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Reykjavik Poems - Poems about Reykjavik


Premium Member Close Enough for a Thursday
...It’s been a long time since I’ve ventured into this new studio of mine— dust has settled like ashes on the unshelved books and the jars of brushes still packed away in boxes that intimidate me......

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Categories: reykjavik, absence, anxiety, art, courage,
Form: Free verse
ENOUGH
...ENOUGH! I felt deaf from the ‘noise’ of information, constantly butting, buzzing against my mantra of: “The quieter you are… the more you… hear!” At present, my lifestyle felt media manipulated......

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Categories: reykjavik, loneliness,
Form: Free verse



The Last Voyage
...A ship’s last voyage The tank ship that looked like a schooner finally made it from the black sea to Reykjavik in Iceland The ship dry as the dust of the Sahara surrounded by undrinkable wate......

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Categories: reykjavik, best friend, devotion, integrity,
Form: Blank verse
Crossing Lanes
...Happy Hour is one drink short of a buzz, I try to determine the moment it all went sour. I’m looking into the empty glass wondering where the ‘happy’ went, did it dissipate on a curling lip ......

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Categories: reykjavik, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member With a Freezing Ice Pick
...There once was a jockey from Reykjavik Who'd hit his horse with a freeing ice pick -- The horse, it would stumble The jockey, he'd grumble -- "Shut-up, you old nag, I've a charcoal brick!"......

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Categories: reykjavik, horse, hurt, pain,
Form: Limerick



The First Voyage
...The maiden voyage My first voyage on a ship was on an old tanker who took us to Novorossiysk in Russia to load oil for Iceland (Reykjavik.) It was an arduous voyage in the Black Sea, we got st......

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Categories: reykjavik, break up, cute love,
Form: Blank verse
Lauren Steadman
...Lauren is originally a Paralympic swimmer, But her uncle guided her into the triathlon, A third of which involves outdoor swimming, And did her first one in 2011, came second. Born without ......

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Categories: reykjavik, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Jonathan Fox
...Jon always does a Rubix Cube, Before swims for his nerve, He’s a self-confessed motorhead, Loves driving Lamorghini’s. Born on the 30th of May in 1991, With mild Cerebral Palsy, He has a......

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Categories: reykjavik, sports, strength,
Form: Blank verse
Just How Did My Garden Grow .
...Mary , Mary quite contrary How did my garden grow ? You know darned well It's just been hell With Winter's frost and snow . Bought expensive seeds That were colored weeds That grew and grew so......

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Categories: reykjavik, funnygarden,
Form: Rhyme

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