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Wafflenose (Ellie)
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The Nature of your birth

Razzerleaf
Fire of Insight
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Joined 15th Sep 2019
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Poetry Contest

I love Nature poetry, please write a poem up to 12 lines long about the Month you where born in.
I'm looking for fresh takes on old muses but must include some nature element of the month you where born in.

Rules

• New writes only
• One entry per human
• Audio / video / collabs / pic poems not allowed
• 12 line limit
• No Erotica
• 2 weeks

MadameLavender
Guardian of Shadows
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Joined 17th Feb 2013
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February

Old Man Winter traversed the lands
stopping, occasionally, to undo
the hobo-sack on his walking stick, to
pour out the snows .

White and whirling, they came --
sometimes in furies
sometimes in silence
but always making peace with the Earth, before settling down its blanket, o'er hills and valleys.

He tipped his hat to the sun, heavy-lidded
and slumbering, and walked on
into crystalline fields .
Written by MadameLavender
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Razzerleaf
Fire of Insight
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Thank you for the splendid kick start MadameL

Wafflenose
Ellie
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 1st Aug 2021
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I am absolutely going to do this, and just haven't got to it yet. Maybe tomorrow!

Wafflenose
Ellie
Dangerous Mind
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Forum Posts: 1135

April

I breathe warm air upon the earth.
Life-giving breath. Ruach.
 
I push the darkness back towards the night
giving the sun more hours;
encouraging growth, new life, rebirth.
 
My cascading showers irrigate the soil,
quenching the thirst of the plants and flowers.
 
Leaves and grass spring forth,  
transforming the world to shades of green
which are interspersed with white clouds in the sky
and early clouds of pinkish blossom on the trees.
 
Esprit d'avril.
Written by Wafflenose (Ellie)
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Razzerleaf
Fire of Insight
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Thank you for your splendid entry Wafflenose.

Blackwolf
I.M.Blackwolf
Tyrant of Words
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Erutan / Nature

The Wheel , Half Way Spun

Fog And Sun , Haze And Blaze ,

Sixth The Month , Yet Now Waning Days ,

Still Let Us Equate Where One's Head Lays ,

Above Or Below A Line That Plays

Hedging A Bet Within Time's Maze

A Step To Each Side The Seasons Stay
Written by Blackwolf (I.M.Blackwolf)
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down2dirt
Twisted Dreamer
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Joined 22nd June 2021
Forum Posts: 122

December

 
Evergreen and pine scent wafted
from the deep woods
a cardinal perched on a holly branch
seemed a staged holiday greeting
the crunch of footsteps
interrupted the hushed silence of snow
wood smoke from a cheery hearth
beckoned weary travelers
laden with good cheer
as whats left of Fall
wobbled off into the chilled night
gobbled up by winter
Written by down2dirt
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VelicimoDlreaper
Lost Thinker
United States
Joined 16th June 2011
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I wish to enter competition!

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TimWombles
Thought Provoker
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Joined 21st Sep 2020
Forum Posts: 22

January

Draped in a white coat
A frigid cold stare, he is not kind
With a wave of his hand
The winds blow
Frost covers his eyes, your eyes
And the windows between
Ice covers the trees, like figurines in a curio cabinet
Holding them, weighing them down
Till their spines break
Every day is a battle, every day he will win
But he won't last forever  
Nothing does
Written by TimWombles
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Razzerleaf
Fire of Insight
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Joined 15th Sep 2019
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Thank you to everyone who submitted a poem I have enjoyed all of your poems immensely, It was very hard to chose a winner, but there has to be one, so, I would like to congratulate  Ellie on her poem on April (the bringer of new life)

Wafflenose
Ellie
Dangerous Mind
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Joined 1st Aug 2021
Forum Posts: 1135

WOW, thank you Razzerleaf!  I'm absolutely shocked - I didn't find the brief very easy at all, and thought the other entries were amazing.  April is an excellent month though.

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