Flitting and Fleeting | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Flitting and Fleeting

Flitting and Fleeting

September 18, 2010
By LondonEye DIAMOND, Randolph, New Jersey
More by this author
LondonEye DIAMOND, Randolph, New Jersey
89 articles 125 photos 71 comments
View profile

Singe the foliage, Mother Sun does
as each leaf tightens a quivering clamp
An orange dusk sprinkles dust
like what once was dew on a not-so-fertile floor
To watch the day
go up in flames as birds do bid adieu
and crickets do mourn to the flute’s final tune
And so then to watch a sylvan fantasy crystallize and wither—
as do so many fantasies of Mother Nature’s lore—
As first browns pink cheeks and then freezes over brown
with such a blurry haste

© Scott G., Bethesda, MD

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Death After Life
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
Overcoming Stage Fright
By kiwi12 PLATINUM
Austin, Texas
kiwi12 PLATINUM, Austin, Texas
28 articles 10 photos 365 comments
View profile
Poetry
Perfectly
By Christina Rudolph BRONZE
Lilburn, Georgia
Christina Rudolph BRONZE, Lilburn, Georgia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Do It Now!
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's never to late, if it weren't for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
Nothing to say
By niceenouf PLATINUM
Garfield, New Jersey
niceenouf PLATINUM, Garfield, New Jersey
26 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"As we move on, you forget, we both move on, with no regret."

View profile
Poetry
cry
By carreyelaine GOLD
Arlington, Tennessee
carreyelaine GOLD, Arlington, Tennessee
12 articles 4 photos 1 comment
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.