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Town Crier Poems - Poems about Town Crier

Ode to a Journalist
...You made up your mind to view the world With different eyes —eyes recessed, eyes inundated with lustre, Straining to catch every flight of the dancing seasons that hurled Man and beast......

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Categories: town crier, dedication, eulogy, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Daylight
... In the early morning fuzz, a smoky inhale of life the lamppost is lit and the trees are just waking up Five Forty Two Am: the eyes of the sky are grayly I hold my stave high as I begin my very f......

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Categories: town crier, city,
Form: Free verse



Big Ben chimes Bazball Zen
... Big Ben chimes again With Bazball zen One of those men From special stock Shepherd of the flock Hewn from strewn Volcanic rock From New Zealand's Southern Isle But only there for a wee whi......

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Categories: town crier, sports,
Form: Free verse
New Yam
...New Yam Death brings life New, tender and green Earth brown, immaculate white The priest heralds her coming The town crier drums it The farmer dances to the market It's time to celebrate......

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Categories: town crier, africa, culture,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Town Crier
... The Town Crier Miracle Man 8/21/2024 A life long friend passed this past week, life didn’t offer much making his life bleak. Ignored by some, many others were empathetic, unable to......

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Categories: town crier, death of a friend,
Form: Quatrain



Darling I Am An Theatrical Actor Dont You Know
...I lurch and crawl from Bar to Bar As most of all regulars and barkeep alike Unfortunately can vouch and attest for As i am well known or shall I say infamous Far and wide in these es......

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Categories: town crier, giggle,
Form: Free verse
Lost and Found
...I walked alone by moonlight as I lived in fear of the sun, Blinded and burnt once too often by her false promises. Left thinking everyone only ever saw her loving warmth, While I sat silently cryi......

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Categories: town crier, abuse, cancer, freedom, grief,
Form: Free verse
Town Criers No More Needed
...Young man, just try a glass of sangria, Now, we all can see you are angrier. Audience is not a ‘a must’ for Town Criers; Their job can now be discharged by flyers... One cries too long and one ......

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Categories: town crier, age, career, change, community,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eternal Flame
...Quote: The ability to harness fire lives in all humans. Explore it, and you will understand its importance Nourish its flame and it will always keep you alive. ****** The fire that bu......

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Categories: town crier, appreciation, fire,
Form: Rhyme
Withholding
...5/16/22 Here let me paint you a drawing My skin crawling Something stirring and calling As the leaves begin falling It's appalling That people are always squabbling And gossiping Yet an......

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Categories: town crier, dark, deep, life, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Buoyant Town Crier
...Sapphire-tinted bells herald life anew springtide’s dulcet birthstone watch, omen of fragrant bloom Posted ; 29th March 2022......

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Categories: town crier, appreciation, art, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Kimo
Premium Member No More Do Birds Chirp
...No more do birds chirp No longer does grass grow Leaves turn bright colors Then cover Earth's floor Rains well up in puddles of mud and mire A dog's plaintive bark, a lone town crier Wi......

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Categories: town crier, autumn, nature, november, weather,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Town Crier
...I stand on top of a box and cry out In a world of plastic faces, I find No one will listen, so I have to shout And speak to those souls who have lost their mind They hold anger like trees in a fo......

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Categories: town crier, conflict,
Form: Sonnet
Old Wounds
...I know village where blessings is their curse From their mountain of gold they mine penury Right in the village square is fountain of thirst where Fathers won't stop narrating to child The old t......

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Categories: town crier, discrimination, identity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Brian Strand
...B elieving in a muse meant to amuse R ecites his verses leaving clues I mpetuous no time for schmooze A ficionado of smooth rhythm and blues N obody alive could fill Brian’s shoes S avory con......

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Categories: town crier, appreciation, inspirational, poetry, tribute,
Form: Acrostic

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