Poetry Nook
Include the following line, somewhere in a poem or story 
(250word max): rouged coals languish

We talk and laugh as the candles melt
Enjoying one another's company
Fire crackles and flames dance with shadows
We lean our heads together resting in the glow
Smiling, while quietly holding hands
the rouged coals languish long after midnight
and in the dim light loves first kiss is exchanged

3/10/05

EVENING SYMPHONY


A frog sings beneath the window
where I hug a pillow
resting on the sill.
I catch a breath
of the damp night air
as the overture heightens.
Night birds trill their flutes
while the drum of a truck
rumbles past and is gone.
A brief intermission
and the concert resumes
with baying dogs
trumpeting their fury,
tapering to soft muted tones.
The gentle violins
of rustling leaves
join the crescendo of locusts;
fading quietly, leaving only
the tranquil whispers of the grass.