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Oct 29
poetry
Amelia_v

Boy made of wildflowers and rainy days

He is a boy made of wildflowers and walks in the woods after rain.
He is the smell of moss and old books that he reads in the morning over a bagel and earl grey.
He is the sun coming out from behind a cloud and the way velvet moves across your skin.
He is the flowers he presses in his notebook between pages filled with poems about the milky way.
He is little kids learning to walk and the way a cat purrs.
He is the smell of hot chocolate after a cold New England day.
He is the way grandma holds me tight after a heartbreak.
He is the sound of the ocean and the water rushing by.
He is the book pages, wise and comforting.
He is made of my dreams and speckled with stardust that make up the galaxies that cover his cheeks.

 
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Posted: 10.29.22
About the Author: Amelia_v
“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” —Toni Morrison
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  1. elise.writer
    Oct 30, 2022

    the figurative language in this is so amazing. such a beautiful piece <3

    Elise Cournoyer

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  1. amaryllis
    Oct 31, 2022

    the language in this is so beautiful, I hope whoever inspired this (be it one person or multiple people) knows how highly you think of them :)

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  1. Amelia_v
    Oct 31, 2022

    This poem was half inspired by someone in my life and half based on a person from my mind<3

    “If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”

    —Toni Morrison

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  1. Sawyer Fell
    Oct 31, 2022

    the repetition is absolutely mesmerizing in this poem! and the imagery is so precise and vivid that i can see it clearly in my head! this is amazing :)

    i have a vision of what i want to do but the picture is too blurry and i can never remember to clean my glasses.

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