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Short Ancestors Poems

Short Ancestors Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Ancestors by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Ancestors by length and keyword.


Premium Member Astronomy
We have lost touch with our ancestors...

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Categories: ancestors, sky, star,
Form: Monoku



Premium Member Woven
We are woven in the likes of our ancestors...

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Categories: ancestors, family,
Form: Monoku
America
America's Ancestors avoided Assault Arms 

12/10/15...

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© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ancestors, america,
Form: Alliteration
Life
Present liferime
 legacy of ancestors
  eternity seeds...

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Categories: ancestors, allegory, allusion, analogy, life,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Skin
I was once told that we are wrapped in skin of our ancestors...

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Categories: ancestors, family,
Form: Monoku



Exile
Land of ancestors.
War destruction army.
Escaped scared hunger....

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Categories: ancestors, war,
Form: Haiku
My Ancestors
I am an old soul,
a projection of my past -
My ancestor's skin....

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Categories: ancestors, introspection,
Form: Haiku
Family Tree
leaves like ancestors
high in our majestic tree
looking down on me...

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Categories: ancestors, family,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Ancestral
ancestral spirits
visiting
her dreams



posted on September 21, 2018...

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Categories: ancestors, dream, inspirational, night, relationship, spiritual, surreal, trust,
Form: Senryu
Ascendant Beings
Ancient beings from afar
Did they bless our ancestors?
Or did they enslave?...

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Categories: ancestors, evil, history,
Form: Haiku
Battlefield
Prickly blades of grass,
Unlike their bent ancestors:
Praise the golden sun....

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Categories: ancestors, nature
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Ancestry Whack-A-Mole
genealogy

family tree treasure hunt—

come to your census





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12/9/2019...

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© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ancestors, family, history, people, tree,
Form: Senryu
Gizzard
Death is when you
Are alive in the shadow
Death is when you can
Sit and sing with your ancestors...

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Categories: ancestors, death of a friend, depression, fairy, farewell,
Form: Quatrain
Irony of Times
blades of grass laugh at
strongest of trees falling down ~
ancestors are crushed



6 September 2021...

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Categories: ancestors, time,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Flows Like a River
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ within my DNA strand culture flows like a river ancestral essence
...

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Categories: ancestors, introspection,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Summer Heat Flashbacks
SUMMER HEAT FLASHBACKS…

Dry heat cracked the ground;
Wet whips cracked ancestors’ backs—
Juxtaposed flashbacks:-...

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Categories: ancestors, allegory, analogy, deep, extended metaphor, imagery, introspection,
Form: Haiku
Last Breath
last breath
thanking the plants and animals
that have sustained me
my ancestors I honor
and the spirit enfolding me...

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Categories: ancestors, feelings,
Form: Tanka
Vanity - Edited
My ancestors searched
for immortality in caves,
trees, and earth. Immortality,
they didn't know, was 
part of them....

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Categories: ancestors, inspiration, inspirational, life, spiritual, vanity, world,
Form: Free verse
Breaking Free - Tanka 6
Awaken to truth
Pain will come but see it through
Dear ancestors wait
Break the chain and elevate
Tomorrow is trusting you...

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Categories: ancestors, appreciation, change, courage, destiny, future, growth, pain,
Form: Tanka
Problems On Earth
if they could see us
 our ancestors in this world
 thinking of the past
 pain, death, and inhumane crimes
 on your world today...

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Categories: ancestors, abuse, anger, angst, change, corruption, dark,
Form: Tanka
Voice of the Ancestors
these branches and roots
that cord to the grave ancients
should be free from man’s swords!
both oracle and priest held for days …...

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© Canny Amah  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: ancestors, fantasy
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member State of Mind
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ princess of our ancestors eyes that lead our future beauty and elegance are a state of mind
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Categories: ancestors, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Egypt
Murky of echoes as ancestors surround them
Dusty whilst heat stuns my skin and breath
The sun settles as the pyramids carve me a memory...

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Categories: ancestors, art, history, places,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Whispers of Our Ancestors
mystical angels graced our home with feelings
found nowhere else and no other time
reserved for Christmas day
whispers of our ancestors...

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Categories: ancestors, christmas, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Lower East Side Tanka
Walking on the streets 
Which my ancestors came to 
To find a better life 
Those gentle folk will always 
Have a place in my hearts'core...

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Categories: ancestors, city, grandparents,
Form: Tanka

Book: Shattered Sighs