Festival Of Life
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Under the bejeweled diadem of the sparkling sky
the vibrant celebration finds exuberance in the carnival,
morphing into a sea of color and music in the aura of night
where I float with the fan...
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Categories:
plumed, celebration, joy,
Form: Free verse
Saturday Surprise
...Poll Parrot belonged to little Addie, and he always lingered by her side.
People admired the well spoken companion, like the dusky skies, dyed.
Poll Parrot could talk a blue streak, and s...
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Categories:
plumed, fantasy, nursery rhyme, pets,
Form: Couplet
ARTIST
...{For 5x5x3 Poetry Contest
Sponsor : Miranda Hawley
Date submitted: 20/4/25}
ARTIST
They shone daring green avocado
in dark adverse period swearing
guilt ridden heart vanquished...
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Categories:
plumed, art, character, color, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Tsk Tsk, Task Nearly Thwarted
...Mary Lou Sims was young and enterprising, like stars routing dark;
Or mauve dawn on the verge of discovery, awaiting time's remarks.
Mary Lou's best friend was Cora Mann, ever since sweet...
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Categories:
plumed, dream, fantasy, friend, lost,
Form: Couplet
I Dreamed a Bird-of-Paradise
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I dreamed a bird-of paradise arose one starry night.
Beautifully plumed, it floated in mystical moon-light.
I drifted along with it, as delicate as fine lace,
extraordinarily content, unconstrai...
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Categories:
plumed, dream,
Form: Quatrain
Listen
...As I left the door ajar,
as I stood under the stars,
as I stared at the moon afar,
As I glance at my foot, riddled with scars.
I asked the moon to listen as I gloomed.
As I spread my hands wi...
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Categories:
plumed, change, courage, encouraging,
Form: Rhyme
Like a Ray of Sunshine
...Little Susie was everyone's favorite. She usually caused people to smile;
Like bouquets received from yesterday, traveling on mauve, Memory Aisle.
Susie Partridge was loved by all, since ...
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Categories:
plumed, fantasy, girl, growing up,
Form: Couplet
HOW CAN I PRETEND: PART 4
...HOW CAN I PRETEND ?
PART 4
Innocence, zest, curiosity
remain intact protected
crimson hymns I earned
when Divinity composed
a skin of cheetah brown
amused at a white chin
where my m...
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Categories:
plumed, 12th grade, character, courage,
Form: Bio
Madame Dollene
...Madame Dollene was Rubenesque
wearing too much rouge
her hat was oversized, overstuffed, over plumed
on anyone else, it would have looked outrageous.
The orange red feather perfectly matched he...
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Categories:
plumed, woman,
Form: Prose Poetry
Orbits
...Orbit or forfeit but never collide
You’ll just mess it up like last time
On a beach in St. Augustine, Florida, I thought I wanted you.
Orbit or forfeit but never collide
You’ll just mess it u...
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Categories:
plumed, anxiety, beach, beauty, desire,
Form: Free verse
night hunting
...night sounds awaken
as eerily shrills echo~
ominous mantra
plumed wings cast shadows
reflecting in the moonlight~
twilight prey tango
birds hidden in nests
quietly guarding fledglings ~
n...
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Categories:
plumed, bird, nature, night, river,
Form: Haiku
COLOURFUL LAMENT
...COLOURFUL LAMENT
I combed cool waters of your
baby blue crystalline Jewel as you
waded waterfall waves washing
my stellar rainbow rays
Arching it melted into the warm
womb of transducing...
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Categories:
plumed, allegory, blue, color, deep,
Form: Free verse
Mission Accomplished POTD
...I was a skilled, dedicated CIA agent, helping to preserve national security,
By searching for and garnering information, as silvery rain ensures purity.
Days were spent perusing foreign material,...
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Categories:
plumed, confusion, fantasy, joy, prayer,
Form: Couplet
Heron In a Windy Blow
...A Blue Heron unleashes itself from a
surfing wind and flowing sky.
Wings spread it rides, almost hovering,
as it seeks a nestled place to land.
There, the long reeds
have been hollowed out b...
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Categories:
plumed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Colour of My Bird
...(A bird-in man poem)
Yes, any bird can be the common crow;
the bulbul or the yellow bird.
And parrots, ofcourse;
because every tree has got its own bird.
But to which colour does your bird bel...
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Categories:
plumed, life,
Form: Free verse
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