Hummingbird Ghost
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A flicker of wings,
a breath of color suspended
between here and gone.
They say the dead return as birds,
hearts restless, beating too fast,
as if trying to outfly time.
The hummingbi...
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Categories:
outfly, beauty, bird, grief,
Form: Elegy
The Sweet and Naughty Child
...Don't let anything change you, don't let anything distort you,
Never let anything ruin what's inside you.
You have the sweetness and innocence of a child,
Don't let it go, the spark of a child.
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Categories:
outfly, feelings, first love, how
Form: Rhyme
Embracing a Dream
...Today I fell head-over-heels in love;
beyond happiness, I'm soaring above.
Love's gentle, and yet harbors such power,
that lingers like the scent of a flower.
I thought that I underst...
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Categories:
outfly, beautiful, emotions, feelings, happiness,
Form: Couplet
Budgerigar
...BUDGERIGAR
Yellow green and a blue nose bump,
Came in a small paper bag
From a big bag of four,
Far from the warm southern sun
Streaming from Uluru to Lake Eyre,
And the distant salt sc...
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Categories:
outfly, bird,
Form: Free verse