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Liz Apr 2014
Pearl swans shatter
the ice,
and glide swiftly through the
stars sparkling
on the mirror lake.
Twilight falls to the night
and the air
creates glistening
twisted crystals which climb
up the trees and freeze
the antique summer remnants.
The spindled sprigs of silver
birches drape their lustre
wantonly, forming long
ripples in a lengthy cascade.
Then the darkness retreats as
the pale blue haze of dawn approaches
where the robin's breath
sighs tangibly on the air.
First poem I've written seriously! Rather excited by it all and can't stop writing. Any feedback would be greatly welcome.
Liz May 2014
5 am in mid July
and the sun is raising
golden trails in sky
and in the pools, following the
golden signet's flaming
vapour trails which, in polka-
dotted summer spawn, calm 
the water's satin, rippled peaks. 
Subsiding and gliding
into the stillness of emerald pond.
The signets move to the glistening
side of the river bank,
shafts of light catching
the lens forging ghostly 
golden sickles
which lengthen
amongst the dust hovering
aglow above silver cove 
and English lagoon.
Blake May 2014
with a rapping
and a tapping
I thought I heard a sound
when not fish nor man was around.  

but I felt the cold waves knock-
upon the beating dock
when I saw the sights,
and looked Mother in her eyes

and the boatman sails
and the birds yell
as wind chills earth
and caresses her turf

the waves start to interest
and crash at best
yet calm presides in time
and touches that soul of mine

the breath of a whisper,
as Mother Nature infers
to her children of fruits
yet they still bear the name of her roots.

she beckons me for thought,
though my mind is all astrought.
the wind hits my skin,
the blood in my veins thin.

I was merely viewing
when I started anewing
for when our souls connected,
I seconded guessed a bit.

though now I know,
what beautiful things bestow
in the secrecy of shore
and in the free growing galore

I see nature,
and she speaks to me,
quite softly by the sea.
I take comfort in her embrace,
and rest my eyes as her lips brush my face.

yes, with a rapping,
and a tapping,
I hear beauty gently say,
"Just for me and you today"
In the noon of a fairly windy February day I left my friend Collin's house and I somehow ended up in my car at the lake. I had the weirdest feeling in me that persisted I go sit on the park bench by the water, and so I did. And these words came to my head.
Daylight 4U2C May 2014
I chose this path
No, no one else did just me
No one else did
So why do I want to blame it on them
I told myself I wouldn't cry
I told myself I shouldn't lie
I told myself these but, I do this anyway
I like to break the boundaries
Skipping stones across a forbidden lake
But I wouldn't listen to myself when I said stop
I grasped my memories; nothing else then I stormed out that door
I want you to believe it was your fault
I wanted you to hate yourself for it
To come to me before I left this door or....
at least to regret it all
But, I couldn't even be honest with myself until it was over.
I wanted so bad
To have some way of knowing you weren't just going to forget
forget about me
But I lied to myself we were never a "we"
It took me forever to realize
You didn't even care
much less remember me
So I take my memories, my blames, tears,and lies and will disappear before your very eyes.
Chris Schop Apr 2014
Ah, a gorgeous lake!
Smell the tress, taste the water,
***** television!
Another haiku...
Kujo Jan 2014
I walked around the lake
but it didn't feel like a lake
anymore
my path was paved
the trees were shaved
and the water
was quiet.

a goose stopped to ogle me
and the other passers-by
it craned up its neck
and yawped
like a cry for help
Melody Mar 2014
She
points her
toes in the shoe
until the crease scars.
She won't fall until the script
says to do so.
Breathe.
Pause.
Now
Fall.

The
doll models
the Pas De Quatre
buried within act two.
Toes fall and up and jump
and flow.

She
recites the
moves in a secret
Diary of Dance:Swan Lake.
Breathe.
Pause.
Now
Fall.
Breathe.
Get up.
Smile.
Bow.
Now
cry.
Thank you for reading. Please tell me what you think.

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