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Souter Poems - Poems about Souter

My Father's Hand
...My Father’s Hand! My father left me when I was a baby and all that remained of him… was his hand! The hand that edged its way into the last photo he took of me! As I grew, I used to study tha......

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Categories: souter, betrayal, family, father, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
She Wanted More
...She Wanted More! He shut the car door with a hush; she closed her side of the car with a statement. He slipped into his seat belt in a measured sense; she slapped-snapped her seat belt on.. in ......

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Categories: souter, conflict, happiness, relationship,
Form: Free verse



The Lie
...The Lie I am an insect waiting to be squashed! I stare hard at the ground as if fascinated, enthralled by it while, above, eyes of cold-cobalt wait to gouge and burrow out any self-belie......

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Categories: souter, anger, anxiety, father, father
Form: Free verse
A Sensitive Man
...A Sensitive Man He was the sensitive, hushed type whose character was often folded inside his pocket, rather than on display. He always felt different but adhered to the rules: school, colle......

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Categories: souter, appreciation, character, emotions, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Further Along
...Further Along Further along you might know some of the answers, further along perhaps you will understand the why. We met on a corner of an afternoon where the sun had stopped to shine; y......

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Categories: souter, love hurts, relationship,
Form: Free verse



The Expert in Death
...The Expert in Death She reluctantly closed the book, locking the painting back inside her mind, then a sudden frisson of emotion, another surreal-reveal moment, and her smile was flint; lips u......

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Categories: souter, death, imagery, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Leaves Are Hushed
...The Leaves are Hushed Alone she stares through a skylight playing I spy with the sky, creating fantastical creatures out of skimming, brimming clouds. Suddenly a shadow swiftly smears a w......

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Categories: souter, death, fear, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Morning Turns the Page
...Morning Turns the Page Night lies softly across the beach, as delicate as a black, silken scarf, while, underneath its dark veil, the sea is blue tissue paper with whitened finger tips wrapp......

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Categories: souter, beach, imagery, travel,
Form: Free verse
Broken Shadows
...Broken Shadows She has always had an energetic thirst for life but now incurious thoughts are strung across her mind and there they hang, a washing line of confusion until a nudge of stretching......

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Categories: souter, confusion, fear, imagery,
Form: Free verse
The Bitter Bite of Night
...The Bitter Bite of Night! Night creeps in sotto voce melding with the mellowing village life. Night, a seemingly mischievous cat, slips along incognito in its prankish mood, teasing any light ......

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Categories: souter, imagery, night, winter,
Form: Free verse
The Journey
...The Journey The journey had been long, the path had been narrow, the afternoon was shortening and my destination crept closer. I walked on. The path still strolled ahead of me and no matt......

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Categories: souter, family, imagery, journey, nature,
Form: Free verse
The House on Lake Maggiore
...The House on Lake Maggiore The house on Lake Maggiore was reality, a physical truth, my imagination became the artist. The day has become a deckchair, gently folding itself up as my walk le......

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Categories: souter, home, house, imagery,
Form: Free verse
A Study in Charatcer
...A Study in Character My aunt…. wears jewellery that winks as she walks and she always has a sharp, shivery look that you pay attention to …just in case! She makes the world around her nervous......

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Categories: souter, character, confidence, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Buttered Fields
...Buttered Fields It was early when she was tickled awake as light eased under the eaves to trickle through a sigh of curtains, to whisper across the bedroom floor, to nudgingly nestle beside h......

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Categories: souter, imagery, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Lone Tree
...The Lone Tree The autumn day had been muffled up in thick scarf and rainproof jacket until darkness, countryside darkness, clambered gradually over the horizon; silence, stillness obediently a......

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Categories: souter, imagery, nature, tree,
Form: Free verse

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