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Garden Poems

April 24, 2024 No Comments

Garden Poems

Garden poems often symbolize themes of growth, renewal, and the cycle of life. Poets use poems about gardens evoke imagery of beauty, tranquility, and the harmony found in nature. Though gardens imply a sense of humanity about them, they need human beings to cultivate them. So ultimately, garden poems are about highlighting the juxtaposition and harmony between human beings and the world.

Poetry About Gardens

“f you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need,” or so goes the Cicero quote, and he’s right. If you don’t have a library you can read poems about books, and if you don’t have a garden, you can read this collection here! Perhaps it will inspire you to cultivate a garden of your own, or at the very least, give you a brief moment of reprieve. Enjoy these garden poems!

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Poems About Mountains

April 23, 2024 No Comments

Poems About Mountains

Mountain poems and poetry about mountains play on strong symbolism that show how tough and lasting things can be. Mountain poems often evoke a sense of awe and wonder, capturing their beauty and imposing presence. Imagery is at an all time high in mountain poems, and nature poems in general. Poetry about mountains help us think about life’s challenges and how we can endure.

Why Mountain Poetry?

Just consider mountains for a moment. They are nothing short of absolute marvels. Standing in their shadow, we feel small and awed. Climbing their bodies we feel triumphant and close to nature. Their beauty is hard to be captured in words, but here is a collection of poems about mountains that try.

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Poems About Growing Up

April 22, 2024 No Comments

Poems About Growing Up

Poems about growing up can be some of the most popular poems. Nostalgia is a universal feeling, and it’s an incredibly powerful one, too. So many of my early poems were nostalgia oriented. However, nostalgia poems don’t have to be about growing up, and poems about growing up don’t have to be nostalgic either. So we’ve collected a few poems that are specifically about growing up.

Poetry about Growing Up

Obviously poetry about growing up will touch on themes like childhood and memory. But a little deeper, there is something so profound about the loss of innocence, the nearly point-of-no-return type mentality that you just wake up with one day. These poems do a great job of either highlighting the joys of childhood, or mourning the loss of innocence. Enjoy this collection of poems about growing up!

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Under One Roof by Mark Gomez

April 21, 2024 No Comments

CB: I first met Mark Gomez at the Writers Circle of Atlanta, the group of artists founded by Cat Keeton and Gabby Fenimore. At first, I only knew him as a script writer, but eventually he began to share some poetry, and performed at our March Live Event. Here are four poems from Under One Roof by Mark Gomez. Under One Roof by Mark Gomez CB: All of the poems that follow are loosely connected under one theme, something of a suite of poems. I hope enjoy reading them! Our Love is a Screaming Kettle The kettle sits over the […]

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Poems About a Grandfather

April 20, 2024 No Comments

Poems About a Grandfather

Poems about a Grandfather are usually imbued with a sense of nostalgia, a sense of admiration and love. They also serve as stark reminders of time, and how precious it can be. I have two poems, Memento and Eulogy, that are forthcoming in a collection titled No Bird Lives in my Heart. I love writing poems about my grandfather, and you should, too!

Poetry About Grandfathers

Poems about a grandfather and poetry about grandparents at large are beautiful things. Appreciate them while you can, and immortalize them in your poetry. My first collection, Celine: An Elegy, is dedicated to my grandmother. I hope that these poems about a grandfather will serve to inspire you. Most importantly, I hope you enjoy reading them!

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Sailing Poems

April 19, 2024 No Comments

Sailing Poems

For some reason, in the thousands of poems about the ocean and the sea, there are strikingly few sailing poems. Our very own Sam Kilkenny, also for some unknown reason, has a penchant for writing poetry about sailing. A lot of his poems for our Poetry is Plagiarism series ended up being about the sea or sailing in some capacity.

Why Sailing Poems?

Sailing poems have a lot of the same thematic elements as poems about the ocean, or poems about water in general. There’s so much mystery about the ocean, so much transience. Sailing poems are all about claiming agency over the ocean, over the unknown, or testing yourself against such harsh elements. Enjoy these sailing poems!