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Short Richmond Poems

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


A Gentle Wind
Never shout into the void
  —when you can whisper to the heart

(Richmond Virginia: April, 2019)...

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Categories: richmond, voice,
Form: Free verse



All Wonder Returned
Writing for the ages,
—not for the agent

Answers became questions,
—all wonder returned

(James River Writer’s Conference
  Richmond Virginia: October, 2016)...

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Categories: richmond, writing,
Form: Free verse
Heaven's Wings
Power…
  the father of choice

Emotion…
  the mother of love

Freedom…
  lost child of betrothal

Returning
  —on wings from above

(Richmond Virginia: April, 2019)...

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Categories: richmond, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Beyond Your Grasp
One of life's challenges
is to find your own speed

Where travel is constant,
 destination in sight

Too fast,
 and yesterday abandons your future

Too slow,
 and memory stretches beyond your grasp

(Airplane to Richmond 10/14/2016)...

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Categories: richmond, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Community Pool In Richmond
Paper art was tongue steeped wet,
Midnight’s swim in gel.
Tactile only silhouette,
Dense unseen new shell.

Dawn’s hot shower could not clean,
Midday’s warmth woke me.
Slow cures had tapped time’s canteen,    
Blotter’s spell rinsed free....

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Categories: richmond, psychological, senses, summer, travel, urban, water,
Form: Quatrain



As You Speak
Your audience may not be able to listen,
  in the fashion that you speak

Your readers may not be able to discern,
  those meanings that you preach

Your lovers may not be able to hold
  your feelings in their hands

Your future may not be able to serve
  —what the present can’t withstand

(James River Writers Conference: Richmond: October, 2016)...

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Categories: richmond, spoken word, words,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rhyming Male Names
These are the male names I rhymed.
It has taken some thyme.
Tome-Jerome, Guillaume
Richard- Redford,Clifford,Conuford
Willard-Gerard,Barnard,Cunard
Wilton, Parton, Clayton, Keaton
Wayne- Dwane,Germine,Jermaine
Rolland-Gilbert,Eabert, Delbert, Norbert
Ronnie- Johnny, Lonnie
Jerry- Barry, Gary, Harry, Larry,Geoffery
Derek- Garrick, Eric, Herrick, Fredrick
Raymond- Grimond, Richmond, Osmind...

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Categories: richmond, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Walking the Line
Blood,
fires from my pen
like a well shot round

14 karat penetration, 
mighty wound of 
self aggression

Letters,
reducing armies 
into a special force

Time dying,
as mortared ink strikes 
the page

The raw edge of battle, 
...new combatants die, 
leaving their mark

Cursive warriors of the
spoken word,
martyred sentinels of a bigger truth,
—walking the line 

(Richmond Virginia: December, 2002)...

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Categories: richmond, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Manatee
Machiavellian schemes besmirch a murky mangrove calm
A propeller breaks the tranquil glass over an underwater farm
Neath the broken still, a peaceful giant stirs with alarm
and no consolation is found as noise churns it's quiet charm

The serene spots need to be augmented for they are our balm
Ecosystems need protection from greedy developers’ harm
Empyrean Earth for all, is in our active palms, giving alms…


(5/12/21: Custom ketch; KKMI Richmond)...

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Categories: richmond, angst,
Form: Monorhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things