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Roots Poems - Poems about Roots

Roots Without Soil
## I Tonight, I dig up buried footsteps, each stone beneath my feet weighs heavy with goodbye. My shadow walks backward through forgotten maps, following roads that no longer know my name— a compass spinning wild and blind, a voice that stumbles over foreign words. ## II The city erases me as I...

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Categories: roots, political, prison,
Form: Free verse
Decrepit roots still cling
The palace of love we built ~ when our blood still flowed very warm in our veins, is now a crumbled castle — its walls with peeled paints and decayed wood; a jaded clock and faded photographs ...

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Categories: roots, loneliness, lonely, metaphor, old,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Near the Roots
f i r m handshake of S u m m e r leaves and branches frivolous……..carefree the caress of the breeze impressive t a l l sturdy oaks tee hees in the heat, swing twisting flowers ci r c l e a r o u n d playfully near the roots, still dependent on parents comes the first...

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Categories: roots, age, parents, youth,
Form: Etheree
Ancestral Roots The Tree Song
We forget we are like trees, our roots run deep, and far they reach Unseen they mostly are, hidden out of side, so deep Some forget them, and their histories and from where they came Their mothers, mothers, mothers name And their fathers, fathers, fathers name. These roots our foundation, have many names Without them,...

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Categories: roots, analogy, nature,
Form: Other
Ancestral Roots The Tree Song
We forget we are like trees, our roots run deep, and far they reach Unseen they mostly are, hidden out of side, so deep Some forget them, and their histories and from where they came Their mothers, mothers, mothers name And their fathers, fathers, fathers name. These roots our foundation, have many names Without them,...

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Categories: roots, analogy, animal, life, nature,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member THE GIFT OF ROOTS AND WINGS
I remember a blessing we were given as first-time parents… that became our parental battle cry: Together may you give your children roots to grow and wings to fly. But having been parents and grandparents for a while now we’ve come to realize two things… about those gifts we give our children…about their roots and wings. Our thinking has evolved as...

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Categories: roots, children,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Where Roots Diverge
We were once a tide, rushing in pulling back with the rhythm of trust Now, the ocean feels quieter its whispers lost between us I used to need your voice like air in a drowning chest but now silence feels less like absence and more like a friend I’d forgotten Living apart has drawn maps on us lines of independence territories of solitude I see you...

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Categories: roots, break up,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member O, my country, devoured by the shadows of beasts weaving through the roots of time
O, my country, devoured by the shadows of beasts weaving through the roots of time, On your white roads, leading to villages where sadness finds a home under roofs of silence, With the beggar's sack hanging from the weary shoulders of clouds, carrying rains of memories, Today, God wanders through you again, like a silent pilgrim seeking faith...

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Categories: roots, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Tree
Some see your for your beauty But I only see the pain No one at all can see inside Life travels on just like a train So strong you are, so full of life But there's something they can't know Deep inside the roots, a ghost through each season darkness grows A face so unforgiving guilt builds just like a trap It sucks you in,...

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Categories: roots, allusion, anxiety, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Fleeting Moment, Forever Felt
A fleeting glance into a dream A moment so pure and so bright Two energies intertwined Arms wrapped around bodies A mere physical show Of a melding of souls Roots of our Past, present, and future Snake together through our fingertips Almost to tell the universe we exist Pressed into each other We share this experience...

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Categories: roots, 12th grade, dream, fate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member With Every Breath
Pattie! With every breath I am a straight line from point A to B, An unwavering flame with dreams to be free. Like the sun’s ascent, relentless and bold, Or the sunset's glow, quiet but whole. Let me be me, let me breathe, let me rise. Following my dreams beneath shifting skies. Time’s fleeting touch whispers goodbye, Yet I...

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Categories: roots, dream, identity, imagery, journey,
Form: Free verse
My Roots
My Roots Pluck at my green leaves Devour my fruit with gusto Hack at my bark all day Carve your name on my trunk My roots remain steadfast Snip at my blossoms Relish in its colours and scent Stroke my buds and wait Swing on my boughs with glee My roots remain steadfast This is my identity This is what defines me Makes me unique Makes me bold My roots...

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Categories: roots, africa, age, allegory, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
ROOTS OF SORROW
In the depth of heartache, where grief was born, Of a sorrow that was made its horn. Where happiness and Joy turned to mourn, And lightness and brightness twisted to dawn. From memory of joy now haunting and taunting with scorn. Its stem was loss, from love that was gone, Where sadness and cry was adorn, Why, Because death was sworn, Why, Because...

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Categories: roots, cry, death, death of
Form: Rhyme
Roots
Beneath the soil, where light cannot reach, Roots stretch out in secretive silence, Unseen, they twist and curl, Drawing life from the depths, A quiet connection to the earth’s pulse. They reach through layers of history, Past the remnants of ages long gone, Grasping fragments of ancient stories, Whispering to the present through their touch. Each root a vessel of memory, A map of what...

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Categories: roots, nature,
Form: Free verse
Immense love for family
There is immense love for family, But sometimes it is difficult to express, Within you know, how much you feel blessed. It is tough for you to confess, How much you are attached. You may live miles away from them, But you know your roots well. There will always be a special place for them, As within, an ocean of love dwells. ...

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Categories: roots, desire, family, feelings, home,
Form: Rhyme

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