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Beneath the Current MAG

May 21, 2009
By wingsofadove BRONZE, Sellersville, Pennsylvania
wingsofadove BRONZE, Sellersville, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Strawberry-stained cheeks
soft yellow waves, gold
in glimmers under the sun.
Toes dipped into frost-tipped,
exhilarating glass
A world fills the eyes.

Crystals on water
green short fur, standing on end
coating the solid slate of the earth,
silently living.
All the sweet claws and
bits of blue-green striped
fins fluttering forth
in an endless world
beneath the current.


The author's comments:
A haiku poem.

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NoniDoni GOLD said...
on Jan. 8 2015 at 8:29 pm
NoniDoni GOLD, Calabasas, California
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Thats beautiful! The imagery is amazing! Check out and give feedback on my poem called black and the other one called sunless!

on Jun. 19 2014 at 10:38 am
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND, Athens, Georgia
81 articles 5 photos 1486 comments

Favorite Quote:
To love is to be vulnerable; Triumph is born out of struggle; We notice shadows most when they stand alone in the midst of overwhelming light.

This is great, you're a wonderful writer. You're really talented. I hope you know, someone thinks you're a treasure and that they look up to you. 

on May. 1 2014 at 11:35 pm
DarkBlueBaby BRONZE, Chestnut Ridge, New York
3 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?" ~ Dr. Seuss
"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."

Phenomenal. I'm in awe with your words :)

KylieV SILVER said...
on Aug. 6 2013 at 10:37 pm
KylieV SILVER, Goose Creek, South Carolina
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This poem was very desciptive and eloquent. There are a few good examples of consonance: "... solid state", "bits of blue-green...", "Strawberry stained...", etc. There was also a good example of assonance: "Toes dipped into frost- tipped, exhilarating glass." Great poem!

on Jul. 24 2013 at 9:22 am
writefearless SILVER, Manila, Other
8 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
scare your fear before it scares you.

the imagrey is wonderful :) good job!

asofnow GOLD said...
on Apr. 17 2013 at 12:53 pm
asofnow GOLD, Troy, Michigan
18 articles 0 photos 208 comments

Favorite Quote:
Nothing gold can stay ~ Robert Frost

i agree with above comment. Despite this. it is an amazing poem :D

on Jul. 18 2012 at 10:19 am
Wearing_Westwood GOLD, Cary, North Carolina
18 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things. -Ray Bradbury

five syllables first

then there are seven of them

five, seven, then five


on Jul. 18 2012 at 10:17 am
Wearing_Westwood GOLD, Cary, North Carolina
18 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things. -Ray Bradbury

This is not a haiku.

This is free verse poetry.

thank you.


yaispretty said...
on Oct. 31 2011 at 5:32 pm
it was pretty good i wouldnt say it was "beautiful" id say it was pretty and descriptive.

on Feb. 4 2011 at 9:50 am
HeatherBee BRONZE, I Live In, Texas
1 article 0 photos 1979 comments

Favorite Quote:
Go on and try to tear me down. I will be rising from the ground, like a skyscraper

Love is louder than the pressure to be perfect

Ooh :DD beautiful awesome description there...

on Aug. 23 2010 at 9:24 am
TheOcherousRodentia PLATINUM, Toronto, Other
29 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is infinitely growing;
It's capacity of love and fear is impossible
To calculate by the means of math, or
The properties of science, and to conatain
Its ferious unpredictability is only a virtue
That humans despire

Simply Wondrous! You are so descriptive, and imaginative, I especiall love the way you used capitals to emphasize certain lines ! Keep on writing!

on Mar. 3 2010 at 6:30 pm
Sabrinahco GOLD, Jefferson City, Missouri
10 articles 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you're not first, you're last"

This is really good!

I love how many words you used to describe things. The glassy eyes part was my favorite. Keep writing! (:

on Dec. 20 2009 at 12:57 pm
sasssgirrrl22 PLATINUM, Pearl River, New York
27 articles 0 photos 266 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Giving up is not a part of my vocabulary."
"Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."
"Truth be told I miss ya, truth be told I'm lying."

agree with aleece. amazing descriptionz

Aleece GOLD said...
on Nov. 3 2009 at 2:44 pm
Aleece GOLD, Marshfield, Massachusetts
10 articles 1 photo 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I'm not random, I just have many thoughts!"

Wow, this is good. I love it! That's some really intense figurative language!