Youth fades as quickly
as a snapshot baked in heat
its color washed gray
and cracked as a drought touched land
begging for spring's gentle rain.
A contest entry
- Delightful Shortforms by delightfulmess.
1200 points, ended October 21, 2007, 19 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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fullof great metaphors and imagery this indeed was well penned. enjoyed the read.
Thanks for sharing,.
Best wishes to you
tory -
Oh this was very nice.
Wonderful metaphoric imagery.


thank you for entering the contest



delila

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nice poem...i loved how you were able to conect life's fragility with photo taking and the way the land is effected by the weather...





