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Rainbow shimmering in sun

Peacock
Bright feathers
Graceful and proud
Rainbow shimmering in sun
Beautiful

Beautiful
Male peafowl
Magnificent courting display
Elegance in every motion
Majestic

Majestic
Iridescent plumage
Tall and slender
National bird of India
Revered

Revered
Timeless treasure
Feathers like blueberries
Loved across the world
Adorable



An elfchen chain
Written 19th January, 2025.

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Two full glasses

A full glass of red wine,
each time I choose to dine.
It always makes me feel fine,
as if I need it to always shine.
In my body, it builds a shrine:
it's my own sacred lifeline.
I got it from a grapevine,
A bond I entwine,
as now mine:
online
in line,
It's divine.
I can never again decline.

It isn't for a drinking spree.
A glass a day brings joy to me.
Not as much alcohol as in spirit,
to get drunk on it, I definitely flee.
so as to get good health for free
and light my heart up with glee.
Like taking a cup of tea.
Longlife, just the key, 
Doctors' plea.
As I see.
I agree.
Let it be.
On my knee.
With health, can't be carefree.

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Shadows

‘When you are not fed love on a silver spoon, you learn to lick it off knives.’ - Lauren Eden
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my pains depart not
even when my tear glands d r y
as sorrow remains my life’s most loyal friend
it bothers not to knock before drawing near
just since 
      I was wrested away from my mother’s breast
as she e x h a l e d 
                 her last breath in creeping agony
two years after my father was jailed for life~
         his crime
the same blood that now pulses within my veins

then.... 
        hatred was s e w n
into a grim dress that h a u n t s
             t o r m e n t i n g my nights and days, 
   never ceasing
my mouth 
         
            s t r i p p e d 

                    as hunger cries pierced through my ribs
love~
     a drifter who shuns my h o l l o w abode
   yet sings with a l o u d voice in my friends’ homes
                            caressing 
only when hatred 
                                                   h i d e s  a w a y
loitering in the streets,
refusing to 
                step 
                      inside
my good friend~
     when I smoke thick marijuana
       draining strong gin bottles till nothing remains
            when I sniff the white powder, chasing a trip
one that will carry me straight to my father

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Heartbeat

Like a ticking clock~
a drum’s rhythm in darkness...
wings f l u t t e r i n g
         within
a sky inside me.

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Shadow's silent dance

I watched as silence danced with shadows,
Playing the melody sung by my mind.
Its blanket covered the darkness—
broken only by a ray of light through a crack in the cave wall.

I groped through the dark toward the stone,
but the gale was too thick for my arms to swim.
I imagined a ghost whispering—
yet only silence listened.

Echoes, like thunder in a deep ocean,
ricocheted fear like a trap set to spring.
Ghosts rushed out from the corners they lurked—
only for me to hear silence whisper: “Come out of there.”
Its voice flowed like a river of serenity through a forest.

I begged silence to stop its torment,
but it had ears that could not hear.
I tried to run, but a boulder blocked my path.
Then I screamed.
It was then I knew—
the light coming through the crack was my father’s flashlight.

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A good wife

A good wife is the best treasure to own~
Gemstone none can detest,
A light darkness can't arrest,
Peace she brings none can contest.

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next valentine's day

next valentine's day
my new vase will host some guests ~
red and white roses

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Goodness makes people beautiful

"Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful." - Imam Ali (a.s) 
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Real beauty shines from the inside out;
Without goodness, beauty harbors doubt.
A kind heart helps real beauty to show,
For goodness makes its light truly glow.

Beauty alone makes none truly pretty,
Goodness, with kindness and some pity,
Blends wisdom with strength on a human face—
A blessing bestowed by special grace.

When beautiful people are also good,
Then their beauty is without falsehood.
It becomes a divine and earthly joy—
Too pure a feeling to ever cloy.

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Friends of frogs

Written for the contest: Alliteration Nursery rhyme
Sponsored by: Eve Roper
Contest Judged:  11/6/2024 12:00:00 AM
Placement: 1st



For friends and folks of foolish forests' frogs! 

Darkness deals with your dusty dirty wares,
Shadows shine, shimmering in sheering sears,
Stars twinkle topmost on the tossing trees,
To crisply cuddle the blistering breeze.

Fearless forests friends forbid foolish spies,
Listen long, lively laughter lifts no lies,
Even evenings eager to call you fools,
And shame the sour scents of your playing pools.

Ban any boot of blame from your long legs,
Many mysterious mouths mock your eggs,
Hidden hearts hum horrible haunting hymns,
While their fears for you fret on fragile limbs.

Godly ghosts guests fought fetish friends and folks, 
Fresh fears then froze your frantic frenzy croaks,
Marring you from making mendacious cry,
While waiting where the worst will walk you by.

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Small sips sound sane

Best bitters; black bar beer,
Brewed brown but ~
bottled blue.

Drunk dirty; delays drag,
During dark ~
dreadful days.

Though taken through tough times,
Thoughts turn to ~
tingling taste.

Confusing consciousness,
Clear conscience ~
clouded case.

Still sip slow, sounds so sane,
Same songs sung ~
safety strong.

Brains behave beautifully
Breeding bright ~
better behaviors.