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  • Mr. Darcy replied to Larry Chamberlin
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    words swirl, churning from tepid tongues
    into an spitting eruption of fiery fury

    .........................

    terracotta memories

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Mr. Darcy
    3 years ago

    Looking back, I realize
    my life has taken on
    orange hazes of hindsight...

    Grey sky

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  • Larry Chamberlin replied to Keira Pickard
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    The sky is only grey
    when you are on the ground;
    rise above!

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    grandson

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  • Star replied to Larry Chamberlin
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    ^Oooh I love that, so powerful!!!

    I cant imagine the day
    my glasses are a sign
    of my age...

    ****
    The world in the eyes of your grandchildren/future grandchildren

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Star
    3 years ago

    The sentence mortifies
    old fashioned Grandparents:
    "I can't believe you used to WALK."

    A Haunted lighthouse

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  • Everlasting replied to Keira Pickard
    3 years ago

    a lighthouse, splish-splash,
    lights the path towards the stars,
    with lighting flash

    Rising Tides

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  • Mr. Darcy replied to Everlasting
    3 years ago

    as i choked on salt water i realise that
    i had fallen asleep

    ..............

    a hatchlings journey

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Mr. Darcy
    3 years ago

    A hatchling lifts his wings
    And jumps...
    Pirouetting to the ground.
    Up again!

    Spicy food

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  • prasanna replied to Keira Pickard
    3 years ago

    tears stream from a face.
    "are you okay" they ask
    "never been better"

    neglected lawn

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  • Mr. Darcy replied to prasanna
    3 years ago

    Spilling over a narrow G-string
    It was clear a Brazilian was in order

    .............

    The sound of clockwork

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  • Star replied to Mr. Darcy
    3 years ago

    Cant take this sound
    out of my head;
    my thoughts
    no longer composed.
    ***
    talking fish

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Star
    3 years ago

    Bubbles filter from its gills and mouth;
    the talking fish begins to. . .
    Talk.

    A beloved pet

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  • Everlasting
    3 years ago

    I miss you Dandy
    my dog friend
    Cancer took you
    It’s not fair
    —-

    Busy store

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  • Mr. Darcy replied to Everlasting
    3 years ago

    Wandering the shop, I eventually found a large box of best value Busy.

    ........
    An epitaph

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  • Em
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    The day
    I scribe
    mums
    etipath,
    is the day
    my soul
    would
    d
    i
    e

    springtime

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  • Star replied to Em
    3 years ago

    Not all flowers
    mean spring is nearing,
    some symbolize a
    dark deadly winter.

    ***
    Homonyms

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Star
    3 years ago

    Confusing and bewildering -
    Either work well.
    Or is is pronounced 'I'ther???
    Either way.

    Sea Turtles

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  • Larry Chamberlin replied to Keira Pickard
    3 years ago

    On moss covered carapace
    sea gulls peck crustaceans
    before the landing site dives.

    *********************

    cypress lined creek

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  • Mr. Darcy replied to Larry Chamberlin
    3 years ago

    Bubbling her way towards oceanic birth, guided by branches urging the flowing current

    ...........

    Murmuration

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Mr. Darcy
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    A wave of starlings
    Dress the sky -
    They're as
    mesmerising as the
    stars

    Buried treasure

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  • Star replied to Keira Pickard
    3 years ago

    You were looking
    for a buried treasure
    everywhere, rumbling
    for a way out.

    ***
    An empty walnut shell

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  • Mr. Darcy replied to Star
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    A finest brush transforms the husks into two ladybugs. Watch them fly away...

    ........

    Flu like symptoms

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Mr. Darcy
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    Cough cough
    Feverish dreams,
    Aching,
    Hands, face. . .
    Whoops! You didn't keep your space.

    The ocean

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  • Mr. Darcy replied to Keira Pickard
    3 years ago

    Tears welled behind my
    Scuba mask: plastic rubbish
    Protruding from gills of fish

    .............

    On my walk home

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  • Everlasting replied to Mr. Darcy
    3 years ago

    chihuahuas
    at the second floor apartment
    bark ferociously at me
    I run home

    ——

    Triple bunk bed

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  • Larry Chamberlin replied to Everlasting
    3 years ago

    Small cabin, yet
    we made do
    seven beds - two rooms
    mine's on top

    ~*~*~*~*~*~*

    green lantern

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  • Mr. Darcy replied to Larry Chamberlin
    3 years ago

    Looking through his films,
    Deadpool had to laugh
    at that box office flop!

    ...........................

    My favourite childhood memory

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Mr. Darcy
    3 years ago

    Cornish sea
    At seven years old -
    beautiful touches of innocence
    Crashed with waves

    Trip to the beach

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  • Mr. Darcy replied to Keira Pickard
    3 years ago

    Hoping onto rocks
    with buckets in hand,
    looking for that fabled
    monster crab

    ..................

    Reunion of a loved one

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  • Larry Chamberlin replied to Mr. Darcy
    3 years ago

    The bus delivers him safely!
    Such a long separation;
    school began this morning.

    *****************

    Photo of a wild animal

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  • Mr. Darcy replied to Larry Chamberlin
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    Cheese, and there it was:
    A smiling squirrel holding onto his
    impressive nuts.

    ............

    The smell of Spring

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Mr. Darcy
    3 years ago

    Crisp and fresh
    With a refreshing aroma
    Of nostalgic daffodils
    Reminiscing last Spring

    A garden full of daffodils

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  • Mr. Darcy replied to Keira Pickard
    3 years ago

    I still recall that Easter
    rows of my daffodils bent beneath
    the snow

    ................

    What I saw in the sky

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Mr. Darcy
    3 years ago

    After all that was lost,
    The cloud's usual silver linings
    Now gleam platinum

    Happy days

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  • Star replied to Keira Pickard
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    Happy days
    are when you eat
    your one favorite dessert
    with no guilt!

    ***
    Cuttlefish

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  • Larry Chamberlin replied to Star
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    My most common
    experience with cuttlefish
    is calcium chew toy
    in birdy’s cage.

    **************

    Backyard fireplace

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Larry Chamberlin
    3 years ago

    Fittering from the fireplace,
    Flames danced along the rose boarder
    Leaving ashen petals

    A collection of shells

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  • Poet on the Piano replied to Keira Pickard
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    Her memories
    are scattered now,
    dusty shells on a bookcase-
    far from shore.

    ____________________

    thoughts of an owl

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  • Keira Pickard replied to Poet on the Piano
    3 years ago

    It seems so strange
    That only I
    Can crane my neck
    UpSiDe DoWn

    A pack of wolves

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  • Larry Chamberlin replied to Keira Pickard
    3 years ago, updated 3 years ago

    She stood behind the podium
    nervous and yet defiant
    before the tenure committee.

    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

    Spring flowers

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