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Forbidden City Poems - Poems about Forbidden City

Escapism for the readers
... (A lone voice whispers) Within this deep clearing, a mystical sanctuary surrounded by the long trees of Time's perpetual symphonies, we meet. Within this clearing, sheltered from Stor......

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Categories: forbidden city, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Misplacing China
...I've almost forgotten it. It got too big - holes appeared, entire towns fell through my memory. The Forbidden City is a convoluted red and gold ribbon, my mind cannot now untangle. Images f......

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Categories: forbidden city, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Misplacing China
...I've almost forgotten it. It got too big - holes appeared, entire towns fell through them. The Forbidden City is a convoluted red and gold ribbon my mind cannot now untangle. Images float of......

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Categories: forbidden city, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Empty Pews
...EMPTY PEWS These seats have stories and if they could talk You would hear of the lives that many people walk The church filled on each weekly Sunday morn With families and neighbors and hearts th......

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Categories: forbidden city, anxiety, bible, heartbroken, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Orb
...Orb & The Forbidden City metaphysical impulse ensues through the flames of resistance shun its existence etched beneath the tapestry of loosened conclaves alone in desperation in the night heavy......

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Categories: forbidden city, age, america, angst,
Form: Free verse



The Monk
...Alone in isolation Away from all known civilization There lived a monk Personal reflections with the sacraments Devotion to Jesus Christ He hides in humble seclusion Works in the garden Strawb......

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Categories: forbidden city, anxiety, appreciation, art,
Form: Free verse
The Fate of a Princess - the Opportunity Taken
...Princess Layla, daughter of king Philip, had her life set since the day of her birth. From a young age, she was taught embroidery and the duties of a wife. Now at the age of fifteen, her parents had ......

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Categories: forbidden city, culture,
Form: Prose
A Book
...When a child if gifted with a book it transforms into a key to unlock the mind. The gate to the secret garden of imagination is pried from its forgiving hinges and the child is free to expand their ......

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Categories: forbidden city, adventure, books, children,
Form: Free verse
Baixiong
...BAIXIONG There was an empress in a 19th century land Who ruled with a fair but iron hand A small white dog was ever by her side In times of fear under her skirts he would hide Dogs not allowed......

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Categories: forbidden city, animal, best friend, culture,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Flowery Kingdom
...A kingdom with flower citizens competing with the west with discoveries and inventions, boasting of a time-stretching written language and a non-stop dynamic civilization globally signific......

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Categories: forbidden city, earth, environment, society,
Form: Ode
The Kissing Wall
...One more chance to glance at you, one more time to dine with you, one more chance to share with you, one more time to walk with you. Dear to love you, dear to trust you, dear to run a mile with you,......

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Categories: forbidden city, love, me, time, love,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Forbidden City
...Bow the great dragons, unto the mighty, Ruler under heaven. The divine master's iron heel, lies upon the Serpents neck. For brilliance illusion a golden throne shines, Blinding those whom refuse to s......

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Categories: forbidden city, beauty, dark, history, imagination,
Form: Free verse
The Siege
...Dual fall of the brass. From the bine, from the bliss of flower strength. An apparition of infiniteness of agony. Becoming one with failures. It tends to stay and enters the forbidden city of e......

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Categories: forbidden city, art,
Form: ABC
China
...We're going to China. It's supposed to be a 'learning experience' my mom says and we'll be going with your cousin, aunt, grandparents, and of course, me, your father, and your two brothers......

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Categories: forbidden city, travel
Form: Free verse
Mirror
...They constantly trample my dreams. They hover over my fear. They critisize my every stumble. They scowl at my every tear. They laugh and tell me I am weak. They tell me to stop crying. I beg f......

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Categories: forbidden city, introspectionme, me,
Form: I do not know?

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