Fire

City lights are diamantes
On a black-sand beach  

The bonfire is a driftwood woman
With shattered bones and teeth

We are a 
                Clan
That sends gunpowder to the sea

Fireworks are water globes
That implode

Just out of reach
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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November 27, 2013 at 12:36 AM
Hi Casey, love the poem. It's just perfect for a first poem... A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. Dropping by to invite you to my latest contest - Playing With Fire- You will find the contest page on the top left hand side* -Looking forward in following and reading your poetry. Hope to hear from you soon. You will enjoy the community, we are one big happy family. (Drama & Love. LOL) ~ Take Care, and enjoy the Thanksgiving Holiday...! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
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November 27, 2013 at 2:27 PM
Also, I looked on the contest list and I can't find "Playing With Fire" Would you be able to help me out there? :)
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November 27, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Thank you Linda for this warm welcome. I will have a look at your contest too. It's great to have a new poet friend!
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November 26, 2013 at 11:24 PM
Very nice. Well done. I see that you are new to poetry soup. Welcome. You will meet many wonderful poets here. I look forward to reading many more of your wonderful poems. Thank you for visiting my poem and hope to see more of you on the soup.
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November 27, 2013 at 2:01 PM
Thank you Jon. I certainly will read more of your poems. Happy thanksgiving to you. (We don't celebrate it here but thank you for the season's greetings :) )
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November 26, 2013 at 11:33 PM
Have a Happy Thanksgiving
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