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Settles Poems - Poems about Settles

As The Dust Settles
In the beginning, we burned bright, brighter than any suns or stars could ever dream of, but even suns and stars eventually burn out. You were taken from this world, from me, far quicker than should be allowed. For every plan of the future we made together came and went as nothing more than a reminder of the emptiness you left behind. An...

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Categories: settles, death, farewell, grief, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Night Settles In
A woman is burned to death on a NY subway train Yawn Murderer Mangione raises $200k on Go-Fund-Me Yawn Homeowner is...

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Categories: settles, dark, day, death, night,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Where Silence Settles
If I was to speak, would my words pierce the thick silence surrounding me, or would they disappear within it? Not every sound carries through this stasis, which feels thick with something hidden. I watch crowds of people go by, untouched, as if my pulse were floating, lightly, my whisper a soft murmur, always just out...

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Categories: settles, introspection, longing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Long and cold shadows embrace the earth, as darkness slowly settles down
Long and cold shadows embrace the earth, as darkness slowly settles down, Soon there will appear corners where the light will no longer dare to enter, And the river, covered in its autumn coat, will wear fallen leaves like a regal garment. My walks grow shorter, their paths constricting, Tightening into an ever-diminishing circumference around my home. I feel a...

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Categories: settles, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The dust settles
Kenya changes forever Not in transition but out of pressure Built and passed on through the bloodline Until it sufficed to stiffen a generation’s spine The gloaters are deflated of their dares And will never again conceal the affairs For they tried on us the bait and hook But now all shall be an open book But we must...

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Categories: settles, freedom, god, rights,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member When the Dust Settles
Leave them off the tombstone, carve my verse into a tree; Write my words beneath the pier; Maybe fold them in a bottle and toss it out to sea; When the dust is all that’s left of me; Brand them with a lighter somewhere along the railroad tracks; Hold my prose and recall every word; Reread them when it’s quiet, you can...

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Categories: settles, emotions, poets, words, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Twilight Settles In
Twilight settles in after the wind drops off when the lightning bugs flash on and off and the crickets ratchet up their screeching later, still as a cemetary ~ dead of the night...

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Categories: settles, dark, light, silence, sound,
Form: Imagism
When the Dust Settles
The tears fall freely, caught up in lifes' grip. The blood-kin drama, from whose cup we sip. The free-love sixties, fell to dis-favor. With love abanded, and gold as savior. The great destruction, like a lightning burst. If technology, proves to be our curse. For mans' survival, will find a return. To the natural, and moral discern. Finding the shining, of simple virtue. Avoiding the things, so good they hurt you. The great revival, of a...

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Categories: settles, life,
Form: Rhyme
When the Dust Settles
Just beneath the surface We feel the unease There's a moment of awareness; it's cognitive dissonance It hard to acknowledge a personal disease So we scream loudly with our first emotional impulse We quickly shame the opinions that don't coincide It's easier to focus on the “privileged” Rather than discerning the truth about the realities in life Guilt becomes an overwhelming emotion Revealing...

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Categories: settles, america, angst, appreciation, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Settles Little Sparrow Resting-
little sparrow in the tree tweeting twilighting nesting on a limb ~ meandering so methodically glows bright settles lit sparrow ~ sitting on the tree morning light shines light on sparrow broad chest 4/12/21 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr ©2021...

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Categories: settles, abortion, adventure, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Haiku
A New Sunshine
This day takes off, refreshingly Drifting in umber humility Mewling riotously, in cheer While, reap colors squint near Shockingly in shades of pink clear Evening advances in bliss upon From that point on The night moon Sparkles in splendid, yellow radiate As dusk settles over sky precipitate The metaphorical night fell upon us She was loaded up with adoration...

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Categories: settles, blessing, sun,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Winter Settles In
Once winter comes it settles in Hugs the ground a second skin Thick blanket of snow uncovered 'til Spring Puddles iced over biting wind on the wing Chilled to the bone we head wearily home A crackling fire indoors ~ Autumn's no more...

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Categories: settles, farewell, snow, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Earth Settles
earth settles baby settles down we settle our estate settlers were risk takers taking few belongings wives taken from comfort of parents’ homes risk everything risk nothing risk a game in the sixties everything granted grant’s tomb visited grant me a wish wishing love toward our planet wishing pandemic would settle down earth settles...

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Categories: settles, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Until the Dust Settles
It's all a lie, never truly settling. In the stark sun's rays it floats weightless, landing of its own accord - disturbed to drift by something as simple as a sigh, then lingering/taunting in its pseudo innocence. No duration of stillness could ever appease memories so easily stirred....

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Categories: settles, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Kristel Settles
Kristel had some old scores to settle for good or for better She had tried the violin with no significant results other Than a crystalline chandelier shattering quite frequently When she raised the bow after too shrieking concertos In search of achievement performance and other’s acclaim It reminded her of Oscar in Grass’ tin drum in which the Protagonist refused to...

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Categories: settles, music,
Form: Free verse

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