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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 © Katie-Jayne Boardman | Year Posted 2013

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Poet Destroyer A Date: 11/27/2013 12:36:00 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 <-@ Login to Reply Katie-Jayne Boardman Date: 11/27/2013 2:27:00 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? :) Katie-Jayne Boardman Date: 11/27/2013 2:00:00 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!

Jon A Cavanaugh Date: 11/26/2013 11:24:00 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. Login to Reply Katie-Jayne Boardman Date: 11/27/2013 2:01:00 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 :) ) Jon A Cavanaugh Date: 11/26/2013 11:33:00 PM Have a Happy Thanksgiving