Spires Poems - Poems about Spires

On the day four beasts fell… Their tails whipping the sky in smoke Consumed by their own fire Such commerce Brought down an ancient spire Little did the beasts care A mighty success 5 years prior When just one was saved From confusion and mire For as the cock crowed In a mourning flame If they would’ve recognized a sun They...

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Stone Spires Stone cathedral spires rise Sharply From freely flowing waters Birthing rebirth - Lifting up unto the eternal A psalm A canticle To celebrate the seasons; Singing celebration in Heaven's waiting ears; Reaching down...

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Embers fall like snowflakes Scarlet flames lap at the stones that were left behind. A choir of mourners raise their voices from the ground with hopes that the notes of "Ave Maria" reach heaven. 856 years of history float to the earth in the form of ash. The heart of Paris is breaking in two with the inferno that blazes on. Across the globe tears stream down faces as we grieve...

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...inspired by 'The Average' by W.H. Auden From scant beginnings, and of lowly birth, bound to tractor pull and harvester, squinting in the sun and pouring rain, imagination dead, his soul would fester. Smothered by his parents' love, he saw no future plan, his for the taking, how could he repay their strong affection, find his own true path? his heart was breaking. With...

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...inspired by 'The Average' by W.H. Auden From scant beginnings, and of lowly birth, bound to tractor pull and harvester, squinting in the sun and pouring rain, imagination dead, his soul would fester. Smothered by his parents' love, he saw no future plan, his for the taking, how could he repay their strong affection, find his own true path? his heart was breaking. With...

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Cathedral Spires By Franklin Price 6/9/2015 Contest-Four Lines Only (visual-1) Cathedral Spires point to Heaven Heaven where Lord Jesus was raised Raised to be by his father there There for true believers he waits...

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The Dreaming Spires ...inspired by 'The Average' by W.H. Auden From scant beginnings, and of lowly birth, bound to tractor pull and harvester, squinting in the sun and pouring rain, imagination dead, his soul would fester. Smothered by his parents' love, he saw no future plan, his for the taking, how could he repay their strong affection, find his own true path? his heart...

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Shadow Spires The long shadows Crept across the garden Dusk fell Swiftly The long shadows Bony fingers Pointing to the sky Climbed upwards The cool of evening Reached down In a blaze of starlight In a Shadow….. Of Spires Soft edged Midnight blue The shadows of the night Crept through Soon all that was left Were Shadow Spires Reaching in to the night sky A Castle hidden…. From you and I...

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