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Shovelful
Shovelful Poems - Poems about Shovelful
Embarrassment
...Last week, I walked up to a woman, My arms encircling her un-notified waist, After stiffly pointing out to some man His not- funny miscalculations from childish haste… Only yesterday was traili......
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Chinedum Ekwobi
Categories:
shovelful,
character, emotions, hate, hurt,
Form:
Rhyme
Discomforted Summer
...Spring passed here is Summer at last, not her last lasting grief, summer’s relief cool waters flow seasons surpass dictates of time as we tread water especially her spouse he finds sli......
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Kim Rodrigues
Categories:
shovelful,
grief,
Form:
Free verse
Winter Snow
...gray like Winter snow — the endless shovelful of dreary sky 1/16/2019......
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Kim Rodrigues
Categories:
shovelful,
weather,
Form:
Monoku
Joy Within
...Where has that joy source gone the one I thought was infinite taken for granted dried up like youth One shovelful of dirt after another one disappointment too many finally crushing that littl......
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Line Gauthier
Categories:
shovelful,
bullying, depression, dream, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
The Long Burial
...With a strange, strangled gasp, we gulp the cold air Crisscrossed by bats in their mad zigzag dash From out of this cave, out from under this trash That suffocates us, up our noses and hair; Blin......
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Henrique Oliveira
Categories:
shovelful,
assonance, death, grave, life,
Form:
Italian Sonnet
Grave Thoughts
...GRAVE THOUGHTS unseen even though protocol states 6 feet under all along walking up to the stone pushing up daisies with my feet until his mate fades away and a fresh dig eve......
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Kim Rodrigues
Categories:
shovelful,
grave,
Form:
Free verse
Blanket of Fluff
...BLANKET OF FLUFF a halo of snowflakes ****** encircles my * crown * ********* alights on brisk hair f l u t t e r s on lashes dus......
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Kim Rodrigues
Categories:
shovelful,
art, snow,
Form:
Free verse
Castle On a Hill
...There was a castle on a hill It only took hours to build Buckets and buckets of sand Two pairs of children's hands A vacant high spot on the beach Just out of the low tides reach Two kids, pl......
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Daniel Turner
Categories:
shovelful,
beach, creation, fun,
Form:
Rhyme
Trainge Dreams
...I dreamed I was a porter carrying bags that weighed a ton. Quickly answering in the Club Car when anyone called, "Hey Son"! I dreamed I was a conductor punching tickets neat as you please. Wa......
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Dan Cwiak
Categories:
shovelful,
dream, fantasy, imagination,
Form:
Rhyme
The Gravedigger
...He never did see a face though only a board width away, yet remembers feeling privileged, spending those last few moments while trying so hard to find the softer soil to lessen the impact upon the......
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Harry Horsman
Categories:
shovelful,
pride,
Form:
Haibun
The Snow
...The snow doth fall upon my face with cool spots of icy water that soon melt from the heat of 98 point 6 The snow fills my bird bath 'til it piles up and creates a dome no bird will negotiate ......
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Preston Hill
Categories:
shovelful,
friendship, inspirational, life, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Texas
...TEXAS Is a vast place, bigger than France, and in many ways much more interesting. El Capitan reef, the Pecos, the Panhandle, all conjure up more imagination Than a truckload of Monma......
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Sidney Beck
Categories:
shovelful,
places
Form:
Light Verse