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Sustained Poems - Poems about Sustained


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I wonder, soaring through the sky, why some despair and life forsake. For from my vantage way up high, the choice made clear which path to take. I cannot say ’twas always so. Far down, among the sage and gorse, the glint of gold caused me to slow, and lose my way, to my remorse. But winter came, cold, harsh and bleak, and brought...

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Categories: sustained, flying, metaphor,
Form: Quatrain
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sustained in the crack of the dry, hot, hard concrete.... resilient zinnia ...

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Categories: sustained, nature,
Form: Haiku



The Moment Sustained
Each verbal success leads to higher new ground Where the words beck and call with a heavenly sound The trail to my future fades into my past As the gift they inspire —my present to last (Grantham New Hampshire: March, 2015)...

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Categories: sustained, time, words,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dream Sustained Friendship
Dedicate to Lorie Jean, Though She'll Never Know Asleep, I cannot escape my love’s depth for you. Awake, I cannot deny my loathing towards you. Confusion and missing settle-stay in my pain’s cliché. Thoughts of you weigh down my moments every day. Long is the time I have spilled grief yet failed its release, but dreams weave my joy strung to...

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Categories: sustained, confusion, dream, friend, friendship,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Life Sustained
lone tree of life stands facing storms in light that streams from God's piece of sky For Raul Moreno's "Summer Tempest" contest...

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Categories: sustained, allegory, nature
Form: Haiku




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