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Whittle Away Poems - Poems about Whittle Away

Premium Member In Memory of Pocket Knives
... On those long days when it was too hot to ride or run, a boy would find an island of cool beneath a tree and sit there with his pocket knife to whittle away time and a piece of wood. A goo......

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Categories: whittle away, childhood, creation, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Children's Poems IV
...Children's Poems IV These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families. Boundless by Michael R. Burch for......

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Categories: whittle away, baseball, boy, child, childhood,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Whittle
...He sits silent with the old man; as intrigued watching his gnarled hands whittle away at the pine twig, as he is with tales about Gran, and their life on the wild moorlands. As he now and then......

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Categories: whittle away, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Castration
...Henry started a punchin’ at the ripe old age of 15 There just ain’t no way of knowin’ all of the things he’s done and seen All those years are far behind him since a young cowboy in his prime......

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Categories: whittle away, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Journey
...They tell me to put one foot in front of the other But why should I do that when I don’t know where I’m going? Maybe they want me to wander forever Alone, starving, a hollow-eyed husk of a girl ......

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Categories: whittle away, angst, corruption, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Ponderings of My 60th Birthday
...Ponderings on my 60 th Birthday! On this my 60 th year I have gained a few new insights that can only come with age and experience. I do find it surreal that 60 years have passed so quickly. The ......

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Categories: whittle away, birthday,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 58
...When they came to a side hall Joulupukki stopped. “Do you feel the magic?” He said to her. She nodded. He stepped around the corner, on the far end stood Gwaldon in the middle of the hallway......

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Categories: whittle away, christmas, fairy,
Form: Epic
Crazy In Rural Ohio
...When lamps are lit, thumb-downed farmers smoke on their porch's, whittle away a churning simmer of angry ghosts. Some bury the urge to slip into insanity, some plant it. Some clean shotguns ......

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Categories: whittle away, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Poems About Children Iv
...Poems about Children IV Salat Days by Michael R. Burch Dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch, Sr. I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ... though first......

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Categories: whittle away, child, childhood, children, dad,
Form: Rhyme
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers Iii
...Poems about Fathers and Grandfathers III Success by Michael R. Burch for Jeremy We need our children to keep us humble between toast and marmalade; there is no time for a ticker-t......

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Categories: whittle away, family, father, father daughter,
Form: Rhyme
Family Poems
...Family Poems Mother's Smile by Michael R. Burch There never was a fonder smile than mother's smile, no softer touch than mother's touch. So sleep awhile and know she loves you more than "mu......

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Categories: whittle away, child, childhood, family, father,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Enthralling
... It's so enthralling to be falling again When love is the bane of my existence it fills me with pain Romance is the rapture of the heart To capture all that might one day bring us a......

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Categories: whittle away, feelings, hope, love, romantic,
Form: Free verse
Watch All Other Tv Stations
...Watch All Other TV Stations Except FOX, all other news TV Stations watch, Because all up things Fox does seem to botch; Whittle away, Night and day; More irritation caused when Fox carved a no......

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Categories: whittle away, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
A Brand New Day
...The beginning of a new day And I have a lot to say But there is no time to play Unfortunately I can not stay I must go away Only to return by the end of day With no delay I pray The ti......

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Categories: whittle away, day, happy, leaving, life,
Form: Monorhyme
Nectar of Life
...nectar of life from a distant throne shadows breathe in a constant drone dewdrops lose their glorious bright And colors seeping back to white chaos churns the rivers grime o'er smooth stones ......

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Categories: whittle away, life, love,
Form: Sonnet

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