Lithely Poems - Poems about Lithely

By the tree

...There I stood where the smell of ancient oaken trees ran cleanly clear through the time honored wood only to be hung there lithely clinging unto the very breath we could not do anything but hold… as ...

Heart

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Written: May 12, 2024 For Constance La France Contest

1.  "I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it..."  E.E. Cummings

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Beautiful

...O' winsome, mirthful thing 
Up, up, and out in spring

From the cocoon, you were birthed
Into the light is where you'll see your worth 

A beautiful creation to the world 
A bundle of magic th...

Moonbeams

...Awash in the moonlight
She moves lithely, a sight
to behold, her hair free, 
Flowing black like the night, 

Graceful as she can be, 
Arms raised, spinning in glee, 
Till the moon ...

Lackluster Shellacking

...Feeling sluggish, shelled.
Lithely lingering in the dust and grime.
Palette grey and dull, devoid of crisp bright hues,
Brushes all furry, frayed, blunt, incapable of fine detail.
Apathy and comp...

Summer Night, Linger On Shore

...The rocks were warm, hard, embers
of the summer day sun.
The air was calm, balmy, thick and syrupy.
The sea a mirror, shimmering with 
gentle sky sparkles and glints.
The girl entered the scene ...

Melancholy Melody

...tenuous strands 
lithely tethering 
the soul to reality... 
strummed unevenly 
by life 

sharp notes 
compose  
a subtle dirge 
of mournful 
ambivalence 

14 May 2023...

The Ballet Life

...*** THE BALLET LIFE ***


Compounding,
Ballet grows within
Deeply sculpting over the lengths 
Of muscles, nerves and arteries,
With the heart and mind, so
The dancer’s developed love
For bal...

Beyond Reach

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Virtue clothed in a circle of rainbow 
Innocent, she dances towards the sun
Blessed with youth and beauty and character
Gentle as the zephyr that kisses her hair
...

Nymph of the Night

...
She danced under milky moonlight,
Lithely swaying to starry strains,
Twirling like a nymph of the night;

He watched her waltz - a graceful sight,
Heeding no decorum constrains,
S...

A Fantasy Affair

...One day I wandered to a meadow where
nature’s springtime was beyond compare,
for lovely flowers I saw dancing there
in May’s breeze, and fragrant was the air.

A woman swayed among t...

The Faithful Oak

...I planted out an oak tree
One hundred years ago;
I saw her fed and watered,
I watched her lithely grow.
I watched her through the winter wild
Frosted, frore and dark.
I watched her as the summe...

Summer Time

...summer has arrived

as lithely as kittens' feet

hopeful days ahead

(June 28, 2021)...

Hawk In the Sun

...A shadow runs across a meadow
a hawk above me on a cloudless day.
A high prescience
for a moment
overhanging a far heaven.

It is not stooping or diving,
not reaching or snatching,
it is not ...

The Good Old Days

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Twirling around the glossy smooth floor
Racing with friends on roller-skates
Tossing my hair as I glide across the room
Feeling so certain that this is my destiny

Weaving throug...

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