Short Sheathes Poems

Crispy leaves of Autumn 





as autumn sheathes in
red and gold of senescence 
leaves do the talking...



Written Sept 15th, 2016
For contest "leaves talking" by John Lawless...

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I slip on sapphire's sundress
flowing like cool cotton sky.
Golden stole sheathes bare shoulders
as I glide on hammock clouds.


By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, August 29, 2012
for Hammock of Sky in Tanaga Contest (Nette Onclaud)...

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Slowly sneaking through the leaves,
Paw by paw with claws in sheathes.

The lynx is lurking through a cell diploid,
Of whence the light and aether void.

A cat that links the cracks in time and space,
Prowls 'tween worlds with steady pace....

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Grief seethes deep in mangled mind,
pained heart sinks in dark abyss,
divine light sheathes soul enshrined,
blessed essence gets calm solace of bliss.

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March 24, 2022
Syllable count : 7779
Checked on howmanysyllables.com
Contest : LIND30 Rhyme
Sponsored by : Chantelle Anne Cooke...

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Nimbus sheathes, laden heart's dark swamps.
Gush the insides out, a hollow, eerie remain.
Crimson cascade moat round, forbid ramps.
Notions of brick and steel, power's sweet regain.
A firm cage hedges all woes of time's sharp pain.
Blithe strides bridge the cracks, prove feasible still.
No doors, no windows, locked in impossible will.
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Glowing Ash of yesterday's leaves,
crumble as they fall upon skin, 
wrapped within your satire sheathes, 
the sadness behind a leering grin,
the embers from burning leaves, 
twirling across the sky upon the gust, 
wind rushing through and trailblazing,
like hate and pain giving way to lust, 
within the glows is were a phoenix rose, 
flaming feathers rekindling the blaze, 
behind eyelashes witnessing my world turn to ashes, a godless wrath from yesterdays. 
 
Martin Eoghan 25/06/22...

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