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a leonine moment

A Leonine Moment (2003)

Yellow lion teeth like petals of love
I picked the green savannah grass,
It had just stopped raining and pearls,
as a glass bead around a cub's neck,
glinted in the sun that had been hiding
behind rain pregnant clouds, thunder
and lightning; far away, I heard
A lion's roar, inconsolable was its loss.
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Categories: leonine, abuse, addiction, africa, animal,
Form: ABC

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While looking up into the blackness; past this now leafless canopy
Fires are simply burning; within their own realms of infinity
Wonderous twinkling is intertwined in the branches repeatedly
It is hard to believe this basic beauty gave spawn to humanity
Gifts from a crescent saw of lit reflection; drops in stillness, from the tree
Ignition, found that, warmth is
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Categories: leonine, analogy, confidence, courage, emotions,
Form: Monorhyme



Zoo

Is my family is like a mini zoo?                                               
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Categories: leonine, 9th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberLeonine the Form

internal ryhme,I find, much on my mind,
will a rime riche,be its niche
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Categories: leonine, poetry,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberA Leonine For Today

internal ryhme,I find, much on my mind,
will a rime riche,be its niche
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Categories: leonine, appreciation, poetry,
Form: Didactic



A Leonine Moment

A Leonine Moment 

Yellow lion teeth like petals of love 
I picked in the green savannah grass,
it had just stopped raining and pearls, 
as glass bead around a child´s neck, 
glinted in the sun that had been hiding
behind rain pregnant clouds, thunder 
and lightening; far away I heard
a lion roar, inconsolable was its loss.
...
Continue reading...
Categories: leonine, absence, beauty,
Form: Classicism

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