Short Leafing Poems

The honeysuckle,leafing green,
new arrivals,in hedgerows seen,
Spring,Spring is in the earth,
our thoughts turn to new birth.

from Friday Becomes Easter Day n/a in Spring (contest 2/27/2012 sponsor Carol Sunsine Brown)...

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swing alone, heavy branch
golden tone, sneakers scranch

in falling…enhancement 
of sprawling-enchantment

leafing deep, Autumn’s rush
two foot leap, noontime hush

8/17/2021
In Essence 2
Sponsor - Joseph May
Rhymezone
PS Syllable counter used
Image #2...

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The
mind.
Like a 
well.
Thoughts, ideas
materialize filling 
up the
space.
Creative ideas
taking root
grow 
leafing out.
Nooks
and crannies 
bulging 
ripe with
fruit.
Needing
to be 
released,
released 
to
a different 
realm. 
Actively moved,
written, brushed, 
sung, acted.
Gone,
mind cleared.
Time 
now for
 renewal....

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Mary rushes to the market, 
To buy biscuit, bread, butter,
Finds fabulous fare for Fluffy,
Crochety cantankerous cat of her! 

Bobby loves leafing through books,
Bubbles blows bothersome brother,
Baby yells sky-rocketing loud,
Daddy hugs and kisses her!

Green grass growing gorgeous,
Georgie gladly ready to mow, 
Dorothy demands dance costume,
Mommy merrily decides to sew!...

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Spring Wind

Blowing blossoms
From leafing trees,
Like tiny fairies 
Flying to another land.

A land where Spring is yet to come
The fairies curl to new limbs bare;
Again to bloom and wait 
For the wind Giant’s blow.

‘Til each land is touched
And loved with new birthings,
Nature’s babes and pink flesh smiling;
When the Universe is complete.

And Spring’s Wind rests.
...

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she is so far
speaking without hearing
and he passes between the days
of life
in the tremolos semi shadows
dreams her
but she is leafing through
another book
strewed with hieroglyphs
she wants to find out
and divines 
on the entrails of sacrificial animals
the ancient priestess
but there is no future and time
he remains
like an insane stone
thrown at random
and the wind forwards him
in a dream of an edelweiss...

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After gold leafing my sighs
and helium pumping them
thin skinned and flying
you will find me
stinging juniper breath
from popping wine soaked
juniper berries between my front teeth.
Don't ask questions.
Don't laugh giggles in your gut
uncontrollable and imagination squashing
Just pull up a chair,
get your hands dirty with gold leaf
Give up your sighs to the heavens
and snap me a juniper promise.
Then we'll both be smiling....

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SPRINGTIME
A wood of snowdrops in the dawn,
yellow daffodils light the morn,
the scent of new mown grass,
Spring,Spring,here at last;
Bare branches greening up ,in bud,
busy birds line  nesting  with mud,
clematis spreading fast,
Spring,Spring,here at last;
The honeysuckle,leafing green,
new arrivals,in hedgerows seen,
Spring,Spring is in the earth,
our thoughts turn to new birth.
As Friday becomes Easter day,
we then,with hallelujahs pray....

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The small group of trees near a large clearing
Pretends to be stronger than what they are
They grow mightier than their own being
Fresh budding leaves growing, leaving no scar
The trees are showing life, seen from afar
There’s a yellow hue that surrounds the group
Trees love this color, throws them for a loop
Yellow blends in with the trees and warms them
The trees, leafing out, creates a nice stoop
No tree in the group would look to condemn

Russell Sivey...

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My hands are leafing through ancient lore
The dust on each cover is carefully removed
I sit on my bed and surround myself with poetry
reading dictionaries for the thrill of learning a new word
I study foreign languages to keep my mind sharp
feasting on fiction that keeps me awake to the Witching Hour
memorize villanelles and couplets a-plenty
grabbing at bookmarks to keep my place in realms
Singing odes and practicing accents in the shower
This is what Literature and Poetry do.....

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