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Tag Archives: Clouds
Fog
impressionism blurring harsh reality clouds crouching near hearts Copyright © 2014 Shainbird. All rights reserved. Note: This is for Sahm’s We Drink Inspiration – Poetry Prompt #009: A Photo’s Worth.
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Tagged Blur, Clouds, Fog, Haiku, Hearts, Impressionism, Reality, WeDrinkInspiration
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Full Fugue
Moon, full, I stare As clouds cascade By without care. Above me they hover Moon piercing through, Futile, their cover. Sheet after sheet At an alarming rate, Your glow, I wish to eat. Our gaze fixed, We move together As … Continue reading
The First Fire
Like spirits joining the stars, Chimney smoke rises white Against the cold, dark sky, Inside, flames lick the log, “Taste like chicken,” I hear Them say, hissing, flapping, Spirits trapped in the gold Blaze take shape and verse, Like cloud … Continue reading
Nonexistent Exemplars
Beyond realms unknown, Unknown, exemplars nonexistent, Nonexistent for us to know better, Better than killing, oppressing, taking, Taking from others, while building, Building a premise that we are good, Good measured only by our worst deed, ‘Deed we never circumvent … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Black and White Fridays, Clouds, Deeds, Exemplar, Good, Loop Poetry, NaNoWriMo
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What Blooms Remain?
What blooms remain To hold the cold In pure disdain Whose life consumes Past morn and thorn For them from wombs Paired-petaled lips Whisper to blur Harsh truths in sips Bouquet of mirth On air, beware Our tread on Earth … Continue reading
Almost Angels
Trapped between cumulus And concrete, step after step Collecting futility, anxious To take flight as wings form In laces knotted, grappling With gravity, breaking free, Circumventing the everyday. Copyright © 2013 Shainbird. All rights reserved. Note: This is for Bastet’s … Continue reading
Mushroom Clouds
raindrops stop falling white clouds forming on green grass a world wrong side up Copyright © 2013 Shainbird. All rights reserved.
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Clouds, Green, Mushrooms, Nuclear Age, Rain, Senryu, White, World
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Malignant Sky
Clouds above Texas, like cancerous x-rays as Oklahoma mourns. Copyright © 2013 Shainbird. All rights reserved. Peace and prayers for the people of Oklahoma and all beings facing death in our world.