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Topside Poems - Poems about Topside

Ubiquitous Mallards

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Bottoms up
in the brook a-babbling
topside down
ducks a-dabbling
wings in webbed feet
a-scrabbling
omnivorously grazing
on the dunk
beneath the water
for insects sunk
yet in the U...
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Categories: topside, bird, fun, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTopside

...Enchantment under your see, it keeps me coming back, carousel love....
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Categories: topside, dance, devotion, inspirational love,
Form: Monoku



Premium MemberThere Is a Tree of Copper Leaves

...there is a tree of copper leaves
presentation most fervent in Winter season
after all of crepe and oak are bare
my eyes turn bronze
this tree turns me on
i can’t look away

when pines are flak...
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Categories: topside, imagery,
Form: Verse

Banquet Before the Ceremony

...With full apprecation of all thing concidered.
In respect to all that are involved..
Its defintion becomes it reason to exsist.
To grow from the seeds: which harvested
shall be fruit to nourish, ...
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Categories: topside, art, character, music, repetition,
Form: Ballad

Bipolar Ocean

...THE BIPOLAR OCEAN

My emotions are like waves in the ocean.
They start out calm and serene.
Smooth sailing and bright sunshine.
Miles of beautiful ocean in between.

Relax my mind and enjoy th...
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Categories: topside, confusion, emotions, feelings, hope,
Form: Rhyme



Premium MemberMother's Cradle

...In the Med aboard the Byrd,
Captain spoke and gave the word.

Rough course ahead, but still on track.
If not on duty, then hit your rack.

For Rob and I, we had to know.
So, topside bound to s...
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Categories: topside, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFarm Kids Love Farm Life

...Farm kids wake up before the roosters
We do our chores twice a day in the dark
Once in the morning, and once in the evening
It is our responsibility; we are not reminded.
We want to do the right ...
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Categories: topside, 12th grade, 1st grade,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberSailor Meets the Siren

...He fell off topside and floated in the ocean for a while.
He traveled downstream hanging onto a whale with a smile.
Ending up in a river with some beautiful inlets and a song.
The lure of a melodi...
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Categories: topside, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Burnt Aqua

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"Burnt Aqua"



I can taste the sun
on my tongue
it spills down 
my throat
like burnt aqua
healing the beating frisson

I am ebony inside
sh...
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Categories: topside, death, dream, life,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberShe the Ship

...She, the ship sets sail across the sea.
Topside the moon peeks through ports sides,
Mice scurry across the floor lay below thrice.
Soft wind blows the sail aloft,
Nearby island views ...
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Categories: topside, moon, sea,
Form: Free verse

Christmas Poem

...The tree branch crossing needles.
Bushy with white rays.
Perched, an angel topside.
Glowing to the gaze.

Ornaments of glass.
Pressed transparent shapes.
Strings that dangle, spin.
Memories i...
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Categories: topside, appreciation, christmas, dedication, tree,
Form: Quatrain

An Answer For All, Part 1

...Take leave of this
Veneer of contented containment 
Go tell your thoughts
Delineate the shades of
Dusk and the dark 
Beneath the ashes sleep
Never renews this life 
Little lived over and
Out ...
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Categories: topside, philosophy, riddle, satire, society,
Form: Free verse

Runaway Wagon

...Writing is like a runaway wagon...
I start with a destination in mind,
suddenly, thoughts topside take charge.
As my piece is posted, I withdraw the reins.
What I wrote is misinterpreted at will
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Categories: topside, inspiration, poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse

In the Mizzenmast

...From topside in the mizzenmast I can see 
the speck of light, candlestick Pigeon Point 
lighthouse on the California coast. 
It’s three degrees off our starboard bow where
treacherous waters brea...
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Categories: topside, ocean,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPerformance of the Seas

...remember the coating of brutish brandy
you slugged back without a whisper
the whites of your eyes like glaciers
and i smiled and let the warmness
sit on my tongue then slowly roll
down my beatin...
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Categories: topside, joy, sea, travel,
Form: Free verse

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