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Paralleling Poems - Poems about Paralleling


Premium MemberVan Gogh's Undergrowth And Two Figures

...He walks alone in silence as the ghost in his mind wants to come alive

Trees and wildflowers at his side, 
paralleling nature’s  balance
and symmetrical harmony, 
as the yellow faces and hollow...
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Categories: paralleling, art, beauty,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberIN HIS GLORY: MY BIRTHDAY, 2025

...Perpendicular!
another year in his grace
paralleling love
in all his seasons
engaged in labors of love
the teacher's teacher:
hey! just look at me!
flowering at 83
blooming in glory!
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Categories: paralleling, allegory, birthday, celebration, destiny,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberPERPENDICULAR AND PARALLEL

...PERPENDICULAR AND PARALLEL
(Apropos Of We Got This)

Another sunrise,
We are perpendicular;
Paralleling life:-

Upright together,
We are parallel in thoughts;
Victory is ours:-

Onward let...
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Categories: paralleling, allegory, encouraging, extended metaphor,
Form: Senryu

Premium MemberSketching the Ballerina

...*** Sketching the Ballerina ***

It is well, quite well after midnight. 
My pup lies fagged on the blanket
    as close to me as possible.
The young ballerina sits slightly slumped
On a bench a...
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Categories: paralleling, angst, anxiety, beauty, dance,
Form: Prose Poetry

Premium MemberLunar Revelation

...Lunar Revelation

Like the moon
seeking fulfillment,
my thoughts hung dangling
in cosmic crescent and yin-yang
spaces of contemplation
until tell-tale gibbous moments
of awareness prefaced 
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Categories: paralleling, allegory, analogy, imagery, metaphor,
Form: Prose



Premium MemberOf Beautiful Morning Glories

...OF BEAUTIFUL MORNING GLORIES…

The ebon night
has slowly waned
and the peaking dawn
waxes as the horizon slowly
raises its eyelid releasing
a sleepy orange glow.
 
Slowly, the giant
earthly...
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Categories: paralleling, allegory, encouraging, faith, metaphor,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberBorn To Fly

...It is something
I've never feared,
I was born to fly.

Born to see cloud shadows
on the ground and the sugar sprinkles
of snow along a ridge,
leading to
the frosting clad Shasta.

Born to s...
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Categories: paralleling, allegory,
Form: Free verse

Conversation

...Listen hear me out
Had to go in His presence of the throne
Not alone 
Surrounded by majestically
Spiritual trombones
Blowing announcing here she comes
Aisle ready thy Kingdom come
Jubilee cere...
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Categories: paralleling, father daughter, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHome Sweet Home

...Haven where solicitous parents hover
		over sick little ones and dispense advice to
		mature ones; an emotional stronghold, not merely an
		edifice one enters for physical shelter.

		Sanctuary ...
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Categories: paralleling, appreciation, home,
Form: Acrostic

Passion's Ruler

...A shot of tequila..
Stare in my eyes.
Sparkling stars
up in the skies.
Paralleling motives.
Hands upon hip. 
Cacoethes whirling.
Undeniable grip.
Passionate sounds.
Decant from my soul. 
Sw...
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Categories: paralleling, love, lust, passion,
Form: Free verse

Two Way Street

...Two way street 
a common road
so much esteemed on the way one go's
Those who build a world with hands
and the bodies beaten to build those plans
Others figure with minds of brilliance 
while ch...
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Categories: paralleling, brother, identity, judgement, love,
Form: Rhyme

The Big Bad Wolf

...Time is going by
Hell is breaking loose
Everybody is running, running, jumping, paralleling by

Bright eyes surround you, they have never, always, sometimes, been waiting
If the stars blink out, the ...
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Categories: paralleling, philosophy, universe,
Form: Acrostic

A Stroll At the Biltmore Estate

...The Student

As I strolled upon the green
and take in the breathtaking view of the front lawn
the onrush of winter geese take on the horizon, 
				waking me to my senses.

The silent roar of t...
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Categories: paralleling, adventureme,
Form: Prose Poetry

Cotton Commercials

...Cotton Commercials
always reminded me of
my grandmother's house
irony cotton paralleling
Ridgfield Park, New Jersey bitterness.
Boiling in decrepit neighborhoods, 
once swarming with Irish and ...
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Categories: paralleling, childhood, places, sad,
Form: Free verse

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