Slowly, the air breathes its purposefulness,
The sky erupts into a Great Barrier Reef of color
The golden cumulus fingers daintily ask the pinks and oranges to dance
Across the marvelous expanse
Fading, like a silent motion picture,
Into the crackling image of the diamond-studded darkness
The moon’s illuminating visage glances softly
Over the carefully-orchestrated symphony
Held within each snowflake
As is rests upon the glistening forest grove
Curling tenderly, an intricately designed leaf,
Clings affectionately to its branch
Saying its anticipated farewell,
Allowing small shivers to shake its stiff spine, the breeze pulls kindly,
Offering it up into elegant twirls and beautiful arcs
Defining the leaf’s last glorious tribute to its Creator
As it descends to lightly hug the crystal mirror beneath
A silent ripple of infinitesimal mountain ranges is sent rolling
Like the laughter of children
Above the glazy eyes of silver minnows
Wonderment and natural awe rise nimbly from the scene
Scripted with the gentle intricacy of a marble paintbrush,
Feathered with the snowy wings of seraphim
The earth is God’s canvass
A contest entry
- God's Canvas... by PrabhuDayal Khattar.
300 points, ended July 23, 18 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Humm..the scenario is wonderful and the impact too is beautiful my friend....well done and my thanks for entering my contest...
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Thanks so much!
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I do so envy those who can write free verse and make it sound like poetry. This is beautifully descriptive and flows smoothly from start to finish. One typo I think on line 10, should "is" be "it"? Well done and good luck in the contest and thankyou for your kind comments on my work. Val
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Thank you for your comment! Yeah, you're right, it should be "it" not "is". I'm glad you caught that!
I don't know why, but a lot of my poetry ends up in free verse... I'm glad you liked it!
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