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tarnished dreaming (mindful, memorable freeform workshop)

Submitted by judyanne on Mon, 2012-08-27 13:49

bright red mortality
spews onto old-ochre dirt
as guilelessness pools
into the dreamtime drawing

black skin sweats tears
in the shade-less midday sun
while lean dusty limbs
are chiselled into the foetal position
in a paroxysm of agony and fear

the sugar sack lies open
its contents
innocuously white
mixing to a gentle pink
with the spreading tide
of crimson death

a station-owner’s gift
to the colours of the dreaming
arsenic’s metal-grey
effects its cause
.

Workshop: 
Mindful Memorable Freeform: The Challenge

JOURNEY--updated

Submitted by Geremia on Mon, 2012-08-27 13:33

JOURNEY
I think it’s time
you find your way
to my front door.

Things aren’t the same
as they were before.
Today is suddenly tomorrow
and each day is
one more borrowed.

No wondering.
No guessing
No playing the odds
anymore

Yes.
I think it’s time
you take me
home/

imagery..Personification (positive Critique WS) #1

Submitted by Rula on Mon, 2012-08-27 10:57

When the flowers smile,

my heart swings

and sways

then all the words

go silent.

Workshop: 
Critique workshop - positive critiques

Imagery (Simile or metaphor that is the ???) Critique exercise 1

Submitted by Ian.T on Mon, 2012-08-27 10:19

A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object.
Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory, hyperbole, and simile.

Workshop: 
Critique workshop - positive critiques

NORDIC TWILIGHT

Submitted by Nordic cloud on Sun, 2012-08-26 16:49

NORDIC TWILIGHT

In the twilight of the nordic night, the robin sings,
the dawn, now not confined to morn, in balmy
evenings soft with dew, or summer's blooms
perfuming blade and branch, in mellowed
atmosphere, suffused with wine of sweet liquors.
What peace, what breath of nocturne dreams,
secure from fears and dreaded thoughts, when
winter rips and rends this gentle nature's dress.

the darkest hour'......Edit BY Judyanne

Submitted by loved on Sun, 2012-08-26 08:04

eyes drooping
away from a cloudy sky
lightening threatening
thunder rolling
a splash of daylight
as the sun breaks in
then sudden rain in full fury

folks run for shelter
in a huff and hurry
mayhem
God plays merry hell
I stand dumb-founded
spell bound
lost voice
unable to yell
the shadows move around
as they do in hell

roads vanish
and the sea swims in
a miniscule moment
time wise tsunami
ferocious

all hang upon trees
now growing atop roof tops

I was thought out thinking

Submitted by Roscoe Lane on Sun, 2012-08-26 05:57

I was thought out thinking…

Forgetting with Jack

Submitted by Seren on Sun, 2012-08-26 05:52

we sat and listened
as his heart broke
a crack was heard
as each word spoke

he had lost sight of truth
when he was betrayed
tricked by her slight of hand
seduced with a magical cat

a bar stool found
his searching feet,
and his hand found Jack

purpose drained
as each glass emptied
reason and sanity fell away

r e t i c u l a r .. s w i v e l .. s v e l t e .. g u i d e

Submitted by Esker on Sun, 2012-08-26 03:12

shimmy with the sham
the glue gun bold hold
like spot welding

slap a thigh and tell
me the Hull is fresh
for frolic

Cut plasma ideology
with the tip of your intellect
like a cats tongue
sipping cream
on a polished floor
from a turquoise bowl

marvel of engineering
she moves smooth
gliding through the
sets
in her
repaired retro dress

cough up some love
to slip inside
the warm smooth
cups

its her world
and she'll
eat it up

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