Walkabouts Poems | Examples


Premium MemberAlbeit

Bourbon beginnings
whiskey wandering walkabouts
solace spirits gulp
Categories: walkabouts, adventure, age, drink, fate,
Form: Haiku

Sunday Morning Rhapsody

The early morning walkabouts
 gathers in the view
an ocean tide of green yellowed sprouts
 splashing throughout in garden cue
as flower buds edge forth upon the turf
 and petal blossoms flutter down to earth.

It's late spring n pause assumed
 upon the garden splash
when flowers once budded and bloomed
 but never seem long enough to last.
but there it is, a rhapsody
 somewhere hiding in tree leaves.

Unseen but well heard
 a ballad for the seasons repeating
an echoed repertoire of a mockingbird
 filled with spring and summer greetings
calling out melodies earth-shaking
 enjoy the Sunday morning with little hesitating.
Categories: walkabouts, bird, song,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberGrandmother's Legacy

A visit to Grandmother's house meant a tour 
of her flower garden even before the food was 
served. Her garden sported many varieties from 
friends, neighbors or relatives. These walkabouts 
were highlighted by her explanations of the history 
and performance of each plant. My awareness of, 
and growing love for, the miracle of earth's harvest 
stems from those lazy strolls around the perimeter 
of her yard while our stomachs growled, the roast 
shriveled in the oven, and her words washed over 
us in the heat of the mid-afternoon sun. My favorite 
photo of Grandmother, she's offering a blossom to 
my sister from one of her many rose bushes and her 
voice lulls me anew as my memory board replays 
the feel of clean air and sunshine and brings back 
the fragrance of honeysuckle and roses.
Categories: walkabouts, earth, flower, sun,
Form: Prose Poetry

Nights Out

Disco dreams and disco balls 
Big city,bright lights 
Pub crawls and bar fights. 
Mini frocks and hair dyes 
Made up faces 
Mascara filled eyes. 
Vodka martinis and champagne 
Bus trips and black cabs 
Standing in the rain. 
Nightclubs and deejays 
Entry stamps on wrists 
And tattooed fists. 
Late nights and hangovers 
Fast cars and kebabs 
White wine spritzers
And mishaps. 
One night stands and live bands 
Autographs and queues 
Sing-a-longs and sad songs 
And over packed loos. 
One line gags and handbags 
Glitter and sparkling eyes 
Cigarettes and suffragettes 
Gossip and lies. 
Brawls,another one falls 
Drunks and punks 
Frilly skirts and love hurts 
And late rides. 
Secret kisses and front row seats 
Cinema aisles 
Red lipped smiles 
Beauties and beasts.
Flashy cars and night time stars 
Takeaways and glad rags 
Silly jokes and whiskey cokes 
Dreams and high hopes. 
Nights out and walkabouts  
Cheap thrills and teenage wonder 
Hitch hikes and motorbikes 
Delinquent lightning and thunder.
Categories: walkabouts, nostalgianight, night,
Form: Rhyme

Red Dusted Heart

my finest moments are littered
with broken pieces of twilight,
and Crucifixion silenced 
my hall of soul and light


but as the first moment
after the chaos of a storm,
light returned to filigree
and bewitch me every morn 


my illumination came
with skeins of pain and pride,
and yonder on the windowsill
my hide is tanned and dyed


Ive wandered off the path
and traveled terrain for goats,
I waded through the mud
and around a castles moats


my walkabouts have taken me
to places far and wide,
but deep within my being
each cell is wattle lined


my ills and pains are eased
when I look just out the door,
and gum trees stay a swaying
and leaves do dance the floor


and endeavoring to fill
the hole that scars in part,
I bend and pick up red dust
its the essence of my heart
Categories: walkabouts, imagination
Form: Rhyme


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