My son runs,
red lights in his shoes
blink with every step,
locks of blonde hair bounce,
arms stretched out wide,
he is an airplane.
Daddy scoops him up
and they wave.
In that moment I realize,
my heart has arms and legs.
A contest entry
- terrible twos by Randomly Beautiful.
300 points, ended June 21, 2008, 3 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Awwwwwwwwwwww by omg-its-sara.
600 points, ended October 8, 2008, 18 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Maternity by SeaWithYourHeart.
700 points, ended November 18, 2008, 15 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Excellent
Such a wonderful write. And so deserving of trophies. Congratulations
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that is such a sweet write, i loved the last line it was so powerful, it makes me thinking of my niece and nephews as i read this wow
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I really like this!Very sweet!
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Thank you.
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wow that is amazing really beautiful, heart wrenching and perfect welldone
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"aawww" is right.
Great imagery.
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Great piece, congrats on the gold.
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AWWWWW!!!! that was EXCACTLY the kind of poem i was looking for. awesome!
thanks for entering -
lovely image
you bring a smile to my lips as i read this fine poem
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wow!!
wow...wow... you never fail to amazed me by your poems... thanks for sharing...
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Thank you.
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great!
missed you Danna alot!! hope all is well with you! fantastic poem especially like the lines:
red lights in his shoes
blink with every step,
In that moment I realize,
my heart has arms and legs.
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I am doing good thanks. I have been editing my mother's novel. She has a publisher who is interested in publishing it.
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VERY well done! I guess some wit might say something caustic about attaching arms and legs to you heart, but personally my friend and I love it! WELL DONE!!! - ocerus
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Poignant. Nicely visual.
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Beautiful write...you totally deserved the gold trophy!!
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I think I would dropped 'he is' off this line:
~~he is an airplane.~~
But other than that. I think this is a good piece.
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Very sweet.
Congrats on the gold.
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This is perfect.
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