In the Extravagance of Midnight Air
The Extravagance of Midnight Air
David J Walker
No need to heed the interpretations of
The same language unspoken
I can hear you in the hue of the
Brightest blue eyes I have
Ever seen
Where the moon cannot match
The glow from your smile
We will sit and talk a while
Without saying a word in the
Extravagance of
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Categories:
extravagance, love, lust,
Form: Rhyme
Extravagance Squandered
Extravagance Squandered
David J Walker
Each in its own bubble as
A singular life
Clinging together in a
Mountain of dirty detergent
Flowing on turbulent rivers as
A not so well thought out experiment
Meant to cleanse
it poisons and
Pollutes everything it touches but
The bubbles meld and grow
Eventually exploding into nothing
With nothing to show but
The residue of extravagance squandered
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Categories:
extravagance, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Wild Extravagance
Austere magic and verdant odor
in sombre shades of thick forest,
nature breathing a breeze of life
among lofty trees and tall grasses.
wilful beneath a boundless blue sky,
sunlight dapples an emerald canvas.
Lilac bushes soothe alder woods
wildflowers cluster charteus groves.
quaking aspen and towering oaks
fallen leaves sussurate soft rambles
a quiescent stream basks in splendor
squirrels crackling birdsong
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Categories:
extravagance, nature,
Form: Free verse
Extravagance
Money and time well spent,
Yet you secretly lament.
Seems now even generosity feels resentful,
As we continue to be so wasteful.
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Categories:
extravagance, money,
Form: Quatrain
Categories:
extravagance, nature, seasons
Form: Fibonacci