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Washouts Poems - Poems about Washouts


Premium MemberHuskey Mountain Ode

...Gravel crusted potholes, all slathered up with mud,
    And ruts that jar your bones served on the side.
No place to turn around: I know because I've tried;
    The heavy rains bring washouts from...
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Categories: washouts, home,
Form: Rhyme

Death of a Town

...A town wheezes the last rites over 
its people through phlegm-ridden
lungs and turgid cankers.

Its blistered wounds are coated 
in the mud that lines its harbour 
and creeks.

The loss of th...
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Categories: washouts, aubade, betrayal, corruption, death,
Form: Free verse



A Fire In the Heart of Our Darknes

...we sat, my brother and I
leaning against the old wood pannels of the room
the smoke engulfed us like breath
as the threat of violence loomed

his voice was quiet still
passion and regret burned...
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Categories: washouts, war,
Form: Prose Poetry

Bi Polar

...Watching the astronauts
We see the light of the world
Above ly their thoughts
They appear in a rainbow swirled

But my mind has been put into a transmission
Like an old telephone the message is...
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Categories: washouts, depressionme, time, , literature,
Form: Rhyme

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