Nature Verse Poems

Onwards and upwards is the way to go
Take one hour at a time, take it slow
Things will get better, I promise you that
From the dark...

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Be disgusted by your body's limitations, You are just a sack of meat. Indigestible and rotten, so throw yourself into the forest but not even...

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BEHOLD!!! I am!!
Silence.

The vocal minority grip at our sensibilities
and demand our attention outwards. 
Monkeys, our smaller cousins that, though looking alike,
are alien in their outlook.
The...

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I hate the fact that it took me ages 
More so, that you are receiving in absentia 
Please forgive my untimely timing 
A vivid portrayal...

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Poets are a very strange breed
We still believe that love is the answer
Being a poet, I know this to be fact
Looked forward earlier to this...

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Women remind us of our animalistic side,
A deep reflex, carved into the layers of our subconscious,
A primal call, pulsing through every vein,
So hidden, and yet...

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Cobalt hued sky
shines on dawn’s face,
embroidered by cloud on hills.

Sparkling stream ripples silver sheen,
mirrors on cascading flow
cobalt hued sky.

Sunburst horizon glows,
opalescent tapestry of emerald meadow
shines...

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Poem written for "Free For All Poetry Contest,"
Fire Bird, sponsor 6/6/2024
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the silent brimming river
the trees whispering their solace
the insect walking lightly over the soil
the meditative...

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Three sister winds,
Ephemeral progeny,
Spawned by the sun's relentless
But passionless heat,
And the earth's inexorable
Grinding rotation:
Sirocco dances across the vast emptiness of the Sahara;
Mistral roams over the...

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 Silent in flight
 Deadly in the night
 Haunting hoots give prey fright

 With prey out of sight
 Owls hear just right
 Silent in flight

...

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She showers,
She falls,
She drenches us...
But she shows off a rainbow... 

She shines,
She bursts,
She burns us sometimes...
But she lets the gentle breeze blow... 

She makes us...

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Contemplate
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

And did mine mind
wander to places
back home where I wannabe.
Now alone in still I sit at a lake
watching calm silver water
sliver into small waves.
I...

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Listen quietly to the dripping water.
Hear it slow down drip by drip.
When it stops it means that the ground is in settled order. An overflow...

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"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts." Quote by Rachel Carson

I lay...

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Emily
------------ So- Nature- a Friend to Me.., A Breath- a Smile- a Precious Seed... Without Rhyme- Nor Reason- I Can't Explain... I Laugh- I Forge-...

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