Challenge: The Perfect Ten (v2.0)

[373Kelvin]

family photo album

Even still
your photo is
ground glass
against my retina.

 

[vampiredust]

mercury runs
its fingers along
broken bones,

nobody gets healed

 

[373Kelvin]

Patient scarab
sacred beetle
carries the sun
through night's valley.

 

[cherries_on_snow]

Hell's Angel

Snake Sister
cap twister
face fister
sun's blister
kissed her.

 

[cherries_on_snow]

Super scarab carries midnight sun

muted on horizon
staining night sky
cranberry
resting, not sleeping.

 

[vampiredust]

Iraq

there are no gods here,
bones whisper

 

[373Kelvin]

dog hot,
need cool.
water.
ice.
hammock.
us, nude.
ahh

 

[clutching_calliope]

.....

 

[373Kelvin]

thinking on rope
lines across ass
as fearless summer tattoo

marks of pleasure
remind us after,
make us smirk
secretively.

 

[vampiredust]

sunset streaks
across black tanned
mountains, forming
valleys of light

 

[clutching_calliope]

.....

 

[clutching_calliope]

.....

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

wide sky for crying
out eagles
celebrating
procreation
and flight.

 

[flyguy69]

wide sky for crying
out eagles
celebrating
procreation
and flight.

The eagle's talons seize
names and breeze
like reclaimed virginity

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

The eagle's talons seize
names and breeze
like reclaimed virginity

slow hands smooth
the broken veil
and mend the tears.

 

[flyguy69]

slow hands smooth
the broken veil
and mend the tears.

A feathered canopy: winged shelter
in a salty storm.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

A feathered canopy: winged shelter
in a salty storm.

Waking
from down-filled dreams
stretching to smile.

 

[flyguy69]

Waking
from down-filled dreams
stretching to smile.

Dreams of down
down
down falling
I fight the dawn

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Dreams of down
down
down falling
I fight the dawn

nearly nude
newly naked
taking risks
risking takes time.

 

[flyguy69]

nearly nude
newly naked
taking risks
risking takes time.

Knock-kneed nymph
takes tentative steps, tests
her naked soles.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Dreams of down
down
down falling
I fight the dawn

downward drift of feeling
awaken to breath
sweetly soft.

 

[Tzara]

Transmissions and relationships
fail similarly
when shifted into high gear.

Both require frequent inspection,
periodic maintenance,
and lots of lubricant.

 

[flyguy69]

Both require frequent inspection,
periodic maintenance,
and lots of lubricant.

And peak performance belongs
to those willing to get dirty.

 

[RhymeFairy]

And peak performance belongs
to those willing to get dirty.

I get dirty
laundering my
lustful
thoughts.
wetspinning within
you ...

 

[373Kelvin]

half my life waiting (clean)
for the other half (dirty).