Northerly Freeze
Spring foiled again by cold air
North westerly breeze unfair
Will the plants survive today?
Red ripe tomatoes soon come our way?
Contest: LIND30 Rhyme
Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke
Date: 04/09/2022
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Categories:
northerly, weather,
Form: Verse
Northerly
northerly breeze lay
heavy frost glistens in sunlight....
death
Probably Haiku and Senryu mixed
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Categories:
northerly, death,
Form: Haiku
Northerly Wind
northerly March wind
rocks truck, whips American flag....
dandelions bloom
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Categories:
northerly, nature,
Form: Haiku
Northerly Thoughts
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A feather falls,
floating on this cool autumn breeze
aimlessly spinning
until it lands at my feet
I look up and see two silhouettes
against an azure backdrop
happily flying towards the south,
taking my thoughts north
Where winter has embraced the landscape
in fresh lavender roses ‘neath
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Categories:
northerly, good night,
Form: Free verse
Northerly Blowing
northerly blowing
tumbling red, yellow and orange
signals summer’s end
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Categories:
northerly, change,
Form: Haiku
My Northerly Womb
Gritted pavements chew neath worn sodden soles
Dissipating cardboard inlaid repairs
Gravel chews at my thrice darned old socks
Absorbing trudged blisters weeping despair
This old northerly town of sepia and grey
Drains unborn hope from lowered blank eyes
As winter chills with her misted damp breath
Cobbled streets lay neath smog’s opaque disguise
Worn
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Categories:
northerly, memory,
Form: Rhyme
The Northerly Wind
The northerly wind brought the odd uncertainty
And the cold gust of unknown, forthcoming changes.
The only right way was very hazy and dusty;
I couldn’t find the suitable roads and bridges.
A winged thoroughbred appeared in the dark sky,
And snorted friendly nearby my tilted head.
I couldn’t mount it because its back was too high,
That horse was stunning though
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Categories:
northerly, hope, life, loss, me,
Form: Lyric