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Swaths Poems - Poems about Swaths

Hiroshima eighty years since August 6th, 1945

...Hiroshima – eighty years since August 6th, 1945

About fourteen and a half years 
before my birth,
yours truly not even a twinkle  
in the eyes of his then 
young father and mother
the former ...
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Categories: swaths, age, angst, anniversary, august,
Form: Free verse

Lawn Care

...The sun is high in the summer sky
And no clouds to be seen
The grass is high neath the summer sky
And growing tall and green
The mower starts with growling roar
And cuts through swaths of fescue...
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Categories: swaths, fantasy, funny, garden, humorous,
Form: Narrative



After the wife made a suggestion about what to write about

...After the wife made a suggestion about what to write about...

I decided to title my piece
a concatenation of a few different notions
incorporating fictional romance
alluding to myself and spous...
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Categories: swaths, adventure, age, allegory, allusion,
Form: Free verse

New marching orders issued from comandante Bergen meister

...New marching orders issued from comandante Bergen meister

After proper manager 
distributed the latest bulletin
to all the residents at Highland Manor,
plus wrinkled her nose at noxious odor
(...
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Categories: swaths, absence, abuse, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Premium Memberbaby daddy

...How many women here
have been impregnated
by Elon Musk? looking for hands

He plans to repopulate the planet
single handedly - well, not handed
exactly - you know what I mean.

In Australia, ...
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Categories: swaths, baby, birth, character, child,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberThe Heart Knows What The Mind Doesn't-extended version

...Abandoning the expected, you’ll find clarity in chaos,
       allowing our minds lens to transform, tune in, brighten
Believing in you is being just you, the simplicity of you,
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Categories: swaths, spiritual,
Form: ABC

Premium MemberThe Heart Knows What The Mind Doesn't

...Believing in you is
Being just you, the simplicity of you
Embracing each twist and turn
Stepping outside the confines of your mind 
Revealing truths and bringing clarity in chaos
Engaging in the...
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Categories: swaths, change, inspirational,
Form: List

Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part ii

...Highlight of Goofus and Gallant 
bred within the survival instinct 
of hungry hordes of prey, 
when Earth in the balance 
against an uncomfortable truth 
smug smurf like scavengers. 

     Pun...
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Categories: swaths, absence, adventure, africa, america,
Form: Free verse

Dot dot dot, and in other news devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump

...Dot dot dot, and in other news devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump

courtesy the comfort of his mancave, 
I (a mutated batman wannabe) 
doth prattle and stump
and display wide whirled webbed 
...
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Categories: swaths, abuse, america, anxiety, august,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberUndertakers

...Biden ...et al put him in the bullseye 
but it didn't go quite as planned.
The old donkey has finally been laid to rest.
The Hyenas are cackling and seeing red.
It seems dementia is contagious af...
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Categories: swaths, america, november,
Form: Free verse

I hanker and pine for wood burning stove weather

...I hanker and pine for wood burning stove weather

I haint no spring chicken,
("Buk buk buk buk ba-gawk!")
but in Summer re: 
long in tooth sexagenarian 
nostalgic for the following imagery 
ev...
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Categories: swaths, age, allegory, appreciation, celebration,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberGun Addicts Despair

...Gun addicts sad and looking glum
                       No lives were lost to guns today -
                       No tallies to add to their sums,
                       No reaper swaths with live...
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Categories: swaths, america, death, destiny, holiday,
Form: Rhyme

Plagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und Drang

...Plagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und Drang

Ever since a young lad
irritable bowel syndrome
in my humble pinion wracked
lower abdominal area 
gurgled and ballooned gastrointes...
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Categories: swaths, 9th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberExquisite Closeness

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Written: January 06, 2024 
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Shimmering swaths
of cerulean sea
ionize comely light
purple-tinged sand
strewn with tattered shells
during...
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Categories: swaths, analogy, appreciation, beauty, cute
Form: Free verse

Devil's Advocate Claims Teflon Trump

...Devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump...

The demagogue reincarnate 
feels gifted to reign supreme
captivates, glorifies, lauds, 
renounces, yawps extreme
views bellows dogmatic fulminations
in...
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Categories: swaths, 12th grade, abortion, age,
Form: Rhyme

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