Silenced By Awe
mouth unable to form words
then sounds of desperation
inspired by wisdoms presence
awestruck I retreat into silence
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Categories:
in awe of, inspirational, people, silence, spoken
Form: Free verse
In awe of You
We looked up to you---
When during lessons you helped us look within.
Without, it'd be a confusion.
Expectations, a riot of colorful thrill.
You'd observe, steady and silent.
Then encourage us to go ahead.
Fond rememberances.
Your suggestions for books hit.
Like one patient, enchanted-
We'd wait for you to come.
Poetry and thought twined,
And you turned 'Wasteland' our home.
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Categories:
in awe of, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
IN A GILDED INSTANT
IN A GILDED INSTANT
The monarch’s wings opened as a picture book, fluttering by. It glided, uncertain but undeterred, through a gentle haze of gold and shadow, the garden’s hush punctuated by the faint murmur of leaves. Sunlight filtered in rare skeins, dappling the monarch’s patterned wings as it hovered, hesitated, and then pressed onward—a flicker
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Categories:
in awe of, 12th grade, butterfly,
Form: Ekphrasis
NATURE’S UMBRELLA
Beautifully she stood,
shadowing the pretty grass:
a sweet poised mushroom:-
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Categories:
in awe of, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
It begins with a sky-split cry—
a blade of wind slicing the stillness,
gulls scattering like torn pages
as the sea holds its breath.
Then comes the first thunderstroke,
not from clouds, but from below—
the ocean remembering its anger.
The sea begins to speak in tongues—
lightning dances across the waves.
The ocean surges, climbs the wind,
rising in spiraled towers of spray—
a mind
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Categories:
in awe of, music, nature, ocean, storm,
Form: Free verse
Aurora Borealis
The dying sun gives birth to the night,
the stars glittering with their eternal light.
In the north a glow, a living rainbow,
moving, shifting, an incredible show.
Leaping and dancing in the ebony sky
with a life all its own, beauty alive.
Like flames of a fire, a celestial pyre,
flickering, shifting, and reaching ever higher.
The Master’s artistry in the heavens,
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Categories:
in awe of, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Awe So You Say part 2
Awe, So You Say part 2
A letter to you
I can’t imagine walking in your shoes
Victorian time period
Your so fluent
Awe, so yo say
Maybe some lavender tea
Nothing gets to you
You have it all together
Thank you for reaching out
Your heart echoes
You bring out the best in
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Categories:
in awe of, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Awe, So You Say
Awe, So You Say
Awe, so you say.
I’m bewildered.
Ice on the rocks.
Amber to alcohol.
Your radiant smile.
Time departed.
A dance in the night.
Bring back old memories.
We drifted apart.
Gravity pulled so far.
A second chance.
Hand in hand.
You came back to me.
Heaven was watching.
Maybe it’s
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Categories:
in awe of, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Nature's Fireworks
Flowers are nature's fireworks.
Especially in May.
The explosion of color
takes one's breath away.
From the finest artists' hands,
come morning, day and night,
in all their different hues
and every shade of light.
Swaying in the wind,
majestic, sleepy or gay;
scenting the blustery air
with heaven's secret bouquet.
Feeding the hungry insects,
drawing the busy bees,
hiding the smallest forms,
decorating spring's trees.
The pink flowery beds,
the evening
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Categories:
in awe of, appreciation, beautiful, flower, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Play-Doh Poetry
Playing with words is like playing with Play-Doh for the first time,
mixing colors
messing with structures,
feeling it's designs between your fingers.
All five of them.
And then delicately stroking its surface with the others,
learning to comprehend the difference between smooth and rough,
and that the difference between them defines beauty.
It's like wiping the floor clean with its sticky skin,
and
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Categories:
in awe of, childhood, poetry, word play,
Form: Free verse
In awe
I stand in awe.
I watch in amazement.
You're a cirque du soleil performer,
A contortionist.
I watch you bend and twist,
Until you turn into this brute.
This beast.
This monster before me.
You warp your words until all trace of love has crumbled and fallen through the cracks in the foundation.
This love feels empty.
You say I'm horrible, I'm a b*tch
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Categories:
in awe of, abuse, betrayal, conflict, courage,
Form: Free verse
Colors of the Morning
One early autumn morning, before the sun awoke,
before the moon had disappeared, or any robin spoke.
I opened up my window to feel the breezes play
and let a breath of beauty in before the hectic day.
I gazed across the river, where hills of palest green,
like candle-lighted altars, glowed soft in morning's
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Categories:
in awe of, beautiful, beauty, morning, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Purple Dreams In Other Realms
Once upon a magical evening an enchanted fairy I happened to see
dressed in a fantastical dress with two dappled wings of lace,
she shone like the midnight sun;
I must confess, she looked rather whimsical
sitting there by a green wooden door, waiting for your lore !
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Categories:
in awe of, fantasy, imagery, imagination,
Form: Narrative
DEEP RUN
Run it deep, run you words through me,
You make me feel right, I still recognize myself to be the wrong guy cos I'm still in doubt.
The sky is bright in the dark, o my god look at that,
Aren't you the reason for bright days and night that I have?
Making me to relax, feel good and
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Categories:
in awe of, crush, feelings, imagination, muse,
Form: Free verse
This is cottage life
warm cup in hand i take stock
as the cool air caresses my face
the smells of dawn comingle
the lake ever so still with
sounds of nature waking up
there's nothing more precious
than this moment and
the sense of awe i feel
i am undeniably blessed
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories:
in awe of, appreciation, morning, nature, seasons,
Form: Free verse
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