Runner
...He knows he has to run; it’s imperative.
He sprints down a trail,
passing tall pines on both sides.
His eyes dart everywhere around himself
as he surveys every large rock or bush
that he goes d...
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Categories:
scurries, race,
Form: Narrative
Gifts of Spring
...A chipmunk scurries
it's cheeks bulging, filled with seeds
treasured gifts of spring!...
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Categories:
scurries, nature, spring,
Form: Haiku
watching a blown leaf
...A soft breeze blows a leaf
It scuttles and scurries across the porch
Brown and shriveled, looks a bit like an oak leaf
Dead, yet still able to move in the wind
I can hear another hearty gale from...
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Categories:
scurries, nature,
Form: Free verse
Time That Has Been Mine
...I find that as I stroll along
I fall into reflection
A wading pond of memories
So fond of memories am I
Each step, an effervescent whim
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Categories:
scurries, how i feel, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
The Illusions of Youth
...a handful
a heartful
but what part is the truth
dissolved and discarded
like salt in your soup
and you can never get it back
even if you wanted to
because you simply don't want it back.
it f...
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Categories:
scurries, dark, deep, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The grown Dove searches for mud
...The grown Dove searches for mud
to disparage its mother
who granted them this pure white.
Lord endow me with divine purpose,
help dry this dirt on the earth
a brown ocean, swelling, percolating....
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Categories:
scurries, 12th grade, creation,
Form: Free verse
Lake House
...Complete rapture as hurricane
Milton impose upon the the
animals while storks fish for
dinner florida ducks cling to
drift wood as a tiny baby
alligators scurries across
the waters edge t...
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Categories:
scurries, allah,
Form: Masnavi
The moon, now full, begins to show
...~
The fog, it clings the heavens low,
a damp and murky sight
Where creaking branch and fears bestow,
this chilly autumn night
The path it winds, a serpentine,
a' slither 'lon...
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Categories:
scurries, scary,
Form: Rhyme
Moments Into Memories
...Trinkets sparkling in the crisp night air.
Begging watchers' eyes feast on heavenly fare.
All is quiet, save soft symphonies of leg and wing.
Nocturnal notes, chittering.
Moisture from the st...
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Categories:
scurries, allegory, america, love,
Form: Free verse
Anna Banana
...My cat Anna
She likes to slide
Anna Banana
Coming in wide
Riding on the slimy peel
Paws stained bright yellow
Chasing after her next meal
Furry white mouse fellow
Stopping short, missi...
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Categories:
scurries, adventure, animal, cat, color,
Form: Rhyme
Melancholy
...My cat eats food.
Not all at once like he would prefer.
Late at night, he scurries back for more.
Standing by a lake.
It’s frozen.
Snow is frozen too, but softer.
Is it a lake anymore?
If it i...
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Categories:
scurries, depression,
Form: Free verse
Sunrise Symphony NOT FOR CONTEST
...White Thunder Hawk is her native name
She rides her horse across the plains
Her favorite spot is sacred ground
She will pray with faith on holy mound
Just before the sun will rise
See the re...
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Categories:
scurries, america, animal, appreciation, art,
Form: Rhyme
The Blue Ridge
...Not lost, but merely seek,
knowledge and understanding.
Both of the natural world and
my mind’s space and time.
What insignificant thoughts will
push worries away,
occupying that space,
and ...
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Categories:
scurries, animal, journey, nature, rain,
Form: Free verse
The Gift
...The Gift
By – Roger White
Each year, there is moment when I must sit alone in the dark dread of a cold winter night before I gather with family in the glow of a toasty fireplace. It is a mo...
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Categories:
scurries, 12th grade, celebration, christmas,
Form: Free verse
100 per cent CAGE FREE
...Robins seem to enjoy my yard
Awaiting the coolness of dewed mornings
To awaken the wriggling worms
A seasonal offering favored by the feathered ones
Dandelion waiters tend to the color and flav...
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Categories:
scurries, garden, nature,
Form: Verse
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