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Recollections From the Golden Cree I
I know of a river of more than average 
Sorts...
Meandering, when not dallying to maunder,
Between many differing contours 
And unruly contorts;
Where a privileged youth once
Happily sought -
Pursuing about his passions
In the traditional methods 
By which his better elders
Did most insist he was thereby taught.
Reinforced throughout...

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Categories: chough, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Billycan Creek
When I get tired of the concrete and tar
there’s a place I can go, and not travel far,
that hasn’t been touched by progress at all;
nature stands still beneath gums growing tall.

And in amongst shadows with sprinkled light,
there’s rippling water and birds taking flight,
a sprinkling of...

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Categories: chough, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cornish Eye
I watched
A Cornish chough,
Flying so Cornish high,
Over Cornish cliffs,
In a Cornish sky,
All Cornish observations,
Made by my Cornish eye.

I watched 
The Cornish sun,
Masked by a Cornish cloud,
I thought my Cornish thoughts,
My Cornish thoughts were loud,
I viewed the Cornish landscape,
And I felt so Cornish proud.

I watched 
The...

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Categories: chough, bird, inspiration, leadership, nature,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member Love Letter
LOVE LETTER by James Edward Lee Sr.

C-My name is Meow and I am a calico cat now
C-And I am not ashamed to say I'm in love with a dog wow!
C-Covered in maimed I shall rise
C-This handsome pooch comes over licks me on my face and...

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Categories: chough, adventure, animal, appreciation, devotion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cornish poem We Cornish are a Nation
Cornwall is almost an island,
Thanks to the river Tamar and the sea,
Its indigenous inhabitants are us Cornish and
We Cornish are a nation - and will always be.

Kernow (Cornwall) boasts its own: 
       Parliament and laws home grown,
  ...

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Categories: chough, encouraging, england, hope, poems,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry