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Dhamma Vicaya f/ Jamadhi VersePrayers leave your feet / With every step in front of you, / A rising sun made kaleidoscope

Sunshinenavigates / through hedges, lilacs, and greens, / creates

@EvelynYiningChen25

a wind off the seaThe wind is up and the landscape is changing. / Like a bureaucratic comedy, tomorrow’s forecast calls for / ‘strong winds,’ as if the gusts we’re seeing now aren’t

Cast No ShadowI don’t walk toward death. / I walk toward my fellas' needs, / Toward the kids in their beds,

Gaze not upon the loony white orb this nightfor its stature and awe, are equal not to its diurnal cuz, / its normative superior, but this eve, its tender gaze / displaced, replaced, but a glaring whiteness beamed

@nat-lipstadt17

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LIFE SENTENCESometimes, / you are brought back to life / only to serve

@Blue-Sapphire4

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Vibrant Dead ColorsThe years and time siphoned / Out the life of that tall standing tree. / As the wind cankers its dry branches; a ruthful vagabond,

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For Blue SapphireSome poets arrive / wearing crowns. / They bring long words

For Nat Lipstadt "Poplar and Maple"Delicate poplar clouds / were carried away by the strong wind / together with the spinning wings of maple seeds

@Agnes-de-Lodz34

Indian SummerThere are summers / that arrive after the harvest. / Not true summers—

South Dakota InterludeI have seen a country / where hunger wears clean shoes in one room / and no shoes at all in the next.

Deciduous PortalsUnder a temple of sequoia, / I do not fear your ravenous wild / which lives in everything

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Becoming; new lives in flight, across 20 acres.We decided to move / radically off-grid. / Becoming;

@EtherealWoman49

The Quality of Greenness“Greenness" refers to the state of being green, encompassing environmental sustainability, fresh vegetation (verdure), or lack of maturity/experience. It denotes ecological consciousness in business and lifestyle, but historically implies inexperience and youth / <><><> / early May, rainy day,

@nat-lipstadt46

The Rhythm of the WavesWe fear the droplets / of an infinite ocean; / the small nightmare

Summer Rolling InEarly May arrives in pink and white, / Blossoms waking in the morning light. / Soft winds carry petals through the air,

@PaulBaldryPoetry26

Above Me, An Active Sky• / *clouds in migration* / *—a drifting pod like whales*

@Carlo-C-Gomez22

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forever and always (collab w guerrilla_poet)I know this seems long...but its worth reading :) / As the silver moon and soothing ocean kiss in the silent night, / The white lantern gazes over its imperfect light,

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I Hear...I hear the rain again / soft at first / but slowly rising

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What the Cedar KeptThe storm brought it down last week. / Roots up like a hand / still asking something of the dark.

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