Patio Letdown
there’s something dreary
about a terrasse drenched in rain
can’t help but take it personally
like a missed invitation
to an afternoon drink with friends
or a cancelled party
a dull hush lacks warmth
too early or too late
no one at the rendez-vous
no welcoming sunshine
stood up by the host
a final rinse
the rain lets up
the earth on pause
before the sun breaks through
and sets
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Categories:
patio, nature, rain, sad,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
patio, longing, summer, sunshine, weather,
Form: Monoku
A Patio-Like Place
Behind my building, there’s a spot,
A patio-like place,
With iron benches, tables, too -
A lovely outdoor space.
With flow’ring bushes all around,
It’s someplace nice to sit,
Although on sunny days, I’m sure
That I would sweat a bit.
It’s open to the tenants;
From the basement, there’s a door.
The strangest thing is that I haven’t
Been out here before.
I found it
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Categories:
patio, city, home,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
patio, joy, life,
Form: Senryu
On the Patio With My Daddio
Chillin on the patio me and my Daddio
Jammin on the radio on my Bro's stereo
Then came a loco girl from Cocomo
She wore a thin muumuu doing quite a show
The music got too too loud oh don't you know
Then the Popo made a sudden cameo
They said oh no the radio had to go
Or it was
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Categories:
patio, dad, music,
Form: Rhyme
7:20 Pm, Travis Lovitt Patio At the Right Pillar
The heavens can’t admire themselves
The spotted clouds, and the opaque wavered clouds
Like a light glide of a brush.
Our Lord gifted us with round eyes
That reflect the heavens
And a mind to ponder all his leavened world
Those chutes of bark and bugs
Aren’t impressed by themselves;
Their flat or spiky leaves or truck wide trunk
That I need tools
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Categories:
patio, day, flower, sunshine, thanks,
Form: Free verse
Patio Stones
In a checker board pattern of red and grey
make a small patio near a tree for shade
Enough for two chairs and a short walkway
feeling some pride for the stones you laid
Simple but solid you sit as dogs play
patio stones for a small rest area to relax away.
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Categories:
patio, poems,
Form: Rhyme
The Patio
On the patio, I saw a vision,
it was of a black dog.
Swimming in the ocean
I got caught in the motion,
flowing, flowing, flowing away.
The avens weren't as lively
as I remembered on my patio.
Sick to the stomach,
I fought the worms in the can
that I closed.
Mumbling and hesitating,
I was on the patio of my life.
Eyes
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Categories:
patio, 12th grade, daffodils, deep,
Form: Lyric
Patio Time
Patio Time
By: Miracle Man
December 6 2020
The dense fog scatters as sun rises,
Birds sing, and Fox Squirrels chatter.
Will today’s news bring dire surprises,
or additional fluff that doesn’t matter.
Patio wind chimes now start tinkling,
and northwest breeze causes coffee to cool.
what lies in store today, I’ve no inkling,
God holds the answers, I’m just His tool.
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Categories:
patio, happiness,
Form: Lyric
The Patio
I sit and sip my cold iced tea;
And watch the ships go out to sea.
On the patio blooms crowd me,
While I'm lost in sweet memory.
In shafts of sunshine of my mind,
Go dancers of the phantom kind,
For now and then the past rewinds,
Much too precious to leave behind!
Sunset like one golden cherry,
And sea birds fly about
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Categories:
patio, beautiful, bird, flower, memory,
Form: Lay
The Patio Doors
To go outside on the deck
Two doors must be opened
First the glass door to be unlocked
Then the screen door opens next
Two people working outside
One person inside the house
A person comes to the door
Opens the screen door to speak
"I need a bottle water please"
The person inside the gives the water
Person leaves the door sits on the
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Categories:
patio, funny, giggle, water,
Form: Free verse
I Met Her On a Patio
I met her
on a patio
she sat and read
my poetry
the sun was out
above the honey locusts
I watched her lips
and fell in love
she sat and read
my poems to me
'neath mottled light
the tree's fine leaves so porous
this soul of mine
her words-my own
in one another's
close company
a warm spring breeze
filled air with waves of crocus
and while she read
I
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Categories:
patio, love, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
On a Patio In Central Pennsylvania
On a Patio in Central Pennsylvania
Slowly patiently silently
a stink bug descends
toward my white-haired woman.
She is undeterred
by the imminent intrusion
of this small spot
of Nature’s alien creep.
From where?
Maybe Nature or the bug man
at the nearby college might know.
My wife knits on
Slowly patiently
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Categories:
patio, cancer, insect, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Sparrows On the Patio
Curious bird, feathers ruffled
hopping and bouncing all around
looking for any sign of crumb
that may have fallen to the ground.
Curious bird, happy chirping
relentless scanning for some food.
She finds herself a small helping
of bread to suffice her mood.
Curious bird, small and sleek
cutting through the sky with ease.
You embody my entire desire;
My wishes to fly away; So free.
Curious
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Categories:
patio, bird, identity, life,
Form: Quatrain
To Light the Patio
.
.
Blow
The winds
Thru the trees
Undulating
Breeze
.
.
Light
At night
Shining bright
On the path
Glows
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Categories:
patio, celebration, eve, nostalgia,
Form: Lanterne
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