Like autumn leaves, our memories rustle and fall,
gently nudging levees, a bitter sweet recall.
Where shadows play and deceive, I wander lost,
I am a broken doll, with a mischievous grin,
trapped in a maze of complexities and faux,
a fleeting glimpse of joy in the darkness within,
searching for the path to wisdom, hunting relief,
between enlightenment and ignorance, siren beckoning,
And now I'm trapped in a mellifluously sung melody.
Categories:
leafs, dark, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree…
—Joyce Kilmer
LOOSE LEAFS
In the dusting of the Springtime,
blush petals fall - sobriquet-youth.
Scented thoughts of yesterday, rhyme
elementary, with loose leafs.*
Poems Sweet Honesty, presume.
Honeysuckle lines with hair pulls.
The binder, neat, with florid bloom.
Exaltation of the classics.
It’s only in looking behind,
observation of curvy tree,
wholly beautifully designed -
the step by step instruction wings.
With irregular ruler edge,
falls sweetest words along the ledge.
Categories:
leafs, poetry, school, senses, youth,
Form: Sonnet
OVER UNDER INSIDE OUT
(It still doesn’t fit)
The hospital gown
Makes Greek statues frown
You can see it in their sculpted faces
And they say in disgust
That they always will trust
The fig leaf that the gown replaces
Categories:
leafs, fun,
Form: Rhyme
The
wind is
such blowing
and there's a leaf
stuck on the window
now it's raining
the storm rages
trees wave
Hi!
6/12/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2020
Categories:
leafs, analogy, appreciation, engagement, nature,
Form: Ninette
Golden, crusty leaves falling softly from almost bare trees.
Lifting and falling in a hushed gentle breeze,
Slowly dropping to the soft moist ground.
They rise and fall in the cool, crisp air.
It's a time of change in this world we share,
Nature's importance reflecting our own lives,
Letting go of our fears and again, too, we shall thrive.
Categories:
leafs, autumn,
Form: Rhyme
My tree which I plant.
My beautiful tree, which I love.
Which had a green leafs.
Medium tree, which I like.
After wind blow,
I saw my tree leafs on the sky.
The green leafs on the sky.
Now the tree left with no leafs.
I hate big wind.
Big wind stole my tree leafs.
By patric ndidzulafhi munyai
Categories:
leafs, flying,
Form: ABC
Two Leafs
Like two leafs in a surging spring
sailing silent, toward the sea...
floating on the cool of dreams
alive, alone and free.
And should their spirits cross in love
and if their hearts believe,
how then can the rushing waves
wash away what they perceive?
written 2017.11.18
Categories:
leafs, death, life, love,
Form: Quatrain
Life~
is brief~
shred old lease~
turn over new~
leaf~
4-7-17
Categories:
leafs, change, life,
Form: Lanterne
For Jack and the Blueridge Mountains
Close my eyes ~
I’m on that mountain
lush with Autumn taste.
Close my eyes ~
We are love entwined
in crisp fall leafed lace.
Close my eyes ~
Lips of first perfect kiss,
once more bliss moist my lips
Close my eyes ~
We are young again,
connecting eyes, souls and skin
Close my eyes ~
Sharply, my satin-sad edged truths
wonder if autumn ever takes you … too …
Close your eyes ~
Kiss me with eager touch. As fire’s savior,
thrill to shivers in dew soft, mountain air.
Caress-wrapped, we lay in misty vapor
from dusk’s bursting promise of brazen flush
until dawn’s fresh sonnet on takings rush.
Close your eyes ~
Grasp our hearts of innocent stares
watching how teenage summer dies
when feelings are autumn implied
Categories:
leafs, emotions, first love,
Form: Free verse
A kaleidoscope of colour, dynamic impressions in flight,
A spectacular display of artistry that dazzles the sight.
Green turns to crimson, flaming tangerine, and gold.
A leafs transforming demise, is a beauty to behold.
As sap runs dry, youthful vitality turns evanescent,
The beauty of a leafs demise is resplendent iridescence.
Seasons change as midlife cedes to ever advancing age,
Power sapped by constant transience, yields place to the sage.
A leafs downfall, granted, is a casualty of the season,
It's journey into oblivion, is transfixing beyond reason.
When a leaf, takes it's leave, exits gracefully from the scene,
Transcendent beauty leaves us breathless, an event to be seen.
John Derek Hamilton October 30,2015
Categories:
leafs, appreciation, autumn, beauty, change,
Form: Quatrain
Thursday, March the 5th of the year 2015
Another hockey battle comes along the way
It's a hockey night across the bay
And for the fans, it's a night of pride and respect
Thursday night with the blue and white
Trying to play for their season pride
Thursday night with the black and blue
Trying to play for their playoffs ride
When the dance on the ice begins to ring
Their voices of strong support will begin to sing
With an atmosphere of a pep rally from high school
The cheers of a true fan - a hockey team's supporting tool
Toronto Maple Leafs - the underdog team
Coming away from the bay to fight for respect
Tampa Bay Lightning - the elite team
Coming from the bay to keep their respect
From the cheers of "GO LEAFS GO" away from home
To the cheers of "LET'S GO LIGHTNING" close to home
Hockey Night in Tampa Bay - a worthy game to expect
And their season matchup will be known as "The Hockey Battle of Respect"
Categories:
leafs, fun, games, hockey, march,
Form: Rhyme
They say Adam and Eve pranced around wearing nothing
But fig leafs and the biggest grins the world has ever seen
Imagine NO FREAKING RULES!!!
All they had to worry about were those thorny bushes
And the occasional lightning bolt accompanied by a loud booming voice
Reminding Adam, “You owe me big time for this one, my friend!”
Caine and Abel along with seven other offsprings
Were the result of a lot of hanky panky
Do you blame him??? He was the luckiest dude EVER!!!
My question is, how did they keep those fig leafs in place
Scotch Tape? Elmer's Glue? Velcro?
Also why did they need those damn things to begin with
There wasn't another living soul to be seen
Imagine today, if we walked around naked as a jaybird
The population of the world would soar from 7 billion
To well over 20 billion in a matter of nine months counting twins
I'm not saying we couldn't carry on as usual with our daily routine
But perhaps the routine would be interrupted now and then
I have a suggestion for future generations if this becomes a problem
Think of Drew Carey naked!
© Jack Ellison 2014
Categories:
leafs, fun, humorous,
Form: Narrative
I wish I
could hear
the trickles and the
tears from these
leaves till they
lose color.
Loosening, only to
float down or travel
on the sky
expressthe breath of
mother-earth.
Guiding you to their
next rebirth and as
they lay and it feel
its decay trickling
once again.
Down swords of green
sinking, linking
against the depth of
ground collided
and bonded.
Next, responded
cradling a new
growth.
From then leaves
took an oath to be
patient be
free.
Accept fate, and to
just be..
8/4/14
Categories:
leafs, beautiful, growth, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Visiting my face
A monster-angel
Leads me the way to Dante.
Categories:
leafs, death,
Form: Haiku
Satyr picking thorns
Bouncing rhythms of jazz horns….
Oaks drop acorns
Categories:
leafs, allegory, nature
Form: Haiku
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