Palisade Poems

Love, Devotion and Other Memories

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Between Juliet and me
Devotion thrived . . .
We stayed all day and all night
In dark, hidden places, picking watercress for the moon
Together we lived, Juliet and I,
Among worm woods
Frien...
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Categories: palisade, devotion, love, memory,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAN AVIAN WALK

...AN AVIAN WALK

What a peaceful walk!
Palisade-treed-birds, echoing:
Ringing ears silenced:-
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Categories: palisade, life,
Form: Haiku


Premium MemberLET US BE ROAD BOUND

...Let us disembark,
Leaving Middle Passage holes,
Let us hit the road:-

God is our engine,
Motoring us up the way;
Hope and faith fueling:-

Time waits for no one,
We need to hit the pedal;
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Categories: palisade, allegory, analogy, destiny, encouraging,
Form: Senryu

Premium MemberPALASADES OF LOVE: A HAIKU QUARTET

...Trees are gifts from God 
Rooted, trunked, and barked with love—
We are as God’s trees:-

In labors of love,
Let’s palisade life with love—
Our branches shading:-

Let our lovely leaves
Be a...
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Categories: palisade, allegory, analogy, beauty, extended
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberTWO FROZEN REFLECTIONS

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                                    I

 

            Remaining Steadfast Warm

            In the Struggle’s Snow Storm

 

            Looking out up above          

            the ...
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Categories: palisade, allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberOUR KELOID HEIRS

...They are the fruits
of our sown seeds
in the womb of life;

They are the foot-stepped
followers of today’s times
and its challenges;

They are the precious gifts
that our Creator’s love
has...
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Categories: palisade, allegory, black african american,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPalisade Palestine

...Palisades					      Palestine


Raging fires					Raging fires
mansions destroyed				Babies burned
a million tears					the dead cannot cry
the winds are whispering			the bombs are laughing
who ...
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Categories: palisade, america, dark, evil, political,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHELL'S WINTER

...HELL'S WINTER

Palisade fires
canvassing hell here on earth;
hot flames rioting!...
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Categories: palisade, allegory, crazy, extended metaphor,
Form: Senryu

Premium MemberPigman, Pigman, that's us Harrah we Are!

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We all headed off from Chingford, from good old London Town
Us the McGregor Brothers, and 'Pigman' our murdering clown

Leaving the 'Turtle and Monkey' very close to 'Dorset Street'
Whe...
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Categories: palisade, angst, dark, death, destiny,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHudson River Revival

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"Lake Tear in the Clouds" was an indescribably pretty scene
Lewis Pugh hiked in the rain; clouds lifted, he felt serene.
He dove in, swam through hemlock, maple, ash and birch
An adventure start...
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Categories: palisade, adventure, courage, motivation, nature,
Form: Lyric

Under All The Green Becoming's

...This wooded throng of ancient trees,
this green palisade of arboreal memories
bid me dream with them,
as I pass among there overarching spreads.

If a mindful muse, were imagined,
under...
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Categories: palisade, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWhitewashing the Fence

...I've constructed a picket fence around me to keep jackanapes out
Through pickets they can see me, but I never allow them to touch
private parts of me I keep concealed, and don't talk about so much
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Categories: palisade, imagery,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberAutumn Magic

...On a day filled with autumn sunshine
With colours so vividly displayed
Painting a rich picture in texture and colour
Stately pines, towering cliffs, a palisade

Mother Nature's proudest ...
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Categories: palisade, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTo and In the Nature of Awareness Grace

...TO AND IN THE NATURE OF AWARENESS GRACE


A fall morning drive presents an interesting ride.
Looking out into he roadside forest palisade,
Eyes fall upon two age-old stoic trees still clothed
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Categories: palisade, allegory, hyperbole, imagery, life,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberCliff

...Cliff
On sea cliffs walks a breath of grace
Windswept wonder splashed on her face
Sun shadows dance around her feet,
Delight in this sandy retreat,
Green parasol, like flower blooms
Floral scen...
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Categories: palisade, beauty, flower, sea, summer,
Form: Couplet

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