Best Decorates Poems

An Acrostic Sonnet inspired by United Colours Yellow Poetry Contest of Silent One:

Orange, which is not such a favored hue,
Rarely decorates hills, streams or plains.
Does...

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I am seated in a bed-like rock
Under the foothills this is a single block

The Sun rises behind my back
Though I face hills in the west,...

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I am at the edge of nowhere.
Salty tears slowly
Dribble down my hollow cheeks.
Darkness is all around.
Where is the silver lining 
That decorates black clouds?
Why is...

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Be it half, or be it full
                  ...

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The naked skyline falls into a quiet darkness,
slick sidewalks and flickering street lights bid farewell
as I enter the elevator to her loft, fifth floor
My day...

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The sun is shining brightly now
The clouds from the hurricane gone
Air is crisp, cool slightly moving
From the northwest where winter comes

One lone hugh hickory decorates
The...

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Your emerald eyes smiled at me
as the mist caressed your face, 
they captured me and held me
in a magical embrace.     ...

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Still the creed:
That serves you salt not from tears,
That decorates you not with fakes,
That builds you castle not in the air,
Quenches your thirst not with...

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Twisted popcorn lace decorates
The eastern pale blue sky
A canopy of delight hangs
Miles and miles up high

Upon the eastern horizon
An orange sun seeks to climb
Across the...

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The anorexia is not conspicuous,
being half-submerged, just
breaking through.
She’s a powdered mirage.
Her skin a hyaline shear
drawn over a necklace
of clavicle bones.
She knows her chest
is returning to...

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Twilight surrenders the sky when night takes hold,
offering the throne to the moon and stars of gold.
Luna appears in a sparkling silver gown that glows.
She...

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Lavender wildflower bloom everywhere
I stop in a reverie and I just stare
Mother Nature has brought this gift here
It brings a blanket of safety from fear
Limited...

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In the darkness there are places
That no one's ever seen
Guarded by a wicked one
A kind of devilish fiend

He rejoices over heartaches
And revels in our cries
He...

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Fallen flakes of pure white snow,
Laid to rest on sculpted stone.
Keeping their vigil; a silent duty,
A scene of strangely eerie beauty.

Bowing old trees heavy laden,
From...

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In the quiet dawn of March,
When winter relaxes its cold grip,
The daylight stretches its arms,
While serving a dynamic delight. 

The sun, shining vibrantly, 
decorates the...

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