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Old Hand Poems - Poems about Old Hand


Premium Member An Old Hand Reveals Itself
I see no sign of forced entry... just copper suns and cornflower blue, have you been here all this time? I cannot recall inviting you, and now all my voices are a chatter, with threats I cannot construe. ...

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Categories: old hand, confidence, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member A Hand In Time
I view my hand. I see an ancient land. A melanomic crater, deep in the desert, speaks of greedy sun-soaked days. Wanton then. Gone now. Sparse wispy palm trees cluster, storm ravaged, angled randomly, now almost invisible, now silver in the light. Ravines compressed in lines symmetrical, as from space, appearing geometric, requiring translation, needing understanding, awaiting exploration. Ahead, beyond the fault line, mountains expand and converge, blue-edged and rising high above...

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Categories: old hand, age, memory,
Form: Free verse



The Old Hand Saw
A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry. I took it with me everywhere 'til pure gave way to power, and through the years it waited, I could never give it...

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Categories: old hand, inspirational,
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
...for Ted Kooser It belonged to my dad. More antique than useful it lay in my tool box begging to be used. Soaped and sharpened so many times before use, its blade was now dull and lifeless. I took it with me everywhere I went 'til pure gave way to power, and through the years it waited, I could never give...

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Categories: old hand, father,
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
...for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry. I took it with me everywhere 'til pure gave way to power, and through the years it waited, I could never give it up. The...

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Categories: old hand, tribute, writing,
Form: Verse



The Old Hand Saw
...for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry. I took it with me everywhere 'til pure gave way to power, and through the years it waited, I could never give it up. The...

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Categories: old hand, tribute, writing,
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
...for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry. I took it with me everywhere 'til pure gave way to power, and through the years it waited, I could never give it up....

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Categories: old hand, dedication, devotion, friendship,
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
...for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry. I took it with me everywhere 'til pure gave way to power, and through the years it waited, I could never give it up. The...

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Categories: old hand, inspirational, uplifting,
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
...for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry. I took it with me everywhere 'til pure gave way to power, and through the years it waited, I could never give it up. The...

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Categories: old hand, inspirational,
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
...for Ted Kooser A reminder of my father; more antique than useful it was tucked inside my tool box ever ready to be used. Soaped and sharpened many times the blade was keen and hungry. I took it with me everywhere 'til pure gave way to power, and through the years it waited, I could never give it up....

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Categories: old hand, father
Form: Verse
The Old Hand Saw
The Old Hand Saw ...for Ted Kooser It belonged to my dad. More antique than useful it lay in my tool box begging to be used. Soaped and sharpened so many times its blade was dull and lifeless. I took it with me everywhere I went 'til pure gave way to power, and through the years it waited, I could never...

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Categories: old hand, fatherold, old,
Form: Verse

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