I, a dragon fly, across the shadows of the sky,
away from neighboring towns and human eyes
high above gathering hovering clouds.
I roar steam rises from my nostrils.
My tail flicks back and forth as my leathery wings beats the air.
My fire opal-midnight-blue scales flash a play of colors
as I sweep around in great circles and spirals.
Downward gliding on my stiff transparent glittering wings.
My eyes are like glowing ember,
my claws are as sharp as onyx daggers.
I unfolded my wide translucent wings
and beat the air vanishing from sight,
soar towards the heavens swallowed up by the clouds.
2/7/2023
Writing Challenge - D Words - Poetry Contest
9. Dragon
Sponsored by: Constance La France
Categories:
fire opal, imagery,
Form: Personification
emblazon the biosphere
abstruse blue, shire green
shaken out of the shadows
fire opal, daystar yellow
every color under the sun
embodying the labyrinthine canvas
10/25/2021
BITE SIZE POEM no24
Categories:
fire opal, beauty, color, earth, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Autumn's song kindles the flame
To set the leaves ablaze
Crimson glows and golden hues acclaim
The fervor that burns with autumn days
It meanders to other domains
And lights the forest with beautiful refrains
A rhapsody of colors moves on high
As fire opal tints imbue the sky
The scene satisfies the soul's desire
Showing off the splendor of autumn's fire
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10/22/16
Categories:
fire opal, autumn, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Draconem
Away from human eyes
I fly across the sky
High above the floating clouds
Some think I'm a myth, but I'm as real as you
As I roar steam rises from my nostrils
My tail flicks back and forth as my leathery wings beat the air
My fire opal midnight blue scales flash a play of colors
As I sweep around in great circles and spirals
Down gliding on my stiff transparent glittering wings
My eyes are like glowing ember and my claws are as sharp as onyx daggers
Brown, orange leaves fall like confetti all around a young girl named Jess
As she sits under a canopy of trees
She runs to me and up my wing and wraps her arms around my neck and whispers,
” Take me away a million miles to a land where there is no hate or war”.
As she clung tightly, I unfolded my wide translucent wings and beat the air
Vanishing from sight soar towards the heavens swallowed up by the clouds
10/19/2015
Sponsored By: Carol Eastman
Categories:
fire opal, fantasy,
Form: Personification
Birds bespeckle tangerine skies
As sun meets sea in waves of gold
Upon the wind the birds now rise
Birds bespeckle tangerine skies
As summer frames the sun's demise
On gentle breeze beauty unfolds
Birds bespeckle tangerine skies
As sun meets sea in waves of gold
Categories:
fire opal, nature,
Form: Triolet
Sweet autumn kisses
turn emerald leaves to gold
with specks of ruby
that glitter as they descend
Beneath fire opal sunsets
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Categories:
fire opal, seasons,
Form: Tanka