La Paloma
The splayed light of an obliging red sunset
lays upon the darkening meadow
of windswept grass
Slow-moving fingers in a visible dance
wrap in quiet space
when moonlight, silhouettes our hands
as they bond
A falling star etches the night sky
burning its canvas like a struck match
vanishing as quickly as it came
The rush of life abates to a small distance
so we can
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Categories:
paloma, love,
Form: Free verse
La Paloma
The splayed light of an obliging red sunset
lays upon the darkening meadow
of windswept grass
Slow-moving fingers in a visible dance
wrap in quiet space
when moonlight silhouettes our hands as they bond
A falling star etches the night sky
burning its canvas like a struck match
vanishing as quickly as it came
The rush of life abates to a small distance
so
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Categories:
paloma, love,
Form: Free verse
Wordsmith - a Tribute To Paloma With the Seeker
read her while sipping my morning cuppa
'tween news bytes and clock chimes-
I found myself in her words and wept
as I imagined honey dripping from her
lips whilst she read aloud each cherished verse
bringing back to my mind a song I once knew
singing my life with her words
killing me softly
killing me softly
it was then that i realized
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Categories:
paloma, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Bleeding Paloma
Bleeding Paloma
He sees her in the tree, high up
Hidden among the mango leaves
Her egg-shell coloring peer through
The dark green. He scatters the
Seeds upon the earth and waits
Until she flitters down, at first
Untrusting the paloma walks.
She notices him as she feeds,
But she does not flee. He is
A kind child. A
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Categories:
paloma, depression, loss, lost love,
Form: I do not know?
Ruf Der Taube/ Call of the Pigeon/ Grito De La Paloma
Erstrahlend im Licht
Das zarte Grün der Akazie
Und der Ruf der Taube
Shining in the light
The tender green of the acacia
And the call of the pigeon
Brilliando en la luz
El delicado verde de la acacia
Y el grito de la Paloma
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Categories:
paloma, animals
Form: Haiku