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Utah Poems - Poems about Utah


Premium Member You Have Heroes' Blood - added to
Hey there little one Toddling ‘round your parents’ feet Not yet knowing who you are A whole wide world to meet You have Nobility - Heroes’ blood pumps in your heart Martyrs, warriors and pioneers Are part of who you are Both your grandfathers Served honorably in the military Tom was in the Marine Corps I was a UN Peacekeeper in the Army Fred Halliday served, Himself...

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Categories: utah, family, patriotic, religion, remember,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rain - Utah
rain droplets stir hope but gray clouds refuse to burst . . . our yellowed back yard...

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Categories: utah, rain,
Form: Haiku



The Beehive State
A young girl with ants in her pants Was doing a strange kind of dance We yelled, "Take 'em off!" She snarled back a scoff: "Its Utah! That's nowhere near France!!...

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Categories: utah, culture, dance, emotions, environment,
Form: Limerick
Utah
utah camping on a blue mesa human noise emptying into evening stillnes Published - January, 2016 - Haiku Society Journal...

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Categories: utah, blue, joy, silence, sound,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Utah Lady
Amongst seeds of words sophistication resides, this Utah lady spreads her light across the globe... with friendship personified. © Harry J Horsman 2012...

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Categories: utah, friendship,
Form: Tanka



May 10, 1869, Utah.
Sioux wail horse rail....

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Categories: utah, cowboy-western, history, native american,
Form: I do not know?
"leprosy Utah"
my seed came to me with a bump on his face and ask why we both had the same on our faces and why it had showed up over night? lie to the child lie for heavens place lie, and never tell him the truth of hate spin a not knowing so he will think every things alright...

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Categories: utah, black african american, loss,
Form: I do not know?
Utah
open holes of golf the ladies aloft and sparse downstairs a buffet...

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Categories: utah, art,
Form: Haiku
Camping In Utah
Earths scent fresh as springs morning dew Water swiftly flowing crystal cold and blue Sun begins to peak over mountains high Breeze in the crisp morning air whispers by Wish this moment to be stored in memory New day unfolds into continued life's story Grateful to awaken to a beautiful new day Leaves from the tall green trees gently sway Camp...

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Categories: utah, life, nostalgia, morning,
Form: I do not know?
Utah Desert Sunset
Hold the beauty of the desert it's wind cold pristine blanketing wide expanse reckoning awake to drifted thoughts blown endless across plateaus silent far where distant dreams painted in the sand draw close with longing like lips across a rose eager for the touch of soft deep colors well defined in quiet self repose or the purple of the...

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Categories: utah, nature, nostalgia, places, longing,
Form: Imagism
Moab( Town In Utah)
Journey centuries passed walk its trailblazers' path old memories photographed are sacred keys to Moab's past Red sandstone canyons surround an old western town its sacred fertile ground and white sunlight grew sunflowers near burningwood powered homes nestled in verdant canyon meadows where oxen roamed and travelers settled cooled by cloud color blend and snow capped Rocky Mountains gracing blue twilight skies growing dark over Canyonland...

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Categories: utah, art, nature, seasons, summer,
Form: Pastoral

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