Poetic Skies Community Poets

S’he

She keeps him far, in the distance
He making his usual stance
Keeping him at fingertips
He tries all
The usual tricks

She removed
By not being he
He unsure
Unable to see

Poets wonder
Can he ever be “Me”?
Both in his head
They fade into… we

She is outgoing and spirited.
She wonders what her future life will be.
She hears opportunity knocking.
She sees advantages of hard work.
She wants success.
She is outgoing and spirited.

She pretends to be an Olympic swimmer.
She feels like she can touch the sky.
She worries that negative forces could prevail.
She cries as a release of s...

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A temple carved into a limestone hill
Pillars of granite adorn the facade
Centuries later they remain there still
Reminders of the glory Pharaoh had
Huge boulders lay haphazardly around
Excavated in the search for the past
Temporarily strewn across the ground
Damaged when Nile ...

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There are times in life when things might seem grey,
But we mus't let these days cause us dismay
We must press on, we must perservere
Because things are never as bad as they appear
Take in a movie, a ballgame, run, jog or hike
Go to the circus or wherever you like
There's so much to do, there's so much around
Wherever you go, there's joy to be found
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Heart of stone.

Hatshepsut sits on her commanding throne
Mason’s of Egypt prostrate at her feet
The greatest obelisk hewn from the stone
A toil, our God entrusts us to complete
Future generations shall stand in awe
Her monument shall reach up to the sky
And all the Pharaohs who have gone before
Shall have doubt, or reason to ask w...

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Sweat.

Fan blades turn
Each in succession
Struggle to stave
This humid oppression

Eyelids as heavy
As the air that surrounds
Tossing and turning
For sleep, which confounds

Oh’ for a breeze
A sweet cooling storm
Restless in heat
Night sultry, and warm

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many years my mum would say to me
i thought she had a money tree
when taking a group on a trip to ingleton lake
i now know that her words were true not fake

i walked along the trail as the river twiss was flowing
on the banks of the water a money tree was growing
not far on another i saw lying beside the rivers edge
is this a miracle of nature from...

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I’m sending you a song to your city streets
Where the traffic drones long all day
And the pace is fast and you know where it’s at
And you swagger for you’re worth that high pay

But come with me to the sea and the shore
Where the waves gleam bright in the dawn
And the cliffs yawn wide and reveal the past
And show dinosaurs before you were born
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I saw a daffodil yesterday,
oh what a lovely sight,
golden in its garden bed
it filled me with delight.

I saw a daffodil yesterday
one lovely yellow thing.
It made me happy, seeing it,
this herald of the spring.

I saw a daffodil yesterday,
What joy to see it bloom.
My heart rejoiced for now I know
soon springtime will ...

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