By Scott Bailey © 2018
See the sky blush with
Golden fire heaven sent
And then the darkness
In response to the daily prompt Blush
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Blush
time
Nature
By Scott Bailey © 2018
Nature
Claws back its realm
Over many ages
Verdant fingers prying apart
Even
The strongest of our creations
With persistence of growth
Old and fertile
Mother
In response to the daily prompt Patience
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Chasing Sunbeams
By Scott Bailey © 2016
See the argent moon
Chasing the brightest sunbeams
Moments slip away
Time and Tide
By Scott Bailey © 2016
Albatross hovers
High over surf scattered sand
All will pass in time
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #113 Beach&Time
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Spacetime
By Scott Bailey © 2016
As the journey grows
On, from moment to moment
We feel time passing
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #105-Time&Grow
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Beginning
By Scott Bailey © 2016
Lightning flash charges
The rain drenched primordial dawn
A spark of life stirs
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #96 Lightning&Rain
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Dragon’s Jaws
By Scott Bailey © 2016
A silk-lined invite
Lures the hedonist inward
Down the dragon’s jaws
In response to RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #95 Dragon&Invite
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Child’s Eye
By Scott Bailey © 2015
When the last heartbeat of the last child
Has faded into silence
The mighty universe
Will not care
Which is a
Shame
For
There
Is nothing
That can magnify
Its vast magnificence
More than the wonder
Reflected in the shine of a child’s curious eye
Timeslips
By Scott Bailey © 2015
Oh, give me time, oh, give me time, give me time in my life
So I can dream and I can find an escape from this strife
So I can soar in the sky where only freedom abounds
Where we can dare to be ourselves and death does not his rounds
But these are dreams that slip away, drained by vampire bites
So we watch every day as they fade like spent candle lights
Sucked away by the days and by the burdens of our lives
Yet in this turmoil of life is where most creation thrives
So, give me time, oh, give me time, give me time in my life
Spent
By Scott Bailey © 2016
My life is being spent
Waiting outside shops
Herding kids
Driving
Working for reasons unknown
On maintenance
Not on friends or laughter
Not on relaxation
Not on health
Not on passions
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Life’s precious coin
Being spent
For very little change
Temporality
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Image Search.”
Pick a random word and do Google image search on it. Check out the eleventh picture it brings up. Write about whatever that image brings to mind.
So I picked a random word from here – a random word generator. And the eleventh picture was this.
All Change
By Scott Bailey © 2014
Here we are today
Beavering away like slaves
History forgets
Poem a day challenge #364 (Span)
Span
By Scott Bailey © 2014
Span of stone
Taking some to work
Others home
As it has
For centuries
Others watch
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Poem a day challenge #343 (Rock Water)
Rock Water
By Scott Bailey © 2014
Rock in the flow
Water jumps high
Rock is steadfast
Water jumps for joy
Time passes
Rock is worn to sand
Water flows serene
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Poem a day challenge #333 (Tomorrow)
Tomorrow
By Scott Bailey © 2014
Hurrying, cramming in, rush rush rush
Preparing for tomorrow is all
By the time it’s done
Tomorrow is already gone
And so the cycle goes
On and on
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Poem a day challenge #331 (White Cliffs)
White Cliffs
By Scott Bailey © 2014
To glimpse a snippet
Of the incomprehensible
Just take a look
At the white cliffs
Reaching up from the sea
The result
Of trillions and trillions of tiny deaths
Life
Has been here so long
It has built
Landscapes
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Poem a day challenge #327 (Magic Time)
Magic Time
By Scott Bailey © 2014
Brass cantilever
Golden cogs and diamond heart
Magic seconds pass
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Poem a day challenge #269 (Giants)
Giants
By Scott Bailey © 2014
I have seen giants
Striding over the land
Power on their shoulders
Stern and strong their hand
Never do they falter
Never seen one stumble or fall
Always do their duty
Always answer the call
Through storm and wind and rain
The carry their burden true
Though other links may burn out
The giants stride on through
So remember this and tremble
Even the giants will pass
Fall into dust and rusty ruin
Scattered in untamed grass
One day their burden will dissipate
Their purpose will disappear
And the duty they discharged so well
A memory dimmed with time
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Poem a day challenge #215 (Teeth)
Teeth
By Scott Bailey © 2013
The cold reaches deep
Frozen icicles of time
Teeth in red-hot jaws
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Poem a day challenge #213 (Time)
Time
By Scott Bailey © 2013
There’s not enough time
In my everyday life
For me to exist
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Poem a day challenge #170 (Who)
Who
By Scott Bailey © 2013
Flames flicker
Time ticks
Down
War draws
Nearer
For the quick
End of time
Draws near
Who will heal
The rifts?
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Poem a day challenge #144 (Drained)
Drained
By Scott Bailey © 2013
Every buzz and chime
On the phone
Is a worry
Something has gone down
Something is wrong
Another demand
On my time and my brain
Which are both drained
Something
Must change
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Poem a day challenge #137 (Time)
Time
By Scott Bailey © 2013
Our most precious coin
Swamped by trivial demands
Yet can’t be ignored
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Poem a day challenge #108 (The Pool)
The Pool
By Scott Bailey © 2013
They trickle in
The protesters, the bitter, the dispossessed, the poor
They swirl in slow currents
Exchanging thoughts, views, ideas.
An oasis for the outcasts
The Man sits by the pool
And fishes
Taking what he needs
Watching the rest
The pool holds no threat
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Poem a day challenge #107 (Late)
Late
By Scott Bailey © 2013
Eleven fifty
Nine and almost out of time
Yet still ploughing on
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Poem a day challenge #68 (Time Cycle)
Time Cycle
By Scott Bailey © 2013
Time and time again
So it is out with the new
In with the older
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