Shades Poems - Poems about Shades

Looking over my northern shoulder at the changing shades of day a weak winter sun turning twilight grey teardrops of rain on the window the gentle sigh of the wind storm clouds in the evening sky bring it all back again poring over unwritten letters in the solitude of night a dim lit candle shining star white light telephone silent unanswered candlelight quietly dimmed unwritten letters to...

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When nights are dark you’ll never see the depths of our humanity, but in the light of desert days the shades of death will quite amaze. So if you’ve time to take the trouble sift just once through wreck and rubble - ashen bones of tots will rile, though eyes of rampant killers smile. While starving at their mama’s breast, one wonders whom those...

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some black and white birds light black shades on silver pond summer neat arvo...

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Written: May 03, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand Olena Babak's artwork Spring's Easel Explodes Painting Shades ( It is more convenient to read the poem while looking at the artwork.) ******************* the light shines in the eye of the whirlwind whipping...

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I always see shiny vehicles in all shades of blue. It's sad I dunno how to drive, can never get a clue. But at least I have a drive to not ever be someone untrue....

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Shades of blue are flying in the air and people are gathering from far and near the symbols of the world are hurrying down the street spreading whispers of hope on threadbare knees Shades of blue are floating in the sea riding with the mad waves that is coming after me angry eyes stares heartlessly at me while the chains...

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If you hate me, say it to my face Don't lie or hide in a secret place I'd rather hear the truth, no matter the pain Than be surrounded by deceit and shame Bullies and liars, they tear me apart I'd rather cry alone, with a broken heart Than be with those who use and harass me And bring only darkness and...

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shades of you linger in my heart in variegated blue posted on March 30, 2025...

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Under a smother of dark clouds a city skyline sinks, there will be no starshine the lights of a million windows must drain and replace another blanked out evening. The eyes of stray cats fire up, it is time now for noise to hunt silence down, for the garish to consume the subdued. Shoes, new and old, scuff grime into renovated store fronts, where...

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Shades of Africa: In Black and White Black, the ink of sorrow, stains the page, Of slavery's chains, a bitter, endless rage. Colonial scars, a legacy of pain, Exploited riches, a cruel, enduring rain. The weight of history, a heavy, somber shroud, Where whispers of the past, speak only aloud Of suffering and loss, a tragic, haunting refrain, A shadow of despair, a...

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Blue Shades Handsome, assured, dressed to attract a vulnerable eye, he leans against the storefront window, weight shifted to one hip, signifying a certain ease and restfulness. Too self-conscious, too caught up in his artificial vanity, it’s not likely he knows himself beneath the skin, and fears the thought of wanting to. And so takes refuge behind an ever-changing...

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Shadows drink a wall lamp. Winter switches the porch light on. The cat claims its space beneath curled head and tail. Earlier, a kind of daylight scratched ice into vision, I rummaged into dark corners - I forget what for. Another winter dawn could ransack or houseclean, it all depends on how dark corners can get....

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Mom, Happy Thanksgiving Wishing You Were Here A Tree Grows In The 18th Spot With The 18th Tear That I Shed I Stop On 18th Street To Sing A Song That Is 18 Minutes Long 18 Memories Come To My Head Out Of Nowhere Then I Turn 18 Again And I Rename MySelf Benjamin Button When Some Stranger Named Paul, Who Dwells In...

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Shades of Red The red spectrum of people, Like a beautiful butterfly, Fluttering across the sky, Looking for a bloomed flower. Shades of Red traverse the landscape, Like freshly turned fall leaves, Bright luminosity of red, And the redness covers the whole tree. In the spring time, We wait on Red Tulips, They open like a seasonal door, A period of renew is in-store. Shades of Red...

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