Winnow Poems - Poems about Winnow

Love Fleeting Soul Control

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Written: April 8, 2025, for contest sponsored by Brian Strand

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love fleeting 
                 moments
                         soul controlled
    promi...

Winterval Tale

...winds wicked ways
wind-up women's wear 
winsome whispers woo
wine, walks, waltzes, white weddings, whoosh
winters' wearisome wars with warmth 
winnow weathered warriors, widows weep...

America at a critical political crossroads

...America at a critical political crossroads...,

nevertheless hope springs eternal,
especially after listening
to Vice President Kamala Harris
and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz
speak at the The Li...

Days On the Farm

...How times were different so long ago,
when pure survival dominated life.
No extra frills to fill long hours- bestow
enjoyment- mostly work to ease our strife.

We girls, mid-afternoon, when scho...

Crows In the Wheatfield

...The country road split the wheat field in half
A murder of crows seemed to prefer the right
Hope they leave some to winnow from the chaff
Crows seem but wavey lines against the night
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Temporary Lodgings

...Incineration; it is his living wish.
The urn will be a plain oblong box,
        He will be boxed.

The wooden package will be sent
as only a temporary accommodation,
    not a place of rest or...

Fields of Words

...In the middle of the night
When I can’t get back to sleep,
I gaze out at fields of words
Just to see what I can reap.

They are swaying in the wind
In the moonlight so sublime,
Waiting calmly ...

In My Linen Closet

...In my linen closet
There are sheets that go way back.
In going through them, I have made
A quite imposing stack:

The brown and orange flowered ones
Of hippie-ish décor;
My husband’s, used to ...

The Purse

...During my living 
My melodic dream I longed for
Sprouted in me
The nature of the self-appraisal 
With my life stunning in vivid shades 
I scribbled the poetry. 
In the blank paper 
Of my inner...

Coronavirus

...I hear
A weeping quarantined widow
I peer
Through my sealed window
I fear
The unattended corpse below
A tear
Slips out in limbo  
The atmosphere 
Hurling my emotions akimbo
This year
Death...

Pitching Electioneering, Albeit Democratic Ticket

...Pitching electioneering, albeit Democratic ticket...
as 2020 presidential election nearing
pleading joshing, and endearing...

The choice for commander in chief dum...
dum... dum... dum..
will ...

The Winnowing Or

...THE WINNOWING

Wake of harvest, came time for winnowing
Separation loosing chaff from the grain
Bake of bread that gave them a bestowing
Creation: body nurture that they’d fain
Make in life, a ...

English

...We explore –
earn and exist –
with a language 
of old exploitation. 

Like a mulatto,
Indian English 
is a hybrid. 
It’s as our culture –
there’s a unity
in diversity. 
We winnow ideas out...

Wracked With Ratiocination When Writing

...no shortage of familiar metier real
     (material) aye attest
welling up within thy breast
merely a predicament how to winnow

     junk bonded barnacled
     accretion encrusted
     amidst ...

A Worse Fate Then Death

...(when living nightmare pierced real time
thus engendering the following rhyme)

adrenaline powered stealth bomb blast 
with the noggin of this, ah... ur... bane chap, 
     which debilitating an...

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