Life’s Seasons (Contest:Life)
Special breed.
Seeds.
Seeds.
Individual
blooms.
Rain.
Sun.
Carefully pruned,
left ungroomed?
Free to climb
flowering vine.
Limbs to uplift
or choke?
Unkind.
Lass, laddie,
bloke
granted
amazing gift–
Utterly divine.
Storms
strip
leaves
dry,
lusterless.
Diseased.
Yet,
attached
flourishes
foliage flexible
bending in ease,
deep roots
burrowing
further.
Nutrients
extract.
Brevity series 136 – life
by Elegia
Please write a poem inspired by the word “life”
Rules:
by Elegia
Please write a poem inspired by the word “life”
Rules:
1) No more than 50 words. Since this is a rather “abstract” word, please, only concrete images.
ITH & SB 