The Music of Autumn Leaves
...Upon the final strains of Summer's swansong,
Autumn makes her appearance,
singing a harmonious hymn of hues
with scarlets, ambers, golds and russets,
the trees resplendent in their festive finery...
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Categories:
scarlets, appreciation, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Scarlets Cousins Discuss Her Life
...Scarlet was impulsive, impetuous, and hasty.
Her cousins said her decisions were reckless.
I felt they were repeating their parents’ words.
Their parents made fun of everyone.
Scarlet was intui...
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Categories:
scarlets, woman,
Form: Free verse
Strangers
...We met again after a long hiatus
No one can guess a storm happed us
Finally we found the tomfool
I lost the game thinking I'm playing cool
You look so different
As if nothing ever happened
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Categories:
scarlets, fate, longing, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Transmutation
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As the peacock-sage
waves of whimsical peace
faded in silence's
pale watercolors,
I masked my
eerie eyelashes,
with drifting
angel-mist smog.
For, I sensed the
wistful wailin...
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Categories:
scarlets, deep, emotions, feelings, imagery,
Form: Free verse
My Vermillion Maple Tree
...brilliant red maple tree
with her vibrant leaf flames
she gives me pause
her scarlets are as onfire as cinnabar
reminding me of sun fire and blood
I love her...
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Categories:
scarlets, tree,
Form: Free verse
Falls Slendor
...Scarlets bright
amber's light
colorful leaves frolick near
enjoying the season before they fear
the arrival of fall
it's just nature's call
with radiance comes a chill
jack-o'-lanterns ...
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Categories:
scarlets, seasons,
Form: Rhyme
Long Armed Groot
...A long armed Groot at the root of this fruit/
The strong alarmed the wrong loot and followed through against the coup/
Flipped script is ridiculous as I re-jiggle this penned mess/
Stripped it’s ...
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Categories:
scarlets, adventure, analogy, art, celebrity,
Form: Rhyme
Water World
...I had always loved being near deep-sea water, and I was never too far away,
As the beauty of fresher tomorrow, is but mystic hours from prevalent today.
I enjoyed swimming and boating and surfing...
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Categories:
scarlets, beautiful, color, fantasy, nature,
Form: Couplet
A Vibrant Review
...rich sunset colors
hold memories of the day
scarlets for the rose
purple evokes plums
orange was butterfly noon
lavender calls scents
peach was the fall leaves
yellows for buttercup dawn
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Categories:
scarlets, beautiful, color, memory, nature,
Form: Haiku
From Cold To Cool
...Spring starts with the drip, drip, drip of icicles,
as longer days of sunshine warm the air.
And more people ride bicycles
when the weather turns
from freezing to mild.
Springtime trigge...
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Categories:
scarlets, beautiful, color, image, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Autumn Fox
...Why do you call this slumbering beauty Autumn Fox?
Look beyond her just a bit to her north and southeast.
See the foxes curled up next to her? She is their hero.
She comes in swiftly with a wind...
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Categories:
scarlets, autumn,
Form: Verse
Beautiful Fall
...Colors of autumn make me smile
Golden browns, russets, scarlets too
Sky today looks vibrant blue
Squirrels leap tree to tree
Gorgeous autumn day
Crazy pretty
Beautiful
Dainty
Fall...
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Categories:
scarlets, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Nonet
Sun Brings Hope and Joy
...Scarlets, purples, greens and blues.
deeply dark colors,
not enhancing the stark black blowing tree
rather making it appear darker
Where is the sun? someone asked.
When she gets here, she mig...
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Categories:
scarlets, hope, joy, sun, sunshine,
Form: Free verse
Scarlet's Confession
...(for Scarlets of the world)
Scarlet was born in a house of ill repute.
She learnt early how to use lipsticks, and
Dreams never visited her.
Enslaved by carnivorous nights,
Her heart feared t...
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Categories:
scarlets, anniversary, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Red
...from afar, leaves like uncounted catatonic fires
huddled close
pinned to the chill air
a pointillist’s love affair with a hundred shades of red
the ground is a fresh wound, edgeless
a b...
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Categories:
scarlets, autumn, color, funeral, imagery,
Form: Free verse
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