The Carousel
Christmas cuteness
comes early
this year
with shimmering
glass balls
and lights
that sparkle
on fake fir trees.
Tinkling music
draws the eye
to delicate artistry
as Santa’s sleigh
slides by.
poetry
Gideon’s Challenge
Don’t Eat
Sour berries
no birds will eat
a teasing sight
looks like a
tempting treat.
“Those aren’t
Red Hots”
warns a mother
passing
as her little one
sees yummy candy.
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Gideon’s Challenge
The Canyon
Forgotten places
like
unspoken words
sit in
darkened spaces
and grow cold.
Shirking shadows
like
hidden tears
are seen
but not
delved into.
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Gideon’s Challenge
Sentimental Value
Sometimes
the things
that we take
with us
tell others
as much about
who we are
and who we
want to be
as the things
that we choose
to leave behind.
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Gideon’s Challenge
Dusk in Autumn
Summer’s whisper
sighs ‘goodbye’
and leaves behind
swirling shades
of bright sunsets
and blue dusk.
Civilization
twinkles like stars
in the darkness
a sky of
shimmering light
stretching out
over land.
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Gideon’s Challenge
Fissures
If people
could see
the cracks
inside me
as easily
as a broken bowl
would I be
tossed away
and forgotten?
or recycled
into something new?
Twisting the Leaf 