Short Knoll Poems

covered up on the grassy knoll ~ a delorean car’s riddled with holes...

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beautiful flowers
there... upon a rocky knoll
safe from human hands...

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from this sunlit knoll
moss covered Garry Oaks watch
river dance below...

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lying on her hill top knoll
the great Pyrenees half dreams  
doing what she was born to 
as alpaca sleep...

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Behind a broad fence
A grassy knoll in Dallas
Lone sniper waited
Changed the course of history
Possibly went scot-free, too.

June 14, 2021...

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dewy sunset floats

with bright orchids and garlands---

veiling mother's knoll




Haiku no titles, theme NATURE
For Mick Talbot's Contest   4/17/2018...

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Kennel brimming with dogs,
kibble and bits main dish,
kneel down get doggie kiss,
knoll walk a special treat,
kinetic happy feet,
know they need family,
kindly adopt they're free.



3-8-17...

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Woman is a landscape
Soft and silent next to me;
Her hills and valleys,
Her forest and knoll.

Dawn stirs.
Time will
Fashion dark into gold,
Along a silent thread transmit
Its chemical metamorphosis....

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Shepherd boy seeks out a green knoll
   Close by a clear watering hole
Sheep lazily graze after noon
   Eyes heavy, the boy slumbers soon
Whoa, What? -- He wakes up with a start
   Sheep's skin, by a wolf torn apart...

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The vanishing key

First, he made a frame
Then he made the door
He painted it blue, 
Put it on top of the knoll
One day he walked through 
And locked it.
When he returned 
He couldn`t find the key
Hence he never got home....

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Barely awake on a sun showered knoll,
Elapses does time though no thought of it I've stole.
Am I awake with a fish in my mouth?
Right or wrong I care not what it’s all about.

*If I Was Animal What Would I Be* Contest
Matt Caliri...

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She’s a stolid sentinel standing on the rugged knoll
Standing silently, alone, like an old, weathered soul,
Over many years she has seen taken a dreaded toll
Many an admirer of hers has championed her goal.

written January 25, 2022...

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verdant grassy knoll,  cardinal flying warm summery sun
lullaby ready buzzing of jet plane, gorgeous memories
scent of sweet lilacs, drone of lawnmower and songbirds trilling

Written 5-23-2020
Contest: Let the Pens Flow - Sijo
Sponsor: Jenish Somadas...

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From deep beyond the canyon rim,
Appearing at first night;
The moon appears upon a whim
And relays its borrowed light.

Then rising there above the knoll,
Through wisps of misty white;
The moonlight falls as flakes of snow
Upon the countryside.

~M...

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My heart is a charcoal gray
With silver specks in the sun
Tomorrow is New Year's Day
And this old year, my dear, is done

A bit of moss on the north knoll
The hills of my heart burrowed through
And I'm cramming hope in the holes
Just like the woodpeckers do....

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Brave hearted, an ambitious soul

Raving beauty, tip of the knoll

Intellectually tops the poll

Thoughtful friend, able to console

Thinker, for deep answers she’ll troll

New adventures in her life stroll

Exceptional, she has big goals 

Yearns for actions that make her whole...

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Two sticks by the oak
Trimmed and prepared for battle
On a grassy knoll

On the playing field
With one hand behind our backs
Sticks cross left to right

In the round we dance
The fields sway, trees clap their hands
We duel and laugh


(Caleb and I playing in the front yard when he was 4 years old.  Now we duel with 
wooden and plastic swords.)...

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Sunset spill,
Evening thrill,
Serenade,
Creeping shade,
Summer stroll,
Frog on bole,
Moonlit trees,
Pleasant breeze,
Hoot owl hour,
Rose power,
Rich red Mars,
Porch guitars,
Wild chatter,
Lavender,
Limpid moon,
Cry of loon,
Starry park,
Plum hued dark,
Hued flora,
Scent aura,
Teal ducks quack,
Love is back!
Grassy knoll,
Dreams unfold....

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gorgeous funky artwork that honors nature
a bit of human body, lovely petals and a sassy grassy knoll
perky white flowers with hint of fluorescent green
makes my heart sing makes me want to dance
sunshine centers give me a memory of my first quilt
I smile as I remember pixie sprinkles and faerie grass
 I thank this artist, glad she is sharing her gift....

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Though much maligned, patiently, I wait
for the fall of beauty to be enthralled
and rest within my iron gate, 
where love and innocence is recalled.

I have wrapped your hull in gentleness
and adorned your amorphous soul,
entombed, in wombed, guardian I, rock you 
bringing fond memories which coalesce
and ensorceled lullabies to this knoll.
Dark is the glamour which bids you adieu....

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Extra bitter are the tannins found in this ink
My ignorance caused this heart to sink
Remembering you waving on a grassy knoll
Ice is all that covers it now just as it does my soul
To think I saw something behind an arm, it was bent
Found to be just as fake as the poser that placed resent
But saturated I was in the possibility of who
All opportunities to rekindle squandered by you...

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The moon is so large and has a yellow hue
Creating a mix of shadows all about
The dormant tree stands its ground without a clue
What evil surrounds, darkens without a doubt
Underneath the tree is a blank staring troll
Waiting for the lost people to climb this knoll
Only ravens come to visit this dark tree
Scaring and frightening most everybody

Russell Sivey...

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And so as to contingent plaintiff's skoal,
I registered defenses as to knoll,
no day dreams to combine, out of control,
observance of regret, no time to toll!

And so I spied tomorrow, wisdom's goal
forever, as God signing, here to foe.
My courage intertwining met the role
the Mother, left to pining, her extol!

The Mother, left refining risk of owe ~
the Mother, God's designing . . . of a soul!...

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Heart and soul, not half a role
as God encompassing my knoll
I have in Thee confirming hold
as spirit's new convening told!

So settlement is Thy revere
my own grace pleading asks me here
can I keep needing while Thee veer
my whole believing, not austere!

A space for heeding of Thy cheer
that private, leading, not of fear
denotes my will, as God declares
your love in mine, HIs wholeness ~ cares!...

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If home is where the heart is
  My home lies far away
Though I may live in Illinois
  Returning home's my goal some day

For now I bide my time and wait
  Until the coast is clear and bright
And on that day I'll sail away
  To live a life that's pure, upright

In her embrace, deep in my soul
  She takes me home to grassy knoll
And beckons me with soft refrains
  Come back again, your love remains...

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