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laurencmatthews
laurencmatthews

Great Forces

I've been telling my dreams to the weeping willow, "I want to soar like an eagle and not stare out this old window, I want to fly far, far away and no longer be broken." But there were no words to be...

20 2 398 words
Jamtots
Jamtots

Summer's Call

Spring come harken to the summer's call, That passes by on a whispered breeze, Exhaling warmth like a shallow breath, On the ebb and flow of calming seas.

24 9 111 words
sjw
sjw

The Awakening.

#acrostic S ing me your song as nature unfurls, P lay me a tune that's sweet to my ears. R escue my soul from winters slumber, I n awe, you awaken my senses hunger.

28 18 83 words
a_thousand_roses
a_thousand_roses

The Rainbow Promise

A smile is a rainbow Flipped upside down, And the light in the sky Can have a pretty sound. The robin in the clouds Puffs out its proud red chest, But the lovely white dove Never has time to rest.

24 1 110 words
tetti2
tetti2

Day Vs Night

#natureacrostic Sunlight the warmer of the two Uplifting heat that turns our skies blue, New days seen with its rising in the east, Lioness of the sky a fiery, hot headed beast, Ignited to the...

18 8 153 words
patdolan83
patdolan83

Too Young To Love

#natureacrostic. #anexperiment (diditwork?) *I forgot to mention, I was watching Twilight Eclipse when writing this. Shoulders unweighted newly lived, I give her time.

30 21 46 words
sammielee46
sammielee46

I Am The Moon.

I am the moon in the night sky,. I share my domain with the stars,. The sun is on the opposite side,. Wrapping the world in its sunny scarf,. I light up the darkest sky's,. I signify the night,.

16 15 151 words
KawtarHassan
KawtarHassan

Obeskrivlig Känsla - 2010

Jag vaknade av att solen sken in i mitt rum, in genom gardinerna som jag hade dragit för fönstret.

0 0 526 words
jackalice
jackalice

Delicious Creation

Imagination blooms. In a chameleon flower. Growing from the ear of. An iguana, illuminated. In the sun of the father of. A brilliant mind showered. In bright sparkling Time. Empowered by Love,.

18 1 155 words
BethyBoo
BethyBoo

Untitled

Soaking up the sunlight . In the dead of night . . There's a cold wind blowing . The heat is going . . Say goodbye to summer . Winter's here and it's a bummer . . When snow falls .

18 6 57 words
EDogg
EDogg

This Time.

Trees project high overhead like spires towards the heavens. As I lay here, or perhaps more correctly, as gravity works upon my mass, gently tamping the loose soil, the broken twigs and leafy decay.

12 5 127 words
Delilah
Delilah

Back To Bed

Winter has intruded into cool February air Leaving kisses in a blanket To tuck the snowdrops back to sleep.

30 10 70 words
Odd
Odd

The Lady...

Her legs lightly tapped her floor. Counting each step... Each breath. Had she been spotted. She'd never blend against the great white that surrounded her, And ironically if she had been spotted...

18 0 61 words
nala416
nala416

biggest tree

the biggest tree of them all is very diffrent then all its branches are to small the leaves are blue its trunk looks to fat to be choped down to the biggest tree of them all would like to be...

2 0 106 words
michga
michga

Tempestuous Tide

Water ripples~~~ against toasted grains:::::, soaking up its last remains. A light beams<<< at sapphire blue glass, shadows the land, that is moving fast.

20 0 62 words
alexharland407
alexharland407

Time

Time is eternal, yet our share is not. As sure a flower will rise in spring, with floret each lush in violet; ‘twill wilt and tarnish in autumns wing.

24 10 104 words
sarahgamal
sarahgamal

I Ask

I ask you for rain To wash away the remaining pain I ask you for love To fill my every vein I ask you for strength So my tears would stop going down the drain I ask you for wind To fly away and...

30 2 92 words
locklye
locklye

Venus Flower Basket

After a shrimp picks his mate, they retreat to a Venus flower basket. This coral is essentially a tube and soon it closes in on both sides, trapping the shrimp inside.

6 0 232 words
HeatherAnne
HeatherAnne

Moth Dance.

A moth drawn to the flame, A flicker in the dark, A heady combination, A teasing, taunting spark.

38 2 82 words
leelee101
leelee101

Come Back, Jack

#adventchallenge. I think he's hibernating. Because it's been so mild. He's sleeping off the winter. Somewhere in the wild. He showed up for a while. All blue and frosty heart.

78 27 96 words
mulishwhim
mulishwhim

Untitled #Isolation In Twos

All we need. To take away our words. Is the cool, gentle breeze. And the lovely. pineapple trees. Just you and me. Connected to. the seven seas. Silent or loud. The waves crash around. All we need.

22 3 99 words
wolfie
wolfie

The Fiction Of Bees

The last flower shed salty petals Unsupported, it slumped against glass They looked on: at a loss and without hope The final of Nature's blazes Her passion unsummered in a bell-jar Beauty decomposed...

24 17 108 words
TheGoldRibbon
TheGoldRibbon

Snowflakes...

#adventchallenge Intricate snowflakes, Floating to the ground, Silently communicating, Yet, without a sound. A blessing from above, No two the same, Each and everyone-unique, But deprived of a name.

34 13 50 words
sarahgamal
sarahgamal

Soul Unfrozen

A soul made of glass. Imprinting my body on your grass. Eyes shut with no tears. A heart with no fears. Mind in a trance. Body can still dance. I lie on your grass. Free from all my pasts.

34 10 72 words
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