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Tortoiseshell Poems - Poems about Tortoiseshell
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I Saw You
...I saw you In the tender birth of a summer’s day Emerge, Fragile to a new life, New freedom, Feast delights of nectar On the brambled cliffs. I saw your fluttered dance of courtship In the g......
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John Puckett
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
beach, butterfly, creation, england,
Form:
Free verse
condone
...It's the time since feeling sandy grit scratch between my toes Transparently do I remember, although the years have flown Chilling memories sitting here, Ice cold and nervously alone Once a ......
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Julianne Williams
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
cry, dark, family, meaningful,
Form:
Rhyme
Sulpicia Translations 2 by Michael R Burch
...These are English translations by of Latin poems written by the ancient Roman female poet Sulpicia. V. Reproach for Indifference by Sulpicia translation by Michael R. Burch Have you no ki......
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Michael Burch
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
body, desire, girl, love,
Form:
Free verse
butterfly messengers
...from above a hum, a gentle pop and they appear out of thin air large as Right whales out of the sky they pour in like colorful dreams gliding down on papered metal wings, the airborne clan desce......
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Eric Nester
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
WHEN RELIGION BECOMES YOUR OPIUM
...WHEN RELIGION BECOMES YOUR OPIUM When religion becomes your opium you slip into icy pre-dawn to mosque then lie in fever flu at dusk as bilal calls again for you to stumble towards bec......
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Ghairo Daniels
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
12th grade, deep, god,
Form:
Alliteration
Tortoiseshell Cats
...Tortoiseshell Cats Aroun’ came a kittycat, it was so cold Slept outside to save her sole Staying outside might do her harm. Gotta do summin’ to keep her warm. Got her a pillow, got her a mat.......
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Don Turner
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
Bane of Dyschezia
...Bane of dyschezia Constipation spoilt rare visit with eldest daughter (yesterday - November twenty sixth two thousand twenty two) currently housed near Rittenhouse Square, Pennsylvania. Le......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
An Important Man
...Lisa’s dad has a visitor from out of town - a “very important man.” He came early. He was dressed casually, in slacks, and a jacket over a mock-turtleneck. He was genial, behind tortoiseshell glasses......
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Anais Vionet
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
business, family, feelings, grandfather,
Form:
Free verse
Miracle Ova Fertilized Cell
...Miracle ova fertilized cell... Yielded pink bundle of joy self determined autonomous millennial relocated University of Pennsylvania Engineering graduate class of 2019 calls Oakland, Californi......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
adventure, angel, anniversary, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
Tethered To a Moment
...Obdurate goat tangles rough knotted rope Stuck beside shadowy friend, Silky Oak Hedonistic prisoner capricorn, cheap trope Ethics remain riddle, morals mere joke Towered timber utters truth i......
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Sigrid Ermine
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
angst, conflict, death, evil,
Form:
Rhyme
Cat Diamante Poem
... Cat Proud, playful Purring, miaowing, stalking Tortoiseshell, Persian, Siamese, Burmese Running, jumping, playing Soft, small Kitten ......
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Liz Archer
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
cat, pets, poems, poetry,
Form:
Diamante
Tibbles the Tortoiseshell Cat
...Mottled feline lush smooth fur Golden eyes and soothing purr Your fine bushy tail and padding Gait, you're a living tapestry so The Colours state' black in circles Spots of gold then orange drop......
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Joe Maverick
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
pets,
Form:
Rhyme
Thanks Shark
...Shark my tortoiseshell cat of pure arrogance has stepped on my tail today I had my front door propped open, confident because I live in the country. Confident that the breeze would help me stay in ......
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Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
cat,
Form:
Narrative
Damsel In Distress
...Heartbroken lass bereft of eminent beau papa doth vicariously experience her (mine daughter's) grievous woe. Unfair a budding promising relationship nought going to incorporate wedded bliss, w......
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Matthew Harris
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
absence, boyfriend, depression, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Sing, Lyre: Sappho Translation
...Sappho, fragment 118 loose translation by Michael R. Burch Sing, my sacred tortoiseshell lyre; come, let my words accompany your voice. "Quoted by Hermogenes and Eustathius. Sappho is appare......
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Michael Burch
Categories:
tortoiseshell,
Lullaby, muse, music, song,
Form:
Epigram
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