Viridescent Vines
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a crisp chill fills the early morning air
dew drops periodically appear on the
yellowing blades of grass
as a light frost coats
sh...
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Categories:
viridescent, autumn, gothic, imagery, poverty,
Form: Free verse
Fairy Tale Maigc Nine
...Sweet as sugar daisy,
it’s that opening line.
Wild strawberry energy,
it’s that very first couplet.
Fairy tales start with poetry,
a quest for a thousand and one.
The ebb and flow of that journ...
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Categories:
viridescent, emotions, fantasy, feelings,
Form: Other
Prelude To A Fairy Tale
...Once upon a time
over the hills and far away,
near the sea there lived
a viridescent princess.
She gazed at the waves
which seemed to appear so royal.
Still, they have freedom
that grace th...
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Categories:
viridescent, emotions, fantasy, sea,
Form: Free verse
Through the Brush
...Twisting vines and bending branches
Intertwine and wrap around
Hiding lost, forgotten treasures,
Encasing all that's near the ground
Past the viridescent greenery
Creeping twigs that reach and c...
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Categories:
viridescent, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Aurora Sky
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Inside penumbra light holding hands fairies dance
Silhouetted to the backdrop of an evening sky
Viridescent trees softly whisper
Vacuously standing side by side
In those sh...
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Categories:
viridescent, appreciation, sky,
Form: Free verse
In A World Where I Do Not Exist
...Near a distant sun
Under an uncontaminated crystalline sky
Exists a world without me
Where the viridescent grass ages unchallenged
Wears wizened beards
And bows only to the wind
Where the ...
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Categories:
viridescent, children, family, life, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Earth
..."Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts." Quote by Rachel Carson
I lay my head down on the cushion
Floor, alone in respect ...
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Categories:
viridescent, creation,
Form: Free verse
Grass
...Fields of grass in spring...
viridescent abundance
signals winter's end....
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Categories:
viridescent, nature,
Form: Haiku
The Green Goddess
...In the gentle haze of emerald leaves
Is balm for minds wrestling with unease
With a sweet green goddess solace found
In the garden where anxiety is unbound
She whispers to an overanxious soul...
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Categories:
viridescent, addiction, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form: Couplet
Jack In the Green
...sowing a melange
of veined wafers
viridescent shavings
leaves upon leaves
chaotically neat
layered in tranquillity
for the theatrical show
of first feet
premiere wellies
curtain up at dawn...
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Categories:
viridescent, green, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Painting You
...Painting You
Before painting, I first sketch you
In my mind’s eye…To compose
The lines, shapes, shadows and lights,
That work altogether to form a semblant sight
Of you for any relative, frie...
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Categories:
viridescent, color, devotion, feelings, health,
Form: Imagism
Magnificent Coconut
...Written: October 09, 2023
Coconuts Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori
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Over the tropical sun, where palm trees s...
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Categories:
viridescent, analogy, appreciation, nature,
Form: Rhyme
The Scenes He Loves To Portray
...When the sun has not yet reached its zenith,
this man I know
prefers to show the world he sees
depicting it when trees first don
their leafy garments.
He dips his brush into viridescent hues.
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Categories:
viridescent, nature,
Form: Free verse
Viridescent
...I’m a wielded weapon ready to fire, made strong by jealousy, envy and desire. Like a lick of moss consumes the base of a tree. Pick the wrong coloured plant and I can make you sick. I’m a hunter camo...
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Categories:
viridescent, color, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Placed Saucer
...Breaking through day,
the last night,
where the mirror
on glass lips posed
for a new moon,
that only masked
its face in ebony
brims of space
trapping in my ache,
with cedar pandoras
ma...
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Categories:
viridescent, angst, deep, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
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