Glossy Wind

Photo by Laura Kapfer on Unsplash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The glossy wind bustles
Elbowing sleepy clouds away
Until the sky smears blue
Then plunging downwards
Jostling summer leaves
Breezing past piqued foliage
For a novel look below
At shaded creamy pages
Inked with bewitching phrases
Resting just a spell
Rustling between the covers

Insomnious Shipwreck

Photo by Olga Tsai on Unsplash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glimmering licorice waves
Cover the sun in sleep
Unveiling midnight enclaves
And the secrets they keep

Here an insomnious shipwreck
Groans for a guiding star
Fish darting over the deck,
While ghosts look after the sandbar

Where starfish sparkle mid
Night and concealing surf

 

 Written both for dVerse's Quadrille and Compound Challenge

Paper

Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here it is so clear and white
Patiently waiting for any bright
Scintillating words to tumble out
(Grubby words would do
If they’d only come in a slew)
And take root and sprout
With inky tendrils on the paper
Instead, they vanish like vapor

 

Written for dVerse.