Tailwinds
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Life’s walls remain as high as the clouds
Covered by shrouds of thunderclouds
Looking up I awe in vast wonder
Mental impasse envelopes by the hour
Hour after hour
I grow mor...
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Categories:
tailwind, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Certain Days
...On certain days, I’m moved only by a tailwind,
The breathing of the sky, the cadence of my heart.
On special days, I know only the imagined,
The sanguine waltz cascading from the start.
Some d...
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Categories:
tailwind, desire, happy, imagination, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Mischievous Wind
...sun drench in white lace
for a moment a daze face
zephyr promenade
the wind decided to play on its way
found its voice releasing its hold to say
whished a while round the ground there
dist...
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Categories:
tailwind, wind,
Form: Monoku
Hells Kitchen Devil
...It was a cold dark night, with a hint of rain in the air
The sparkles of light, carried by running drops from everywhere
Looking like a city within a park
A stunning sight in the dark
A slight br...
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Categories:
tailwind, community, fantasy, hero, power,
Form: Rhyme
I Embarked Upon a Great Escape
...I've deleted this acrostic from the competition for personal reasons.
SORRY, J. D.
G lorious was the morning I climbed the Scottish highland
R adiant warmth of Summer's sun shimmered ...
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Categories:
tailwind, adventure,
Form: Acrostic
The Guise of Blue Jay Skies
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F l y i n g
a sailing tailwind
in cerulean streams
through creamsicle colored beams -
are wings reflective of turquoise truth
and white purity
of Autumn’s ether -
he avia...
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Categories:
tailwind, autumn, bird, blue, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Haunted
...I call you a ghost -
for how do you get through
these walls built with hewn stones
shipped from mountains of understanding?
How do you lure me
by telling all the honeyed realms
I'm missin...
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Categories:
tailwind, deep, desire, destiny, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Follow the Dream
...The dream that calls me,
I can`t sleep...
And break all this
For travelling
Go through the darkness, Wind & snow
Follow new sunbeam...
To find the music
Of my soul
With the heartbeat
In un...
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Categories:
tailwind, hope, moving on, travel,
Form: Ballade
Abrasive Hawk
...What gallant form from vaunted perch doth alight
Leaving tailwind that unassuming gawkers affright
Whose tawny shadow the sun's rays doth blight;
Swarthy silhouette shading glint so erudite
Whose tan...
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Categories:
tailwind, angst, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Turkey Chase
...Turkey's on the table, both legs up
Everything was fine, 'til I made the first cut!
The turkey unleashed a "CACKLE!", then jumped onto the floor
All you could see was basted skin, bolting out the do...
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Categories:
tailwind, giving, humor,
Form: Couplet