The Poetry Marathon

Time drips across centuries,
turning the day bright
and bringing a starry night.
Life slips into memories.

The waves of kindness
rush to the shores of help
and recede without expectation.

Reflections wriggle on the ripples.
Time makes memories in triples.

Love heals the wounds of loneliness.

Colors drench the autumn leaves,

Dripping the mirror-like boulevard,

Embed in the sonnets of a bard

The vanishing perspectives of the evening

Capture the trailing endless lampposts burning,

The gusty winds make way for the moon shining.

A couple under the umbrella walking

As their footsteps soften on the yard

For a lovely greeting on a card

Colors drench the autumn leaves.

Golden warm waters drift in bright,

Shine embracing the reflection

Ripples pop in excitation

As dancing sun rays recede night,

Gently awakening the birds

And disorderly grazing herds.

Spills the colors of the first light

Capturing rainbow in a dew

Composing every morning new

And the silhouettes come to sight

Ambitious to breathe the sunshine

As the first breeze jostles the vine

To cherish the catch in delight

The boats are set to sail the vast

Singing away the overcast.

Kindness

c r a d l e s

mankind.

Seashells

arrayed the shore

watching the footsteps trail,

the bouncing waves ferried the crabs

towards

sunbathed poetic sand castles.

clear turquoise waters chill

beneath the feet

gently.

Colorfully flavored discs

decked into double

and filled with a buttercream

relished with coffee

capturing the taste

in every

bite!

Blades of pines couching the snow,

Softly as the clouds sail low.

The amber peaks gently glow

And reflections meditate in a row,

Silence breathes with mellow

Stillness captivates the show.