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Priory Poems - Poems about Priory


Priory Woods 2022
I walk through the pristine green Follow the footpath around And finally arrive at the unkempt Natural burial ground. The field has matured over The past ten years The Hawthorne now overshadows The seat where I shed my tears. Just a wild meadow now No memorials or stones Just a small wooden pegs Over each repository of bones. I kept my promise to you, To survive...

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Categories: priory, lost love, memorial,
Form: Rhyme
Priory Woods June 2012
It's like a traditional meadow, Mixed grasses tossed and blown Bobbing and swaying until the day It's high and ready to be mown. There are thistles, buttercups, clover, Such a mixture to make a tasty hay I do hope it won't be wasted come That eventual harvest day. The little Hawthorn sapling Has blossomed a shade of Of pink or maybe even red Am not...

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Categories: priory, absence, lost love, memory,
Form: Rhyme



Priory Woods March 2012
Not a wood yet, just sapling trees with the circle of friends around, mostly plots still unfilled but here and there a freshly turned mound. And it’s here she rests where she asked to be under wide open skies and the shade of a tree. And it is such a peaceful place, a pleasant walk when I visit every week and just sit and talk. There is...

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Categories: priory, cancer, death, grave, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Imperfect Life
Away from trouble away from strife Away from chaos that is this life Where will I go to heal my soul? Peaceful place that will console. Priory stands immune to noise Walk through door there am poised Threshold of silence deeply profound My soft footfall will make no sound. Inside it's cool with thick stone wall Busy life faded am now enthralled Away from trouble...

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Categories: priory, conflict, encouraging, motivation,
Form: Couplet
Tree At Coniston Priory
I saw your wet dog face emboldened as a Herald upon your missing limb. His thick creases deeply lined between his nose, eyes and gaping mouth. The creviced, cutting, contours ran a moist mist black on your thick fur. I trace a finger in your dog's mouth and feel it's bark. Put both my palms round heavy jowls...

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Categories: priory, beautiful, beauty, creation, earth,
Form: Free verse




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