Posts Tagged ‘poem’
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
A Kiss in the Forest
Mary Bannister
Fallen needles soften passage into the forest.
Precise footsteps beckon her to him,
Like a portrait of symmetry in motion.
A kaleidoscope discloses awe-inspiring beauty,
As sunlight freckles tease fluttery fronds,
And stillborn dew splashes spongy mounded moss.
The green velvet becomes denser
With miniature outdoor terrariums,
Everywhere you look.
A grand opening welcomes a multiplicity of fauna,
Bustling about in the spectacle of day,
Urgently amassing essential ingredients,
For survival and sanctuary.
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Cadaver
Elizabeth Baltaro
It was not as scary as we had imagined,
when we opened the metal crypt
that cradled our body, our cadaver.
The first thing I noticed were bright pink nails.
Without stories, clothing, hair, nor jewelry,
the meager remains of a lifetime
were painted on her fingers. (more…)
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
(Mary Davey Wilson teaches humanities classes at Omaha North High School.)
I’ve come to realize
that trauma changes all. (more…)
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
(Dr. Don Welch is a retired English professor from the University of Nebraska at Kearney , NE. )
To play a small candle
on a moonless night,
a voice of light
among the politics of black; (more…)
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
(Liz Sharpe wrote this poem in the eighth grade at Beveridge Magnet School , Omaha , NE. )
I’ll always be her little girl,
giggling in her lap,
protesting a nap . . . (more…)
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
(Walker Martin)
I’ve wandered roads to every land
I’ve worn a face of doubt
it weighs like sin,
it holds me in,
I search for some way out (more…)
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
(Walker Martin teaches eighth grade English at McMillan Middle School in Omaha .)
. . . misunderstood! Well, perhaps that is as it should be. One of the more likely complaints or misconceptions surrounds works of modern poetry. (more…)
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Fine Lines devotes this section to young writers in kindergarten through grade six. We hope parents and teachers will encourage their children and students who are just “beginning” to understand the joy that comes from the written word to submit their best work and share it with our readers of all ages.
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