Forest of Windmills
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On the hills is a forest of windmills.
A chimera mirage of
shrill, garish pinwheels,
Wailing an endless lament
to the tragedy of the commons.
They spin a yarn of the
collapse of self-suffi...
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Categories:
pinwheels, environment,
Form: Free verse
Little Hoarder Me
...I deep-sixed toys, games, a bed and a picture book
Our font porch now has a much more organized look
In May I kept hundreds of junk I did not need
Crayolas, pinwheels, and blue petunia seed
Wei...
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Categories:
pinwheels, me,
Form: Rhyme
Blaming a Missing Person
...Two small pinwheels once rosy and gay
Have faded in the sun, they are now dingy and gray
How brilliantly colorful they once were, probably
Popping with enthusiasm and joy to some degree
Now the...
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Categories:
pinwheels, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Pinwheels On Pumpkins
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Lollipops for good little boys and girls
melt like tricks onto rotting teeth;
Full of intense flavor and colored swirls;
Nightmares freeze into all that spun sugar,
cotton candy pinwheels on ...
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Categories:
pinwheels, candy, child, emotions, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
Selling It
...Suckers or lollipops?
Solid or pinwheels?
Ones used for little girl props,
and one every minute reveals.
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Categories:
pinwheels, humor,
Form: Epigram
MY SONG HAS ALWAYS BEEN YOU
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In between the blues and my searching soul
I found you
reaching for faraway snowy mountains
but falling for snowflakes
Snowflakes dissipate too soon as we all know and
faraway stars no mat...
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Categories:
pinwheels, love,
Form: Free verse
Bells
...Bells
Solitary heart, newborn in brooding silence,
Steps on a cluttered path
Through elms and boughs of broken limbs,
In a pungent, evergreen hush
Absent of astral cacophony
That falls like ...
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Categories:
pinwheels, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Magnification
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Close up you can see the colossal amounts of energy
it took to grow this plant from a seed
An even closer look through the microscope,
inside lies the complete genetic information
Images of tex...
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Categories:
pinwheels, analogy, science,
Form: Free verse
Journal
...“A leather journal and pen sit on a nightstand by a flickering candlelight ready, as the wind spins my thoughts.” Quote by poet
Autumn alters the richness of reds and amber hues.
Te...
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Categories:
pinwheels, feelings, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Autumnal
...Walk me through a continues path
No one, hath aroused of its sleep.
Let me bathe in the autumn's cool breath.
To a painted scene of green that slowly fades
From a perfect stage of spicy spices co...
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Categories:
pinwheels, autumn, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Rites of Spring
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The Rites of Spring
8/8/2023
It’s Spring, and all of humanity sings!
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Categories:
pinwheels, imagery, love, spring,
Form: Verse
Compassion Choir
...When spring lands, a natural world awakes.
Humans whisper, and our souls shake.
A light breeze sets off a flurry of pinwheels.
While we admire the forest natural feel.
The wind whis...
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Categories:
pinwheels, analogy, appreciation, beauty, song,
Form: Rhyme
Humanity Sings
...It is Spring and all humanity sings.
As large pinwheels dance in her winds,
And lovers lips blossom into roses.
Hearts beat faster, with love in view.
Time silences our egot...
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Categories:
pinwheels, joy, spring,
Form: Tristich
Pinwheels Lured the Giraffe
...Pinwheels lured the giraffe into the wilds of Cancun.
They were twirling millions of time faster than the moon.
You are so funny! Said a bullfrog; tall, but no big buffoon.
I am glad that you said...
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Categories:
pinwheels, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Autumn Leaves Sailing Round
...“Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”
Quote By: Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
Crisp swift wind whistle clear, autumn ...
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Categories:
pinwheels, autumn,
Form: Triolet
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