Splendid Isolation Poems - Poems about Splendid Isolation

...("Splendid Isolation Merit Badge" #25, 2010, original oil) Best Friends Who it is we can be ourselves With In silence, in banter, in argument Without filters Without concern How we ......

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...Drinking, looking for a life raft. Juke box broken, everyone here broken. An ocean washed us up, turbulent sea’s snatched us away. Captain courage has abandoned ship, he now sails icebergs ove......

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...The vale of the rich A strange place houses as big as castles tall forbidding walls on top of broken glass in cement: gates that can withstand armoured tanks. Lush dale but no humming bees or ......

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...Water shortage In the deepest valley where the winter is short summers long, sheep come home for safety of bears and wolves, he bought an old house. From a two hundred years house, a cane roof......

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...The gavel slammed its judgement down On my impassioned plea, Doomed to run-on sentences Served concurrently. My term began an infinite jest, Time after time, time without rest. On and on, again......

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...My husband’s cancer, a life changing event... I turned to poetry Contest: How My First Poem Was Born Sponsored by JCB Burl 17 syllables: checked with howmanysyllables 10/04/20<......

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...This is the Story of Poetess Jan Allison-- This is a dedicated verse, About a woman whose a poetess; She said her name is Jan; And… Jan is gracious, gracious and kind; (Her na......

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...What matters most – advice for the bride and groom: Indulging in sweet wine; a picnic for two; a plethora of stars; myriads of blooms! Listen; believe; do something new. Alone – entwined – even......

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...Highborn, regal Skiddaw Such grace in one so high, A countenance of majesty, A fortress to my eye. Looking down on all around you Immense in all your might, From your foot, we lift our eyes ......

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...His cancer has returned ... writing is my therapy If you don't like it then it's tough- cos I'm back! Posted from the very same accommodation where I wrote my first poem 'Splendi......

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...Crushed the soul like a rock wild desperation Cursed lack of prospects kills my inspiration My life is suddenly lost in a black hole And my joy disappeared there meanly whole My microcosm is dyi......

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...you conquered cancer I discovered poetry - we’re both truly blessed! Today is the 4th anniversary of my husband’s cancer surgery. On 25th November 2013 I wrote ‘Splendid Isolation’, ......

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...Monday 25th November 2013 - a date ingrained in my brain forever This was the start of a trip of a lifetime for me, a voyage of discovery For it was on this day I wrote my very first p......

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... A few quiet hours of solitude, detached from life by choice, Apart and withdrawn from humanity - the world; Solitude, tranquility - O, sweet the peace and quiet, In this sel......

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...Here I sit alone in my ‘prison cell’ Cut off from the ones I love – it is a living hell I feel so alone, I crave human contact, anyone would be great Just someone to talk to - it doesn’t h......

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