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Southward Poems - Poems about Southward

Premium Member The Blade of Grass
...The rains are here, relentless as ever The grass blade is excited like never The season of hibernation is over Swirling in water, as a duck dumpling in sauce The blade of grass has come home ......

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Categories: southward, appreciation, earth, life, nature,
Form: Ballad
Alfred the Great modern English translations by Michael R Burch
...KING ALFRED THE GREAT MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS King Alfred the Great (c. 849-899), arguably the first great king of England, may have done more to lay the groundwork for English literacy and l......

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Categories: southward, england, leadership, literature, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Tuirse
...I have been in unequaled turmoil, Overused in my personal trauma, Drowning in tear rivers of tragedy, Soul dipping southward trajectory, But they do not seep from these eyes, Nor do they follow ......

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Categories: southward, dark, grief, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Which Way the Wind Will Whisper
... The compass spins, a restless silver eye, Beneath a sky where clouds drift aimlessly by. We stand at junctions, paths obscured from sight, And wonder which direction holds the light. The wind......

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Categories: southward, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Scorpion's Touch
... “The Scorpion’s Touch” Under glass the sound cuts out sharp just like under water and we run out of breath like insects running around frantically out of time we are ......

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Categories: southward, humanity, muse, mystery,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Winter’s whispers
...Tango dancing, sol and earth, opt to lengthen orbits around which they twirl, separation, taste of death, as icy breeze blowing forewarns … birds to fly southward. Wasps and snakes, both hi......

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Categories: southward, spiritual, winter,
Form: Sapphic stanza
Premium Member Different
...Heavily, I lay down my head. You said this time would be different. As blue as the evening sky, this is true. Each bruise is in a different place. My face faces southward to the lowest degree, ......

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Categories: southward, abuse, addiction, betrayal, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Early Autumn
... The green is turning brown again. Farmers are harvesting their grain. Birds are planning their southward trek. And I'm enjoying awesome sunsets from my deck. The early morning dews are stick ......

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Categories: southward, autumn, sunset,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mad About Towns
... When we set out on a road trip We didn’t stick to the old script And were gladly amazed And rarely unfazed Hitting strange towns though some were skipped We started from Thatsnot, OK Which ......

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Categories: southward, humorous, travel, word play,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Fall Hiku
...maple trees blaze red geese soar southward overhead . . . October’s rising......

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Categories: southward, autumn,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Autumn's Breath- POTD
...From far a cool wind gently blows, There's a pleasantness in the air. Harsh summer heat steadily slows. The leaves of trees, new colours wear. Autumn has come in time to cheer From......

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Categories: southward, autumn, creation, leaving,
Form: Quatern
The Great Lakes Acronym Spells Homes
...The Great Lakes acronym spells homes I chose titled topic by a fanciful whim, nevertheless still consider my knowledge of aforementioned material slim. Housing multivarious biomes register ......

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Categories: southward, adventure, america, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Twilight Sojourns
...Days weave together as night tears at the seams Light as it vanishes deserting my dreams The sun making promises darkness reneges The truth stays an orphan that both will misgive The roo......

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Categories: southward, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gateway Town
...Gateway town, Mississippi and Missouri river flooding confluence, with its celebration of manifest destiny, its looming, iconic archway. Stainless westward marker, its culture flowed southward for ......

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Categories: southward, allusion, city, class, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Late Birds
...southward bound flying in shape of a boomerang ~ will return in spring written November 26, 2022......

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Categories: southward, bird, flying, nature,
Form: Haiku

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