cold curfew lifted
eager wings spread, feathers plumed...
sweet song susurrates
tweeting awareness
of burgeoning beginning...
springtime harbinger
February 10, 2023
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Contest : Bird
Oh mighty wind you taunt, neigh awaken
while you boldly ride the vibrant surf
beyond massive strikes upon the shore.
A breath which is sweet, so soothing
after each rudimentary crash of the tide
announces your arrival to the shore.
I feel you consider your entrance, a calling
entangled with each approaching wave
as aimless clues of life beyond the shore.
I dare to question the purpose, your spirit
casting a heavenly sigh defined only by
Love's Eye who susurrates by the shore.
But duty suggests my leave, as always
I reach for one last tone as we yearn
and vow to meet again near the shore.
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Form: Free Verse
Written: 10/03/2016
Contest: Landscapes Poetry
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues
Results: 3rd Place
Silence whispers
Softly murmuring out
Sweet essence breezes
That sighs through your hair
And susurrates the saplings
Taciturn memories
Moment of yesterdays…
Hushed hopes of tomorrow
Fragile reticent promises…
A phantom spectacle
Forever unattainable
Remote and distant
These frivolous voices
Softly murmuring out
Sweet essence breezes
Lost aspirations
Callously blown caveats…
Gently muted choices
Easy and idle thoughts…
Silence whispers
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