The Kea
...“We must feel glad that, for the moment, the kea has been saved to amuse us, surprise us, even annoy us and damage our property, and cheekily remind us that land was not made just for the benefit of ...
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Categories:
alpines, bird,
Form: Free verse
Alpine Snow
...Summertimes sunshine, melts alpines snowline ~ waters ice cold, crystalline.
cascading torrents
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Categories:
alpines, flower, mountains, nature, snow,
Form: Other
Beers
...Beers
Friends of mine in hard times
Calls me for a snap!
Reminds me of my old buddies
In a crowded cafe on the Alpines
Should be not consumed
I know very well
But my urge to forg...
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Categories:
alpines, 10th grade, absence, allusion,
Form: Verse
Mountain Meaning Iii - Death of Anthropocene
...As I hike
The winding Rattler paths of Green Mountain
It’s tempting to think
Beneath my skidding leather shoes
These marbles of red stones
Were scattered and tossed here
Just today
Laid out
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Categories:
alpines, creation, earth, religion, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
From Your Lips To Santa's Ears
...A Jaguar, koenigsegg or ferrari
Silk threads in pravda , Gucci , armani
Honeycomb in the mountains, swiss alpines
Hey Santa! Better deliver on time
I'm guilty for not giving to the poor
Guilt...
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Categories:
alpines, christmas,
Form: Sonnet
Tali Karng:Le Serpent Du Crepuscule-Transl Go W Les Russell's Tali Karng:Twilight Snake By Wignesan
...Tali Karng : le Serpent du Crépuscule – Translation of W. Les Russell’s « Tali Karng : Twilight Snake » by T. Wignesan
(W.Les Russell, b. 1949 in Melbourne, joined the Royal Australian Navy – ...
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Categories:
alpines, allegory, fear, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Spring Abecadarian
...Azaleas with their vibrant jewelled colours mingle with
Begonias to bring beauty to my garden borders.
Calendula or Marigolds in glorious gold dazzle me like spring sunshine.
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Categories:
alpines, beautiful, nature, spring,
Form: Abecedarian
The Silence of Stone
...Hard is the rock, yet it does roll, beneath the oceans
Swift currents its rough edges become smooth, rounded
But it makes no sound; it is the silence of stone.
Gray is granite, as markers grave ma...
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Categories:
alpines, imagery, imagination, inspirational, nature,
Form: Free verse
Flesh and Bones
...Signs versus shadows in city
of reasons burst amnion.
White cranes manipulate black clouds,
smudge the nomenclature.
I want to become deaf
in grazing blasts. Young lovers
dance on machetes; nifty wo...
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Categories:
alpines, art,
Form: ABC
Flesh and Bones
...Signs versus shadows in city
of reasons burst amnion.
White cranes manipulate black clouds,
smudge the nomenclature.
I want to become deaf
in grazing blasts. Young lovers
dance on machetes; n...
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Categories:
alpines, adventure, allegory, angst, animals,
Form: I do not know?