Best Silhouette Poems

Witching hour is upon us 
Dusky clouds, falling, swirling
Obscuring the crescent moon
Skeleton fingered branches
Beckoning me in the wind 
As I creep past the grave stones
To my final resting place

Jan Allison
10th November 2014
Contest: Silhouette of a Heptagonet
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
~awarded 5th place~

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Shifting Shadows sculpt ebony edges
Inscribing boundaries of light and dark.
Light contrasts with fragmented flowing forms,
Highlighting converging differences.
Out of chaos structure seemingly takes form,
Utilizing rays of a setting sun.
Etched upon the fringes of night and day,
Trees merge with backgrounds of liquid black as
Time pauses, almost standing...

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Hot day has come to an end
           Strong smell of smouldering wood
              Pervades the ravaged outback
      ...

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Out walking on the beach alone, 
Waves breaking with a somber tone. 
I was only a stumble 
From cracking up and crashing down. 
Old driftwood and a weathered shell; 
Lone inmate in a private hell. 
I'd been telling myself 
I should take my business out...

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At times deaths vale splits open
 and shadows weave in and out.
 Your presence dances past me
 gently kissing my forehead.
 Rushing air catches my breath 
 and I am filled with peace as
 your silhouette passes by.


Written by Brenda Meier-Hans 
11.08.2014
Nette Onclaud Contest 
Silhouette...

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friendship - we have chased that apparition, endlessly,

          but it's elusive spirit - always beyond our fingers' reach.

resentment, disappointment, heads thumped in anger,

             ...

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The silhouette of night comes,
like a soft dark rendering
Drawn on the wall of my mind
To visit, to remember
There I've rendered your likeness,
with the charcoal from our love
Left in the silent ashes


contest Silhouette of a Heptagonet
Frederic 11/7/14...

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There is a mystic hint of endearment
In watching you through shadows ,
Like observing a diaphanous river
As it  meanders its way down the bend;
Past reeds and grasses on a foggy edge
To somewhere new  and therefore lightly seen.

The delicate, steady throb from your  glide
Moves...

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Silhouette

Through opaque darkness, delving in the deep
as if to say life’s face we must forget
where shadows lurk in silent scenes to keep
an image not as bright in silhouette.
A blend of varied shades that is unique,
can be an outline of the sky’s sunset.

Smile-lines upon the face...

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Oh my dear, I do see your silhouette;
Sad as it seems your tears steadily drip,
crashing to the floor but oh so quiet.
My love, I do fret I cannot quite rip this

puppeteer of pure pain behind your eyes.
“Come closer my love,” but she stood quite still.
Though...

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Inside my head bells of nostalgia incessantly do chime
Waking a mournful muse of longing and regret
I recognize her silhouette~ a wistful tall brunette
Forever chanting spells to turn back the hands of time

She waits till sunset to paint another cruel vignette
O to what heights I’d be...

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My shadow keeps me company
I’m friendly with the shade
It will never abandon me
Or let me be afraid

It conceals my feelings
And always lets me hide
Keeping in the thoughts
So nothing leaks outside

You might find it cold
The way I blankly stare
But I’m working through emotions
When it looks like...

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Yours is a beautiful silhouette.
One I've learnt to recognise,
One I've come to love.
Your form, each detail,
Committed to memory.

Sight suits for now, but
One day, I will know you by
Touch, too....

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Her eyes laced up beautiful
mouth wired line delicate
blood pressed through ears
and sun cooked water burns
These skirts stabbed gray
Cold lack luster lump open
she's winter as the sky is tommorrow
too bright for fresh
wonder solid unturned bliss
her lips sure of their pale defeat
plump ajar need reeking
This body conqoured
the...

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Reached out to hold the silhouette who posed in the elegance of beauty that is hidden within darkness that spills out with blackness of sparkle stars near to shine


My soul, stood near, dazzled by what my old eyes sees, breathless feelings to be within her...

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