Ode

Ode to Hibiscus
So pretty in red but lasting only one day hibiscus fell off. *** It gave me three buds, Each flowered just for one day,
By Lana V Lynx3 months ago in Poets
The Original Idea
the Original idea slips away elusive as an innocent mind. a momentary Epiphany, a spot of light among the dark that lives for an instant
By Penina Pohl3 months ago in Poets
Tracking Marimba
Autumn is an earth-based Broadway. I enjoy the show: bronze, crimson, golden-trimmed trees- captivating backdrops with many a fine actor, singer, dancer, entertaining me. Apple orchard pickings, red stripes, blush, yellow-green- Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, Golden Delicious- I eat it all up. Romping squirrels, spiraling leaves, wind-scattered chestnuts, weather shifts, pumpkin patch surprises-- jackolantern galleries in intermingling oranges- they all meet my heartfelt applause.
By Alpha Man3 months ago in Poets
2 Different
We don’t live in the same America. There’s the one they built on paper, and the one we built out of survival. Theirs has inheritance,
By Cadma3 months ago in Poets
France, 1914
Where the songbirds fly low and the wildflowers grow, there's a peace that echoes through the land. Trees of pretty patterns, blossoms fall in spring, grass never was so green though the nettles, vipers, sting.
By Mel ECW3 months ago in Poets
A Steady Glow
At first, I don’t believe you’re real Though I want to more than anything You've always been just out of reach But now I see you, tempting
By Hailey Marchand-Nazzaro3 months ago in Poets
Black and Blue
The eerie blue glow of ballgames and shows, most places I go, in every bar on my road. It intrudes and though my eyes elude
By A. S. Lawrence3 months ago in Poets
The Streetlamp in Paris, Near Passage Dauphine. Honorable Mention in Lantern Light Challenge.
Tonight, a glint from rain reflects your lonely lilt of light, diffused in pearl-like half-dream, on a single street violinist
By Teresa Renton3 months ago in Poets
lantern
lantern Why do you glow when no one is around From where is the call for light on this path that is not yet and perhaps will never be
By Josh Smith3 months ago in Poets
Beautiful People
Beautiful people Removed from their land By God’s hand They were forced on to someone else’s land They took their stand
By Atomic Historian3 months ago in Poets
Lighten up, Shakespeare
In the dark musty streets of London town A man scribes in blood, under a link boys glow. Capturing crowds, with mad princes and clowns
By Simon Aylward3 months ago in Poets
Selena, Mother of Night
Selena, Mother of the Night, I come brimming with fright, Oh, Keeper of Dreams, I am undone at the seams. Each morning the sun chases you away, bringing forth another dreadful day. Your daily banishment is my ritual punishment. I beg of you, linger in the sky, may your beacon never die. Keep the sun at bay and the daywalkers away. Those living life routine, are a blemish on the unseen. Fools of days mundanity drain me of my sanity. I kneel before you on this darkened eve, praying that you never leave. Keep me, beneath your holy power as the solar sheep all cower. My pale and powerful goddess, hear my plea. The dark will stay, so mote it be.
By Tales from a Madman3 months ago in Poets