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Shoals Poems - Poems about Shoals


Go to the shoals
Seeing through dreams spoil your eyes Time is your enemy calling your name the sound is deep the lasting stars always the same ghosts haunt you go to the shoals to the mer unburden the choices you made the thickets cant defeat you ...

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Categories: shoals, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ekphrasis On Isles of Shoals
silent sea from afar glazed in admiral and arctic blue softly shifting to pointilism as it rushes to the rocky shore whilst sky in faded ivory and teal spells prelude to April rain rugged rocks in wild brush strokes like dripping ink of British tan and dark khaki blended in tawny and ecru are luminous glossy gems cascading from celestial source like my streaming teardrops as I...

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Categories: shoals, appreciation, art, nature, sea,
Form: Ekphrasis



Muscle Shoals
Incantations swirl in the muddy waters and summon those who hear it to leave their homes and come to the rivers edge. They immerse themselves in something no one can touch, but cannot help but feel. This is the place where dreams die, only to be reborn into legends....

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Categories: shoals, music,
Form: Free verse
Shelling of Shoals
SHELLING OF SHOALS oval souls bleached out pearls shelled stone hearts obscured cryptic undercurrents seaslime backslides enticing Mermaids vice whiteskull prey lays shelved on shoals seaweed eaten greentail beaten tidalpools black sailor coldhole burial ground © Kim van Breda—9 December 2015...

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Categories: shoals, metaphor, ocean,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Lady From Shoals
There once was a lady from Shoals Tenderly tending to her foals Uttered, “What's that I hear? Another post, oh dear No way to keep up with Jack's goals! Yup! She's referring to happy Jackers Churning out poems he's a cracker Really loves what he writes But she has quite a plight She needs more sleep in the sacker She tries catching up with reviews Informing...

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Categories: shoals, fun,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member A Lady From Shoals
There once was a lady from Shoals Tenderly tending to her foals Uttered, “What's that I hear? Another post, oh dear No way to keep up with Jack's goals! Yup! She's referring to happy Jackers Churning out poems he's a cracker Really loves what he writes But she has quite a plight She needs more sleep in the sacker She tries catching up with reviews Informing...

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Categories: shoals, funny,
Form: Limerick
The Shoals
Walking, talking and skipping stones by the shoals Caress, hug me tender while shining bold eyes Sparkle, playful promises until fall fades Sensibility flew Example: Red cheeked boyfriends tenderly kiss me sweet mouthed under Boulder coverlets winter springtime hug me naked laughing & telling girl friends gossip til autumn Translated RED cheeked BOY/friends TEN/der/ly KISS me SWEET mouthed UN/der BOUL/der COV/er/lets WIN/ter...

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Categories: shoals, girlfriend-boyfriend, love, me, sweet,
Form: Sapphic stanza

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