ECHOES OF THE LAKE
...Trumpet-like lilies by the lake
preen for the flamboyant flamingo,
sifting through the murky waters,
searching for algae and shrimp
where crawdads click and clatter.
While silvery fish glide s...
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Categories:
crawdads, animal, bird, flower, insect,
Form: Free verse
Oy vey iz mir, one day in the life of a common house broken schmeckle
...Oy vey iz mir, one day in the life of a common house broken schmeckle...,
who did pötschke
and squander many an opportunity
to become a mensch
instead he became persona non grata
condemned to ...
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Categories:
crawdads, adventure, angst, appreciation, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
fishing in the creek
...no pole is needed
just a bucket for minnows
and small crawdads too...
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Categories:
crawdads, fishing,
Form: Haiku
Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's Library
...Toddlers' Exploration:
Cardboard drum and a thunderous beast
With playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide to dreams just out of reach
Soaring through tales of barny...
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Categories:
crawdads, adventure, books, childhood, imagination,
Form: Narrative
Montage, Part One of Many
...I stand
Standing upon the emerald landscape
posture stiff and still
Eyes like black holes
devouring the space around me
Glass horse galloping, prisms
exploding through the plainlands
Time pas...
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Categories:
crawdads, dream, imagery, imagination, longing,
Form: Free verse
Crawdads
...Where do crawdads hide
buried in muddy creek banks
living the good life...
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Categories:
crawdads, animal,
Form: Haiku
Finding Lost Youth
...I remember
running into the woods
free spirit
no worries
picking berries from the vine
eating peaches plucked from the tree
catching crawdads in the creek
taking in the smells of nature...
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Categories:
crawdads, nature, youth,
Form: Free verse
Autumn Stroll
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"Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar." - Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
I’ll loose myself in an autumn st...
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Categories:
crawdads, appreciation, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Thee Abortion
...Leaving the train left us rattled
braising sounds abruptly heightened
my senses measured completely
beneath sullen moments within
quiet calmness thee essence of
Arlington cemetery the hidde...
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Categories:
crawdads, allah, arabic,
Form: Ghazal
A Leaf's Flight
...“Autumn leaves don’t fall; they fly. They take their time and wander on this, their only chance to soar.” Owens, Delia. Where the Crawdads Sing, Chapter 17: “Crossing the Threshold” (p. 124).
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Categories:
crawdads, autumn, flying, longing,
Form: Free verse
Autumn Leaves Sailing Round
...“Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”
Quote By: Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
Crisp swift wind whistle clear, autumn ...
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Categories:
crawdads, autumn,
Form: Triolet
Learning Optimization
...Let’s keep on learning* amidst reading glow
Kindled by wondrous interest to grow
Radiating wisdom along knowledge flow
To vanquish ignorance and folly’s blow.
Led by guiding light of tr...
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Categories:
crawdads, blessing, christian, education, growth,
Form: Didactic
Where Rare Birds Sing
...Golden rays filter through rustling red leaves
Oscillating fall colors to rhythms of evening
Amid sounds exotic as animals roam freely
Deep into wilderness, where rare birds sing,
Where trees gro...
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Categories:
crawdads, autumn, nature,
Form: Verse
Let the Leaf Fly
...When the leaf falls from a dying tree
in the brisk autumn breeze,
It seems to sprout wings
like a fledgling that spreads its wings
and sets off from its nest to explore
the wide expanse of the ...
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Categories:
crawdads, autumn,
Form: Free verse
We Create a Decoupage
...7. “Autumn leaves don’t fall; they fly. They take their time and wander on this, their only chance to soar.” Owens, Delia. Where the Crawdads Sing, Chapter 17: “Crossing the Threshold” (p. 124).
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Categories:
crawdads, autumn, nature,
Form: Personification
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