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Talk of the Flowers

April 24, 2009
By LIKEwhoaa GOLD, Carrollton, Texas
LIKEwhoaa GOLD, Carrollton, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
-Charles DuBois


The trees (being the leaders) sway,
moving around and around.
They shake, trying to force
the leaves to the ground.

Holding on, the leaves refuse to lose.
Deciding instead that they will use,
The wind to float float float
down down down.

The grass welcomes them
(with open arms) Gently piling
one one one on the other,
like a fragile house of cards.

A butterfly who observed the scene,
Goes to inspect,
Thinking it’s but a curious dream.

Almost there, he stops.
So near.
To rest atop a little flower

The flower enjoys the attention,
but feels so sad and dull.
Compared to the wings of the butterfly,
so big and colorful.

The sun sees this, and decides
to help.
It wakes up the clouds and they begin to spill.

After the clouds have done their job,
The flower thanks them for the water,
filled with love.

And it glows with pride,
as the droplets shine,
and it shows them off like diamonds

So the wind slowly dies
And the trees stop their shaking.
And the leaves nestle down,
Glad that dusk is finally breaking.

And the sun looks up,
To give one more smile.
As it goes to bed,
to sleep for a while.

Then the grass begins to feel the dew.
And the butterfly flies
up up up past the moon.

So the flower closes up its petals
And sits still,
so still.
As if made of metal.

Talk of the flowers, Language of the Leaves,
Glance of the sunshine, Power of the trees,
Stubbornness of the wind, Joy of the grass,
Love throughout nature. Serenity at last.



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on Aug. 12 2009 at 4:36 am
carolinesell PLATINUM, Cedar Falls, Iowa
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this is a really great poem!!!

it has so much happening :)

my suggestion is that instead of rhyming (which you are very good at) you should use all the words you know (that don't have to rhyme) and really make this poem paint a picture, paint a scene, paint a moment... a moment that will last forever. i think that your rhyming is great but that it limits you in what you really want to say. i think that if you try to just let yourself go, your poetry will be so powerful that it can work wonders!

GREAT POEM!!!

BSzabo GOLD said...
on Jul. 25 2009 at 5:39 am
BSzabo GOLD, Pinehurst, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us." Pride and Prejudice

This is awesome! I love the stanza about the butterfly observing and going to inspect.

on Jul. 20 2009 at 7:55 pm
xXFadedFlowerXx GOLD, Roy, Utah
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Wow, this is a great poem. You are talented, nice work :)

LIKEwhoaa GOLD said...
on Jul. 18 2009 at 11:16 pm
LIKEwhoaa GOLD, Carrollton, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 126 comments

Favorite Quote:
The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
-Charles DuBois

yaaa...martin scares me too sometimes:) but, he is a good friend, we have had like thousands of spastic laugh attacks together:) <3

Lonleydandy said...
on Jul. 16 2009 at 11:23 pm
WOAH!!!!!!!! SOOO pretty...no offense....but Martin scares me a little bit...anyway..Thanks for commenting...LOVE the poem!

on Jul. 15 2009 at 4:39 pm
Hay_Wire PLATINUM, Independence, Missouri
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wow. that is so ..beautiful. i never ever would have thought of somehting like that. its just amazing. thats cool that thats how your mind works. wow.

on Jul. 13 2009 at 1:46 pm
despurlock DIAMOND, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Pascal, Pensees, 1670

I love your poem! It's imaginative and it sucks you in so that you wish you were one of the flowwers :) Great job, I'll be checking out more of your work! And thanks so much for the comment! Come by and check out some of my other poems! Thanks so much! Keep writing!

on Jun. 30 2009 at 3:55 am
ms00001 PLATINUM, Carrollton, Texas
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OMG ALEX I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SO FREAKING MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you are the awesomest most exciting freaking person i know, you need to seriously contact me!



THIS IS YOUR BEST FRIEND - MARTIN!!

on May. 4 2009 at 10:02 pm
ms00001 PLATINUM, Carrollton, Texas
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I love this poem Alex! Its seriously really really good. Like*Whoaa its good. It has a great rememberable rhythm!