Earl Schumacker Poet Free verse

Flowers Emerge

Flowers Emerge

Impose your will on the pretty flowers as you may
Trans-formative wonderment of nature 
Entrenched, defiled, they pop up any way in clusters
Vivacious are the colors above the solid stem
Cut cold to death, decay and pain, to follow winters grip    
Excellence defined in the ability to survive
Dangerous are the forces that persist to derogate them    
Yet they prevail against all odds
Death comes but they regenerate
Grass is their shield.  Dirt is their pillow there
Negative winds carry with them ice
Reds and yellows grow on below the sun
Visceral, strangled roots, fragile faces, petal soft, grow cold
Ingenious species, green with envy on the leaf, rise again
A Cacophony of nature’s birds and bees disturbs the peace  
Flowers come in abundance, remain, friendly on the green
Distinguished in divine fashion, exquisite, generous to the last 
Elevated smiles on pollen grains contain the seed of life
Flowers emerge, aware of life
 

11/22/14 Poetry Contest - "Encounters With Flowers"

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Rhonda Johnson-Saunders December 1, 2014 at 8:55 AM Wonderful, Earl! You captured the beauty and resilience of fragile blooms...congrats to you!! Hugs, Rhonda Earl Schumacker December 1, 2014 at 9:27 AM Hi Rhonda, I appreciate your comments and glad that you enjoyed it. Congratulations to you too on your excellent win. Earl

Brenda Meier-Hans November 28, 2014 at 5:10 PM Back with my congratulations Earl. Well deserved win. Earl Schumacker November 28, 2014 at 5:30 PM Hi Brenda, Thank you so much. Congratulations to you too on a fine win in the contest. Take care. Earl

Maurice Yvonne November 28, 2014 at 4:49 PM Brilliant! Fav! Congratulations on your win! Earl Schumacker November 28, 2014 at 5:28 PM Thank you so much Maurice. Congratulations on your win. You should have placed in the #1 spot or #1 spot. In other words, the #1 spot. Your poem was very clever and well composed. Have a great week end. Earl

Faye Gibson November 28, 2014 at 11:59 AM What an encounter, Earl...great writing. Congratulations. Earl Schumacker November 28, 2014 at 4:27 PM Hi Faye, Thank you so much. Congratulations to you too for your excellent poem and win. You should have placed higher in the contest in my estimation. Have a great week end. Earl

Jan Allison November 28, 2014 at 11:30 AM WOW Earl I am blown away by the sheer brilliance of your beautiful poem many congrats on your win - its a 7 from me! Hugs Jan xx Earl Schumacker November 28, 2014 at 4:02 PM Hi Jan, I appreciate your encouragement. This poem is one of my personal favorites. I put a lot of energy and thought into it. I think that it is as solid as a rock. (putting my ego aside.) Thank you for the 7. With the 7 that they gave me does that mean I'm worth 14? (just kidding) Thank you so much. I'm glad you liked it too. Take care. Earl

Brenda Meier-Hans October 28, 2014 at 12:46 PM This is absolutely beautiful Earl. The only way I could describe how much I love your poem would be to write a poem about how much I love this. But because my time is limited today, I will just give you a 7 and favourite this. Brenda Meier-Hans November 28, 2014 at 5:09 PM Wonderfully done. Earl Schumacker October 28, 2014 at 4:01 PM Hi Brenda, Thank you so much for your generous evaluation and appreciation regarding my poem. I tried to employ a technique of alternating a dark line with a light line or a positive line followed by a negative concept and so on. I also tried to stay focused on the subject, the flowers. Thank you again for your interest and kind words. Take care. Earl