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from the very smallexpanding in shock and awe
bada boom, big bada bang
Boom,boom goes my heart goes as I see itthe light approaching me so
It's something I wish I never saw
Why does nature hate me? I don't Know.
Mark wrote: "from the very smallexpanding in shock and awe
bada boom, big bada bang"
I love that - Mark - makes me smile!
On the wooded trailI run; nature and I one,
the race is over.
Farther and farther I runAnd I thought life just begun
But my race is over
my lifetime done.
Shadows streak the lanebeyond, seep from old hedges,
crawl from the mill pond.
What the shadow knowslurks in the water's currents
ambivalently.
The deepest shadow a sun, beside the abyss
at the heart of man.
What manner of manshines with a shadowless heart
rests in its shadows?
She inks long shadowson his brain and peers with eyes
of a late spring’s rain.
Inked words on a pagespread like a darkening cloud;
as tears fall like rain.
She sketched forebodingwith deft fingers, scored his thoughts
with spidery notes.
With gentle deftnessShe, like a spider, wove him,
Filled his void with silk.
Like spiders words were sprawled on the pageUnreadable notes expressing his pain-
filled nerve-racking emotions
boulder shaped men sitin a row at the mountains
peak; sentient guards.
Past the window flitsrocks, ridges, mountains, valleys;
natures picture show.
All those memoriesEmbedded in that postcard
From Germany, with love
Guy, I just saw your "response" now. Very beautiful continuation :)
Thank you Jocilene! :-) Is this not a wonderful thread? So much good writing.
Far from German woodsher heart recalls with fondness
the silence within.
Alas, his roses,caviar, and wine, with her,
added up to “Nein.”
And then there was neinAnd he left feeling not fine
His eyes leaking brine.
[Sorry. Couldn't help myself from making neinsense verse. LOL!]
Wild eyes follow me. I don't see them, but know they
stare. Reveal secrets.
ahahha, great guys!Ryan, I think you know why I love yours specially :) beautiful!
Guy, this is, indeed, a wonderful thread! But my favourite is still "word transformation". I learn a lot over there :P
When found, I followtoo, I keep following them
That silent message
Intense revealed, ‘till the end
I keep following... Listen!
In twilit pine woodsflits a calico Geisha
named Komorebi.
Delightful, Sarah! Excellent, Jocilene! And wonderful, Ryan! What a great sequence. :-)The dappled sunlight
Flirted with Sei Shonagan,
Her face, silken pale,
Hangs above empty papers,
Her brush poised with character.
madness or genius fool or sage, comic or jerk,
grounded or adrift
I've never done Haiku before, so here goes nothing...Ambivalence reigns
In my life forever more,
Cannot decide why
LOL!Excellent and so delightfully self-referential.
Without deciding
The bud became a flower
Wet from a spring rain.
Spring rain falls againBrings with it life and growth, hope.
Fall on me sweet rain
The house like a leaffloated on the hard river
looking for landfall.
Okay, I think I may be getting the hang of this... sort of?Frozen river sighs,
Remembers movement long past
waits for Sun's return
Excellent, Nadia! Welcome to the haiku thread, it becomes an addiction very quickly.Your poems are beautiful. Well done, you are definitely getting the hang of it :)
Water like white winewashes away what was meant,
leaving just a trace,
chiaroscuros of thought,
filigrees of memory.
Saudade riversweave softly through memories
of sunshine and wine.
His fingers woven,Hazel eyes stare lovingly,
Imagination.
Never it would seem
Will love captivate again
Come home my dear one
Thank you Ryan!It's where his heart is
That her breath wafts her fingers
Cold without his breath.
Fingers cold as iceWelcome to the other world
Never will warmth be.
Leeloo oh Leeloo,She knows it's a multi-pass.
So elemental.
Wind blows through my hairFlames dance upon the charred ground
Waves roll over shore
What left him speechlessand all at sea was something
in her chemistry.
Words have no meaningStaring into your dark eyes
lost in hopes and dreams
He peered at himselfin her eyes, then stalked away
through the driving rain.
LOL! Oops. Was that an inappropriate response?
Rain drove through the skybut lightning started to race
and then Thunder crashed.
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