Best Stretch Along Poems

There is a place where the land bows down to kiss the misty tide,
Where rolling waves bring memories of the place my heart resides.
There among the old fishing shacks that stretch along the shore,
I find the thing I’m longing for, in your sweet embrace once...

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Before me lies the ocean, with its shore,
   maintaining varied limits day and night;
at times, beyond its border, reaching more
   than ever, thrashing out in wild delight.

At other times, so docile, ebbing low
   with timid ripples that creep on...

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The cadent curls recede upon the shore,
with fizzle sounds like brushes on a drum,
their once brave tune declined forevermore,
beneath the growing shades of a beach plum.

The shadow fingers stretch along the beach,
to close the eyelids of a sleepy sun,
on the horizon nodding her last speech,	
her...

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Oh, how I love a peaceful summer day
when trees are still, and fields of grass stand tall.
In tranquil air, the bird songs drift away-
in tunes so clear, I'm lulled with every call.

Oh, how I love the hush of Autumn time
when gold and rusty hues paint...

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Rainbows are scattered on my blank walls
Patterns appear where the light splits and falls
They stream across the ceiling
They stretch along the floor
Echoes of beauty for my mind to store.

Visions of hope, visions of hope,
As I’m caught once more by visions of hope.
Visions of hope, visions...

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I dream a cross is dressed in diamonds rich.
It rears too high with spans that glisten gold
that stretch along the sky's chromatic edge
yet crimson rubies shine magenta tones. 

Its light is beauteous and brightly burns
against the altar, dressed with diadems rare. 
Towards the heavens, twisted...

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Chyann Rose, the elegant and beautiful rose
That grows in the wilderness beneath the trees,
Its memories floats high over all our country roads,
Fluttering its leaves, dancing elegantly in the breeze.
 
Sweeping along in the cool thoughtful margin of the day
Thousands of people will see her at...

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Driftwood benches stretch along the shoreline as far as the eye can see


While purple and green kelp stain the wet sand like messy 
brush strokes a child would make


Amongst the rocks and tide pools, a myriad of sea life abounds


Tiny bullheads zip and dart around,...

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The air is filled with owls' hoo-hoo;
trees shadows stretch along the grass,
looking like tall, mean monsters;
red eyes glitter behind the bushes;
the lake smells like fresh blood;
skeletons dance like marionettes
under the trees' branches...
The forest is damned.



Date: 13/11/2015

Name: Teddy Kimathi

Contest: Trashed #4

Sponsor: Broken Wings...

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Sunlight has come, and the newest has day began 
With the sweet sound of sleep lay in curls beyond 
Wear limbs and rest, above heavenly skies waiting 
A flurry of voices to come from little birds singing.

Lofted wings of sunlight leap into a new horizon...

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Branches that stretch along the terrace with dangling stems throughout.  Scraped, chipped and peeled of layers from its grey skin.  Connecting each stem to stem marked by living things that invade and conquer this figure with branches and stems.  With glitches along...

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Standing at the water's edge
 a school of small fry catfish swim
 scurrying beneath the sun rays
 in and out the cover of decaying leaves;
how fast they hurry
 gathering in a blend of darkened feelers
 that explore the shores beneath them
 escaping the sharp beaks...

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Steadily
 the rapids flow, fast and quick,
 splashing up and down the stones
 then falling into the pond.

Swirls and ripples form
 where once still waters held one’s gaze
 now, a constant motion forward, away
 to reach the distant shores.

Sun light
  warm, erraptured blurrs
 ...

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For some folks, it’s a marathon 
Of lonesome country miles
That stretch along a winding road 
At every runner’s pace.
For others, it’s a full-on sprint 
Of pounding, driven strides
That hammer toward the finish line 
To claim the winner’s place.
Could be a relay in exclusive lanes, 
Or...

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My whole layout you rearranged
fragments fit my shredded heart,  
revived by a blackout unplanned; 

Cabinets you couldn’t leave closed, 
repairing hinges that had fallen apart; 
My whole layout you rearranged; 

Led me down a route untouched 
unprepared for all you would impart, 
revived by...

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