Nette Onclaud Poet Rhyme

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Edward Ibeh's 'Pick-A-Title, Vol 51' Contest...submitted 10 May 2025

To Fly

Upon this dappled hill I stand
Before these priceless scenes so grand
That no one ever saw
Beneath... upon a ridge so high
A  bright display,  the cerise sky
Rooted alone in awe.

No fearless bird did ever reach
No mountain high could ever breach
I think thus as i sigh
All so perfect where they are
The fragrant wind, the distant star
In peace so complete...I fly !

Then wisps of dew, the tangy breeze
The rising brooks and  soaring trees
Such wonders that I see---
This misty hill , the sun has shown-
Gems of earth that I haven't  known
Ascending into heaven ,  free !


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Paula Goldsmith May 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful "To Fly" write. Great Last line... Have a blessed day with your win................

CayCay Godwin May 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM This is absolutely gorgeous, a poem of poems - its rhythm, flow, rhyme and beat all wrapped me in poetry splendor! A read so sweet ... CayCay

Crystol Woods May 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM Such a beautifully flowing poem... a scene imagined and related in language so pretty! I just did a study on the gem stones that will be in the heavenly temple... it's amazing! Xo

James Marshall Goff May 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM A delightful dreamlike oracle Char!

Paige Hind May 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM Gorgeous, Nette. The rhyme was so perfect- I felt the awe with you. Gorgeous.

Silent One May 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM Lovely word play here, Nette... I like how your poem is a celebration of nature's quiet majesty, spoken from a place of deep solitude and wonder. I can imagine standing “upon this dappled hill,” overwhelmed by a view that feels untouched and uniquely theirs—“that no one ever saw.” Your language evokes a sense of discovery, as if the natural world is revealing hidden beauty only to those still and open enough to perceive it.