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 Nov 2021 RL Smith
David R
The Tree
 Nov 2021 RL Smith
David R
Clung steadfast to rocky crag
zaftig roots spread deep and wide
waxing eloquent in perpetuity
as if to say, i've nothing to hide

for million years i've been in this show
embellished land and air
i've seen the dinosaur come and go,
and Arctodus Simus bear.

i laugh at your nomenclature
feeble attempt to classify nature
as if me your academic stature
could reduce to whim o' legislature

at your cabal of odious greed
that seeks to truncate my life
destroying all my breed and seed
with fire, saw and knife

it's you you're sawing
you're your own arch-foe
as ice-cap thawing
you'll come and go

and i'll be here to wave adieu
as i stand firm on my rock
and you as flakes of gossamer snow
melt into flow of earth's time-clock
BLT's Merriam-Webster Word of The Day Challenge
#steadfast, #truncate, #arch, #eloquent, #nomenclature, #zaftig, #perpetuity, #gossamer, #embellish, #cabal, #odious
 Oct 2015 RL Smith
Aditya Shankar
"I need space" she said
And took away, in her eyes,
My whole universe.
haikus after a hiatus
 Oct 2015 RL Smith
Emily Adams
There is a chance I might write about you
until the day I die
and maybe one day someone will ask
who those pieces are about
and maybe I'll answer
and maybe I'll lie.
 Mar 2015 RL Smith
echo
If
Each
Follows  
His
Conscience

Is
Each
An
Honest
Man
?
10w
 Mar 2015 RL Smith
echo
...
Adventures,
though
longed
for,

are
uncomfortable
things.
...­
 Mar 2015 RL Smith
echo
unfurled
 Mar 2015 RL Smith
echo
she swept in the sea with a glance
stirred up the sand with a dance
and shells were her nails
bright hair, unfurled sails
to carry herself on the wind
Flowers, we both cried,
Because tears were not enough,                                                                            
  .  .  .  Petals cup the rain.
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