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Sorghum Poems - Poems about Sorghum

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...Fun fact ...got a birth mark the size and color of a watermelon seed on the right lower cheek of my butt. Hence my theme song she's got a freckle on her butt but she's purdy.Now how does this play i......

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Categories: sorghum, family,
Form: Free verse
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...Too bad So sad Chick farm Coon harm Coon harm Alarm Piled thick Plucked chick Bat, Gat Our cats You know Juno Dog guard In yard All day They stay All night Keep sight......

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Categories: sorghum, animal, hero, silly,
Form: Footle



I Miss
...In the midst of fiery crises I miss cool, shady oases O, Fountain, spring forth your fresh water revive my land to evergreen O, Abdim's storks, will you perch my neem? O, white-feather, flaunt......

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Categories: sorghum, deep, desire, feelings, future,
Form: Free verse
Birds
...With a vision one should be silly trying to match, Eyes able to three hundred and sixty degrees search; Scarcely neared and their wings would flutter, Airborne as you try to a syllable utter; To ......

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Categories: sorghum, animal, betrayal, farm, fate,
Form: Rhyme
Ladders Move Me To Laughter
...The fall of sixty-three, I envisioned myself "Miss Sorghum" of our Hancock County Fair. I aced the talent phase on piano but needed practice crossing a makeshift stage in heels. Destiny roared,......

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Categories: sorghum, child, fate,
Form: Free verse



I Don'T Know
...Indefinite infinite confused calm why I'm rambling on cathartic release from a rebellious thorn bloom bloom says he I don't know feelings spinning sprinkling doubt what shall I write about lyric lone......

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Categories: sorghum, abuse, allegory, allusion, angst,
Form: Free verse
Postcards From Ecuador
...The end dear friend is just the entry and he pointed, but he never meant me, it was the old man sat inside me that the message was intended for. I sat and wondered about the door and what was it t......

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Categories: sorghum, best friend, betrayal, books,
Form: Rhyme
Snippets From My Past
...To my hometown of the sixties, I plunge in reverie, recalling where I found myself in nineteen sixty-three. Each fall, the biggest thing going - was going to the fair. My town's the Sorghum Cap......

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Categories: sorghum, 11th grade, celebration, culture,
Form: Couplet
A Dream of Summer
...(after Giosue Carducci) I dreamed of gentle things. My freshman year, a room where sun poured in, freedom from books, the thundering carts on cobbles in the via, a wreath of sorghum round my......

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Categories: sorghum, nostalgia,
Form: Quatrain
Shadow Eyes
...As I walked through the valley of shadows A west wind kicked up leaves all around But the ground had an absence of shadows Moon and stars were obscured by thick clouds I walked slowly, alone in......

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Categories: sorghum, anxiety, fear,
Form: Rhyme
The Man Called Christ
...In his day he came riding on a colt As he came by a unique name called Christ His life spiced the world with eternal salt And made him to be forever a Priest He sustained his life with much of ......

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Categories: sorghum, christian,
Form: Sonnet
An Ode To My Grandmother-Jane Mvula
...[This is an advanced version of a poem that I wrote on the 5th of February 2008, titled "The 15th of June" in commemoration to my late Grandmother, Jane Mvula] _______An Ode To My Grand(Moth......

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Categories: sorghum, absence
Form: ABC
The Fall My Zipper Broke
...The fall of sixty-three, an incongruity! I saw myself on a Queen's float, a title rare - "Miss Sorghum" of our Hancock County fair. I aced the talent part - piano was my art; but needed practice ......

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Categories: sorghum, 11th grade, humor,
Form: Rhyme
From Abor To Columbus
...Gods of my Birthwaters I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my soul) I am never without it (anywhere I go you go with me) and whatever are my thoughts (you are in the thoughts) Gods of m......

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Categories: sorghum, adventure, introspection, people, tribute,
Form: Blank verse
My Favourite Dish
...It tastes like heaven, with dripping cheese, Pizza tempts me like sorghum does bees. Mouth is overwhelmed by the deliciousness, I am completely allured by the lusciousness. Delectable, scrumptious, m......

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Categories: sorghum, food, me,
Form: Rhyme

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