Unsure of Cell or Shore
...We made our padded rooms,
Trampoline parks for a time,
For bouncing off the walls,
With a crash into the side,
Those clouds our leather breakers,
Of eroding rolling rows,
Salty tongues of the s...
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Categories:
overhang, confusion, loneliness, lost, mental
Form: Free verse
Winter Vine
...Note-Practice Run
in the barren days of winter
a leafless vine
wraps herself into his arms
wildly and calling
climbing his walls and trellises
as snow and ice overhang
white on white
creep...
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Categories:
overhang, nature, winter,
Form: Free verse
Still Motoring Along
...
A happy old camper, still motoring along
My life has been better than most
How come I'm blessed with such good fortune
Maybe cause I eat Shreddies by Post
A good breakfast is the mo...
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Categories:
overhang, happy,
Form: Rhyme
The Platypus
...
The creek was the color
of weak tea, a bronze brew
that filtered light to bathe
the bottom in the soft glow
of an autumn morning.
Even after a long summer,
the water was still high
up the...
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Categories:
overhang, animal, mythology, water,
Form: Free verse
Cling
...Head buried beneath the wind,
hung, grasping an overhang,
hug the thin bones of wiry tussocks.
At the moor's edge
where the cliff-drop, gnaws at the sky,
a jutting ledge raises it hackles,
fi...
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Categories:
overhang, poetry,
Form: Free verse
RAVENGERS WE ARE ALL FISHERMEN AT--Lake, Rivers, Oceans and Streams
...ravish so the hooks unleash
the fish from it's scales as such anchor hoist
rods and nets overhang the breach deck
gatherings of the bounty fins fish aplenty
fish for food yet man for...
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Categories:
overhang, allusion, analogy, caregiving, community,
Form: Light Verse
The Perennial
...The Perennial
On an overhang, where the mountain slopes gently towards the lowland and the sea
there is a crooked tree with long roots embracing the mountain
Is the plant an asp or a birch, t...
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Categories:
overhang, best friend, creation, devotion,
Form: Blank verse
The River Mystery
...Dry river mystery
The river in the domestic landscape was not as big
as it used to be, for years, the rain upland fell sparsely
when the hot summer came, the river dried up.
The river bed was...
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Categories:
overhang, angst, august, corruption,
Form: Free verse
The Balcony
...An overhang might be a mystical spot,
where shattered hearts can be recuperated,
Hidden trusts are given fresh life,
The shouts of torment are discernible,
The sky is seen through a b...
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Categories:
overhang, analogy, beautiful, meaningful, sky,
Form: Free verse
The Precipice of the Unknown
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"What is our life but a succession of preludes to
an unknown song whose first word is surrender."
Quote by _Constance
My life has been one of high cliffs and deep d...
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Categories:
overhang, introspection,
Form: Verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 86
...“Have you noticed the pounding against the opening of the cavern,” Lumi asked him?
“I have,” Joulupukki responded. “Whatever it is seems to be trying to force their way in. I would say they a...
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Categories:
overhang, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
December
...dull
dark
December day-
devastation's depression
descends
makeshift banks
overhang into drifts-
snow falls icy blue
the tiles dusted with snow-
trickle down rivulets
fill the rain but...
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Categories:
overhang, december,
Form: Pastoral
Swarm Sigh
...You arrived on a splendid December day, as I recall.
I relived when we came home; I let out a large sigh.
I put my elbows on the overhang facing a mountain wall.
I sighed again vowe...
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Categories:
overhang, analogy, blessing, character, cheer
Form: Rhyme
Chased By An African Grootslang
...Chased by a South African grootslang,
Thrown in the air with a pop and a bang,
He yelled “Help! I am being EATEN! Dang!”
Grootslang chomped him in half with one fang.
I screamed bloody murder w...
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Categories:
overhang, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Limerick
Climb
...clouds tumble over peaks damp air chews chill skin
fingers grip their bones no retreat or trace of steps
snaking tongues of mist race upwards leaden cloud overhang
two worlds press
hammer hands ...
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Categories:
overhang, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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