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Hold A Candle To Poems - Poems about Hold A Candle To
Hold A Candle To Poems - Examples of all types of poems about hold a candle to to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read
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Evergreen
...My leaves never droop and my flowers stand high I bloom through the year as the seasons pass by I witness the daffodils stand proud and tall I see warmer weather put paid to them all The allium......
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Terry Flood
Categories:
hold a candle to,
flower,
Form:
Personification
Beyond the Realm of Wishes
...In sun-scorched dunes, beside a weathered sentinel, a glint ensnared his weary gaze. A tarnished lamp / grazed / its secrets unknown / a genie unbound, a muted haze. Three worldly desires dan......
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Daniel Henry Rodgers
Categories:
hold a candle to,
conflict, desire, inspiration, philosophy,
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Narrative
Double Edge of the Sword
... The pen not so mighty perhaps as men choose swords -- words not so powerful enough, as men restrict their dialogues to: Ready! Aim! Fire!~ and mourning... Global warming...tectonic pla......
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Joe Dimino
Categories:
hold a candle to,
emotions, freedom, god, grief,
Form:
Free verse
Summer of Crazy
...I still have that letter somewhere. You made me promise to not tell anyone you wrote it. So I kept that promise, I kept it for thirty years. I’m kinda thinking it’s long enough. Why was I attr......
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Richard Lamoureux
Categories:
hold a candle to,
adventure, break up, emotions,
Form:
Prose
How Does One Compete
...How does one compete with a Frost or a Keats, a Dickinson or Whitman for words, how can we say in our language today what we feel within has been stirred. Like those in our past who intrinsical......
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Terrell Martin
Categories:
hold a candle to,
poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
The Candle Light
...stars at night too hot — to handle sizzling their light can't hold — a candle February 26, 2023 A New Crystalline - Any Theme Poetry Contest Sponsored by Tania Kitch......
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Sotto Poet
Categories:
hold a candle to,
appreciation, light,
Form:
Crystalline
You Didn't Survive Me
...(His Version of I Survived You) You say that you survived the storm that was me but did you after all? Once I came and went wreaking havoc on your life making you feel so small Those eyes that I ......
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Amanda Kinzer
Categories:
hold a candle to,
depression,
Form:
Rhyme
Don'T Go To L
...I seek it here, seek it there I cannot find this L word anywhere L is the start of many words Some of which are never heard When going to kindy or at school Is it because L isn't cool Like Lanc......
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Shirley Hawkins
Categories:
hold a candle to,
10th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
I'M Dying To See You - Literally
...Dad was loadin' rods and tackle, I was addin' fuel, as Mom hopped on with a picnic lunch that balmy afternoon. Another Sunday outing on the lake - our old routine - as sister Susie tossed the final ......
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Mark Stellinga
Categories:
hold a candle to,
depression, loneliness, suicide,
Form:
Rhyme
Oh Greta, Dear Greta
...O Greta, dear Greta of Huskey Mountain Road, If I loved you more, my heart would explode. It has been a blessing to know you this year, To watch you grow bigger and ever more dear. I can’t hold......
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Jeff Kyser
Categories:
hold a candle to,
birthday, granddaughter,
Form:
Sonnet
Doggerel Artist
...It was some hours of purgatory, Self imposed, but all the same, He thought of it as purgatory as He listened to them declaim Their long strings of words with No apparent rhyme or reason, As if......
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Terry Ireland
Categories:
hold a candle to,
culture, spoken word, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
Man of the Year
...Santa Claus, a man born for the Anniversary of Jesus our savior Babe Another year has passed. As we celebrate the Anniversary of Christ Rays of light benignl......
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Mystic Rose Rose
Categories:
hold a candle to,
devotion,
Form:
Acrostic
Families Are Heroes Too
...FAMILIES ARE HEROES TOO Families are Heroes too They hold the candle for you With strength and honor They make it through Children missing mom's and dad's They wait in faith to be glad W......
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Susan Smith
Categories:
hold a candle to,
america, appreciation, dedication, family,
Form:
Free verse
Bring Your Own Sunshine
...Wherever you go, don't forget Bring your own sunshine along To brighten up the path you travel Singing a happiness song It's certainly possible, look at me Can't wipe this smile from m......
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Jack Ellison
Categories:
hold a candle to,
sunshine,
Form:
Rhyme
A Big If
...If poems come from out of the air, At the moment, I should go there' I could have a poetry fest, Only choosing the very best. Shelley would not hold a candle to me, As I float around aimlessly. ......
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Shirley Hawkins
Categories:
hold a candle to,
10th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
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