CUBE16 style I created several years ago. As conscripts March and war is nigh, fear grips men’s hearts. Stern looks belie. Their ears are filled with rifle shot.......

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Categories: obelisk, angst, war, world,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tapestry of Life
...  January 22, 2024 ____________________________________ Divergent viewpoints can arise Whilst triumphant variously savor Glorious tune of achievement, Gain glo......

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Categories: obelisk, analogy, appreciation, beauty, dream,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member In the obsidian abyss, I melt, feeling the warmth that embraces me
...In the obsidian abyss, I melt, feeling the warmth that embraces me, Awaiting the flight deep within me, a dream without any hope to measure. Beside my own self, inseparable in this boundless world,......

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Categories: obelisk, bird,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Perched Glacier Debris
... in winter of congealed land the poignant stream froze in the desolate valley of chilled flowers unseen in the hills of blues the spring of revived longing melted glacier of innate hearty c......

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Categories: obelisk, love, metaphor,
Form: Suzette Prime
Premium Member The Object
...How many objects were there? And of those that remain. Then from the great Moon An ageless quote came. About an unknown led goat. The swan song was not played. A Small Obelisk of note. Rock An......

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Categories: obelisk, analogy, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Golden Eggs
...Oh, Mark was such a foolish and sluggish young man. His mother sent him away with everything she can. Go sell our last sheep and fetch me some money. So we can buy clothes and food, mu......

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Categories: obelisk, 12th grade, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Graveyard
...Time's flowing tributary; the future changes the past. Our burial cortege concludes its course at the graveyard. Falling leaves collapse, crafting new fates; feel the weight of dust. S......

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Categories: obelisk, allusion, anger, bereavement, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Utopian Way
...To exist within a utopian society is Of great opportunity. A perfect way Where existing means living by Obligations to the utopian way. A deep desirable Devotion must be Counted of the char......

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Categories: obelisk, celebration, character, life, love,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Nature's Treasures
...Nature's Treasures She sees their crowns had impressively grown Taller than the obelisk now merely ancient stone Deepest green......

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Categories: obelisk, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Streets of Olde Salem
...My footsteps echoed the echoes of Time as through the streets of Salem I walked. The hour was early and the city still asleep with only a cat sitting quietly on a cold granite sill, the sky slowl......

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Categories: obelisk, halloween, history, october, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Renascence
...Darkness still needs to be a portion of the sky, It symbolizes grasping the cosmic matrix.  Alas, it did not rise by a twist. It's the basics, As morrow never rolls to spell crux truth......

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Categories: obelisk, analogy, bereavement, destiny, inspirational,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Poem To Nefertari
...Behold Queen of Priestesses I bow my head in your sanctuary Of cool stone, circling your obelisk Receiving roses and papyrus to cover my breasts of aching love and thorns Glyphs pierce my sk......

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Categories: obelisk, africa, history, inspirational, light,
Form: Ode

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