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Stampedes Poems - Poems about Stampedes

NATION OF STAMPEDES
...Nature did not unleash her terror on us as it did with Noto, Haiti, or the Indian Ocean. We abuse nature with the stamp of leadership which impedes lives, causing artificial stampedes of ......

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Categories: stampedes, abuse, corruption, food, humanity,
Form: Free verse
POVERTY AMIDST WEALTH
... In Africa's heart, a giant lies, Nigeria, blessed with riches that surprise, Petroleum, gold, and califonium's might, Lead, iron, bitumen, and limestone's sight. But amidst this wealth, a par......

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Categories: stampedes, africa, allegory, anger, betrayal,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member The Empty Space Between Stars
...The Empty Space Between the Stars 10-24-24 Inspired by Aurora Borealis by Frederic Edwin Church ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Empty Space Between the Stars Aurora dances......

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Categories: stampedes, color, life, space, stars,
Form: Free verse
MEMORIES OF WAR
...MEMORIES OF WAR In prison we turmoiled packed up cards to fall whilst they sucked genitals like bonbons a quartz on a table gleamed its knowing War torn ghettos with swollen stoma......

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Categories: stampedes, 12th grade, character, conflict,
Form: Bio
Taking the Shot
...The hunter is inside between the lens and its mirror where Zen masters prowl with high powered lights. The prey is sensed before it takes shape, otherwise you catch nothing. You are in the zon......

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Categories: stampedes, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Friends
...Confronted by a towering wall spanning miles above me.. ..I.. Get a grip! says one of my men. it shan't be long now- attach the hooks and wires, and climb-! As I stumble towards the wall ......

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Categories: stampedes, abuse, addiction, surreal,
Form: Free verse
School
...If you want to darkness dump, To in life take a long jump; If you need a sounder base, A crossing into new phase… For who wants to rule his thought, Not relying on ideas bought; For emerging ......

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Categories: stampedes, age, analogy, child, education,
Form: Rhyme
Taking the Shot
...The hunter is inside between the lens and its mirror where Zen masters prowl with high powered flashlights. The prey is sensed before it takes shape, otherwise you catch nothing. You are in th......

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Categories: stampedes, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Sequel: Mayegun Wasn'T a Ritualist
...AFTER: RASHIDAT AJAKAYE OLAMIDAYO You're the lion You enjoy the chase We're the game We own the race The race in which you enjoy your chase We dictate the lines and paces We're what they s......

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Categories: stampedes, 1st grade, abuse, vanity,
Form: Free verse
Horsepower
...Climb inside and buckle in Anxiously twisting the key As a mechanical symphony roars to life Setting nine hundred horses free The machine becomes an extension Of my own flesh and bone My hea......

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Categories: stampedes, car,
Form: Rhyme
Santa Ana Wind
...Within ageless canyons we hold our breath. Ash clouds engulf us, survival or death? Santana stampedes, pariah unchained. ‘Tis Dante’s hellhound of Hades renamed! Chased from our homes and all ......

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Categories: stampedes, earth, environment, fate, fire,
Form: Sonnet
Santa Ana Reclaimed
...Wildfires of fall bring us whirlwinds of flame. Black-scape throughout, life’s survival or death? Spring blooms of dogwood. Renewal sustained. Santana stampedes, she’s wicked, untamed, through ......

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Categories: stampedes, fire, mythology, spring, wind,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member The Sheet Off the Portrait
...The sheet is off the portrait and the Dorian no longer gray – it’s all about power, and greed that’s on display – little thought really of color outside their mandate to encourage greater d......

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Categories: stampedes, inspirational, political, power, race,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sorry - I'Ve Not Been Around
...Sorry, I've not been around But for Christmas time...I was Texas bound I hadn't time for poetry First time there...had much to see Like longhorn bulls, in tamed stampedes Cactus plants and......

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Categories: stampedes, absence,
Form: Verse
Land Mind
...From Gem stone to lime stones, Diamond rings and gold teeth, To big arms, arm strong Heartless minds and cold stares, The feel for warmth No friendly harm, To lions and chimpanzees Fight for......

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Categories: stampedes, deep,
Form: Verse

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