Terra cotta, craggy rocks
Scattered boulders, building blocks
In shades of sienna, ochre, buff
To form this high and hilly bluff
With sunlit ledges thin and wide
Place for hyrax to sun and hide
Cerulean, azure, clearest blue
The cloudless sky that does imbue
Aquamarine lake, with cobalt tints
To gently ripple with sparkling hints
Of gleaming, flashy, silvery scales
With speckled bodies and stripy tails
Chartreuse, dappled, shades of green
Of forest, jade and so serene
Leafy, verdant canopy high
With soft and breezy, gently sigh
While down below in shades of lime
Fragrant flowers so sublime
Scented blossoms in fuchsia flush
And ripening berries in magenta blush
And poppies scarlet, crimson reds
Among saffron yellow daisy heads
With tangerine buds on sage green stems
And luminous violets these little gems
While in the distance, misty rose
Of lavender mountains in repose
Against a background, lilac-puce
And threadlike clouds not yet profuse
Blending into salmon pink
As the sun begins to sink
Plain glass inside the window frame
Now stained with colors of fiery flame
The last rays of sunlight on the glass
In incandescent reflecting rays of brass
And the ethereal golden radiance of day
Passing into evening’s own bouquet
Author notes
How I view the beauty and diversity of nature.
A contest entry
- Inspire Me! Earth/Nature Poetry by iamlost.
600 points, ended April 22, 2007, 39 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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This one of my most favorite poems ever, I love the flow and descriptive colors. You should be proud of making something that beautiful.
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I think this is a very pleasant and effective poem, one worth preserving. Thank you for sharing it with us!
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Oh it pretty so pretty Sabindi. The images are so vivid and so captivating and it flows so well. Very good amazingly done!!! Best of luck in the contest this looks gold to me!
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Beautiful
What a truly wonderful poem, Sabindi. You really shook the kaleidoscope on this one, and came up with a bedazzling prismatic display of variegated and sun-dappled poetry. What a colorfully creative delight to read. Best of luck in the contest.
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The imagery and language in this piece is just amazing. I could picture every place you took me in this poem, and all the nature that filled me was amazing. Each stanza adds upon the next to create an overall view of nature, from stone, to flowers, to lakes, just beautiful. Thank you for inspiring me!
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