Challenge: The Perfect Ten (v2.0)

[Toa_lin]

~Shadow~

Life is
but a shadow
a thought;
and then,
ends...

 

[clutching_calliope]

Intentional Cruelty

He says, "Oh,

was that you?"
like he wasn't looking.

 

[clutching_calliope]

My own forced kindness
tastes bitter
like chewing coffee grounds.

 

[clutching_calliope]

I'd shout,
"Go fuck yourself!"

but you'd probably enjoy that.

 

[RhymeFairy]

smearing apple butter words
he captures my attention

exhale
inhale

mmmm ...

 

[flyguy69]

I'm a time-pauper, parsimonious
with my moments.

 

[Stella_Omega]

1)
A sonnet tasting of you
I add a piquant memory.

2)
A child's indigo shadow
is running
behind sunlit
drying
sheets.

3)
Prosody enrapturing
your delicate mind
my sly smile
invites wanderlust

 

[clutching_calliope]

I cry more than yesterday.
Laugh less
tomorrow?

Depends.
Hell.

 

[cherries_on_snow]

Bronx trick-or-treat
starts at 3
ends before dinner
in daylight.

 

[Tzara]

Approved for General Audiences

Looking at you,
I want to (edit)
(edit edit edit).

 

[sweetjain]

. . . . .

 

[vampiredust]

Barcelona was quiet as a Miro,
distorted as a Gaudi.

 

[vampiredust]

oceans lap up her words
before collapsing and dying

 

[clutching_calliope]

so much still undone
and yet

you are
boundless time.

 

[sweetjain]

. . . . .

 

[sweetjain]

. . . . .

 

[Bedtime Storyteller]

her hips sway
a pendulum
count the seconds
until bed

 

[vampiredust]

boats imitate flies

buzz, zipp, buzz

 

[sweetjain]

. . . . .

 

[sweetjain]

. . . . .

 

[vampiredust]

Tea

Yesterday's tea forms corroded
railway lines in the glass

 

[bluerains]

Tea

Yesterday's tea forms corroded
railway lines in the glass

tea tree oil
break line..

 

[tungtied2u]

caged
locked
the key is yours
will you take it?

 

[bluerains]

caged
locked
the key is yours
will you take it?

you hold no key
for me
each owns
recovery

 

[tungtied2u]

you hold no key
for me
each owns
recovery

how does one recover
from la petite morte"
incomparable?