Best Skittish Poems

A born lioness my untamed heart? ha! 
a mouse, this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on...

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A pair of doves start to preen and prim,
snuggling close on their favorite limb.
And cooing low, hail the morning sun,
giving praise for a new day...

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While whispers shush on sheltered shores, as soon the cockcrow quakes,
the seas descry a skittish sky, sense summer zephyrs wake  –
roused passions neath the...

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We don't talk about it
Since hands upon the clock have ceased to move
When minutes creep, on skittish feet
The walls grow small~

By blue degrees, she drowns...

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I stepped in for my first colonoscopy. I was nervous everyone could see
I had a choice to be awake or put out if I was...

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A hint of red and yellow
Amongst a sea of green
A sign that change is coming
To the forest canopies

This morn's air is slightly chilled
Much more than...

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Rain has become synonymous with gray,
signifying a storm is on its way.
A skittish sun silently shrinks away,
allowing shadows to overcome day
and clouds to release droplets...

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The sky slid across a thinly iced sun
As clouds collided amid piled up heaps
Painting noses pink, where powdered breath spun
Webs of frost surrounding when minutes...

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The moon slowly ascends like a regal Queen
while skittish shadows all flee the scene
and scarlet skies bleed last light
as nippy winds bite
tethered to
night
drops of dew
soon...

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A brown-winged Lepidoptera alights
My sweaty hand and tentatively flaps
Its delicate wings in morning sunlight. 
What seemed to me a long time was perhaps  
A...

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I am like a fragile deer
Approach carefully and beware
Not to startle me or I
Will run off, I'm very shy
If your slow and really quiet
With your...

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Brindled mountains dappled with snow
form grottos of light and shadow.
And moss clings to the rugged rock
on ancient roosts where seabirds flock.

Cascading waters splash and sing
with...

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Fresh winter wind shines
Early day's icy lace
Brisk peppermint breath
Refined milky light
Ubiquitous candy hearts 
Allows a splash of
Red and pink to brighten
Yearlings' skittish steps to spring....

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Snowflakes 
playful
tumble fall
they glisten
as they dance
lightly fluffy
skittish yet carefree
in the moonglow
out my window



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SNOW WHITE~ 2020

AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on January...

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mackerel pudding
	mackerel cake
		mackerel pie for goodness sakes!

mackerel blinds
	mackerel drapes
		mackerel ice cream on chocolate cakes.

mackerel poems
	mackerel words.
		mackerel now sounds rather absurd.


mackerel dogs
	mackerel cats.
		mackerel quilts made by...

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