Norest of Ying Ying Forest
...deep in the underbrush of the ying ying forest
there is a path of posies and a faerie named Norest.
Norest has prettied up her home with window boxes, each with a lily.
Her home has fluffy comfort...
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Categories:
underbrush, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Howling Wilderness
...High winds have come to a land remote and wild.
Oak leaves tremble in the black of night
While critters to the underbrush for the present are exiled.
Like a giant thras...
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Categories:
underbrush, wind,
Form: Acrostic
Red Thread Through the Trees: A Fox Speaks
...I move like a question
no one dares to ask aloud.
Soft-footed. Sharp-eyed.
I was born between shadows,
stitched from dusk and flame—
a whisper in the underbrush
with teeth.
You call me sly.
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Categories:
underbrush, animal,
Form: Free verse
Meatball Noose
...Corked off glue, oral mucosa clamped, oyster bald razor, thumb running along twine binding the package, a conductor testing violin tension. Hairy balls of fire, a jackdaws caw, drawing her in with di...
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Categories:
underbrush, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Meatball Noose
...Corked off glue, oral mucosa clamped, oyster bald razor, thumb running along twine binding the package, a conductor testing violin tension. Hairy balls of fire, a jackdaws caw, drawing her in with di...
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Categories:
underbrush, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Between Roads
...Both roads, they misled,
cloaked in the form of fate,
as if one choice could somehow surpass the other.
The leaves appeared pristine, but isn’t that the trick?
Paths aren’t formed by feet,
but b...
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Categories:
underbrush, life,
Form: Free verse
A Day In The Life: OF THE SUN
...In a weightless state of tranquility,
paraphrasing relentless thoughts of motion
in my head into words, which 'til now
have laid dormant in unsung verse, waiting
for you to shine brightly upon...
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Categories:
underbrush, imagery, introspection, meaningful, sun,
Form: Free verse
A creature
...A creature, a creature of the trees but the trees are Long Gone
The underling of the underbrush is under orders. Not to go to Long Gone
Not to fear because Long Gone are any places better than here...
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Categories:
underbrush, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
What do I do, my soul inquires, abandoned in the shadow of the moment
...What do I do, my soul inquires, abandoned in the shadow of the moment,
When the call to move forward is incessantly declared wrong.
My options are as hazy as dreams shattered at the dawn of day,
M...
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Categories:
underbrush, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Shizumanu Taiyo
...A moonlight silhouette ... of a sleeping mountain.
A living forest ... tall trees in fullness.
Underbrush heavy laden ... a patchwork of paths.
The moon is hiding ... the stars are hiding.
The ni...
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Categories:
underbrush, anger, angst, anxiety, confusion,
Form: Lyric
Raccoon Hunting
...In the Dark I stand motionless
Staring across the moonlit landscape
We are together but I am alone
My thoughts consume me
The silence and isolation comforts me
My heart quickens as the music sta...
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Categories:
underbrush, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Home
...They’ve always been there, unaware
When I felt lonely, lost, longing
For the presence of the light’s caress,
Softly unfolding beyond the azure
Skies, whispering joy over my soul, into
Shimmering...
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Categories:
underbrush, appreciation, home, mountains,
Form: Free verse
Reunion
...The rain, in sheets, is driven to the ground
to mingle with the rabble down below.
No longer welcome at the table round,
the wind, no friend, encourages it to go.
At first, despairing, scattere...
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Categories:
underbrush, rain,
Form: Sonnet
The Shepherds Voice
...There is a picture in my mind
Of grazing sheep on a remote hillside
The shepherd is mindful of his flock
Guarding each of them with pride
His watchful eye then detects
One little lamb, - t...
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Categories:
underbrush, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Big Dog
...On Monday, I release the beast;
I’m going to let the big dog hunt.
My excavator won’t suffice;
compared to this one, it’s a runt.
He’ll start atop our property,
point it downhill and let it go...
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Categories:
underbrush, adventure, tree, writing,
Form: Quatrain
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