Keep Smiling
...Lost in secret kisses,
Her heart was not as resilient,
As it would be one day,
Not so far away,
When he turned from her –
Leaving her heart by the wayside,
Trembling with ghostlike stones, plum...
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Categories:
starlike, appreciation, smile,
Form: Free verse
Tight Spaces
...Tight Spaces
I wriggle through the tight spaces,
moving between these fussy wise cracks,
all in forward motion, my forward goal,
moving towards a light beyond, way up ahead.
A dimming glow, ...
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Categories:
starlike, allegory, change, courage, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
starlike, beautiful, sky, snow, winter,
Form: Haiku
Nature's Treasures
...Nature's Treasures
A fleeting monarch butterfly greets me on my walk,
Fluttering about, the exquisite orange and black colour,
The conversation subtle and delightful,
Landing on a branch of gre...
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Categories:
starlike, appreciation, beautiful, butterfly, celebration,
Form: Free verse
Garden Dreams
...Perhaps, it was only my imagination
Creatures in the verdant greenery
Ready to pounce on leafy aspirations
Mirrored, starlike, in garden scenery.
Captcha Acrostic
Winning Place
Write an ...
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Categories:
starlike, garden, metaphor,
Form: Acrostic
Honeysuckle
..."Honeysuckle"
By Rachel Heffington
The starlike blossoms sweetly shine
And fragrant bloom upon the vine
That wanders through the groves of pine
And lights the dusky glen.
The phantom sweetne...
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Categories:
starlike, nature
Form: Light Verse