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Written: March 05, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a colorful garden where nature blooms. At your call, I rise tall and dulcet in red looms. My flowers are trumpet-shaped and clear. I am a Hibiscus, an iconic flower, comely dear. Akin to Eden, I bedizen earth with an exotic zest Birds, bees, and butterflies join to sip my digest. A burst of hues, lambent views, in a yard of sate. Wildlife dances comely by the scene, full of cate. My time is short, for I fall soon after I bloom. Above my grace, my life doesn't cease in doom. My petals hold peculiar cures beyond compare. My teas and pills ease pain and pressure, so rare.

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Sam Kauffman

Date: 3/19/2024 12:07:00 PM

What a beautiful poem articulating you as the amazing and very exotic Hibiscus - beauty with healing power of words, and a "zest" for life, Lassad! It really is a great choice for you! Congratulations on your win! Blessings to you, dear friend.

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 3/18/2024 8:13:00 AM

Back with congratulation on your win. I really enjoyed reading this wonderful "Hibiscus" flower write again. Have a wonderful day writing away.................

MB Farookh

Date: 3/18/2024 3:07:00 AM

"My time is short, for I fall soon after I bloom." So true of many things in life. Congratulations, Sotto, for a well-deserved top placement. Many blessings!

Karen Jones

Date: 3/17/2024 4:43:00 PM

A delightful poem congratulations on your win!

Speaks Volumes

Date: 3/17/2024 2:01:00 PM

Such a beautiful poem poem Lasaad, congratulations on your 1st place win. So well deserved.

Tania Kitchin

Date: 3/17/2024 11:18:00 AM

Lasaad, congratulations on your first place win with your sweet and creative poem.

Duke Beaufort

Date: 3/8/2024 11:59:00 AM

SP, they are indeed one of the most beautiful flowers we have. Your personification is a pleasure to read and contemplate. We'll soon have these flowers here in NY and we look forward to it. They're probably blooming in the local greenhouses as we speak.

Silent One

Date: 3/7/2024 12:30:00 PM

Great personification my friend.. It highlights the hibiscus's unique trumpet-shaped flowers and its significance as an iconic symbol of beauty and grace. The comparison to Eden further emphasizes the hibiscus's role in bedecking the earth with exotic splendour. The imagery of birds, bees, and butterflies being drawn to the hibiscus for nectar adds to the sense of vitality and abundance in the garden. The portrayal of wildlife dancing comely by the scene creates an enchanting picture of the hibiscus's allure.

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 3/6/2024 4:54:00 PM

How perfect are these flowers. I'm glad to hear they have medicinal uses. I liked the realistic description and the flowing rhyme. It is just great, as all your poems are.

Joseph May

Date: 3/6/2024 3:02:00 PM

The hibiscus has both beauty "medicinal cures", Very nicely penned Sotto

Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/6/2024 12:33:00 PM

They are beautiful and come in some nice colors. I had several different kinds and a husband who loves to use weed killers. Thanks for dropping by my page with a kind review. Sara K

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 3/6/2024 11:20:00 AM

I really enjoyed reading this wonderful "Hibiscus" flower write. "Love It" I guess you know, they only last one day. I love the double Hibiscus flowers. I love their tea/so great. "Good Luck" We both did a flower... Have a blessed/wonderful day........................

Howard Kerr

Date: 3/6/2024 9:28:00 AM

Dear Sotto, Another astonishing addition to your repertoire of majestic poetry forms. Agile symmetry between lines and stanzas. In situe paradise rooted in a garden portrayed so artfully. Colourful description of exotic scene sprouts from your pen. A breath of fresh air Howard

Jay Narain

Date: 3/6/2024 9:15:00 AM

Nice picture of hibiscus flowers and the associated poems.

Vijay Pandit

Date: 3/6/2024 8:01:00 AM

A beautiful photo and a beautiful ode to hibiscus, my friend. Your poem blossoms like the flower it describes through your words. Much enjoyed.

Ink Empress

Date: 3/6/2024 7:49:00 AM

Dear sotto, what a beautiful and refreshing take on this, hibiscus represents love and passion and your way of personifying it is so very captivating and creative: i love the rhymes and descriptive diction of your lines and how youv also written “ Birds, bees, and butterflies join to sip my digest. A burst of hues, lambent views” gorgeous! We have so many here, in maldives, and youv really described them well. And the fragility of their petals and how short their lifespan is! Impeccable! Fave

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 3/6/2024 6:49:00 AM

Dear Sotto, What a beautiful tribute to nature's vibrant and fleeting beauty. You eloquently portray the splendor of the hibiscus flower, evoking a sense of awe and admiration. The way you capture its essence as both an aesthetic wonder and a source of healing is truly captivating. This is an enchanting piece of the magic and wonder that surrounds us in the natural world. - Blessings, Daniel

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/6/2024 5:54:00 AM

- Hibiscus so beautiful with its trumpets ... a lovely poem, Las :) - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 3/6/2024 4:35:00 AM

Outstanding personification, dear Sotto!! After the daffodil, the hibiscus is my 2d favorite flower. We have several crimson hibiscus that are perennial (they're not tropical). As you indicated, their blooms are short-lived and even more so in the Texas summer heat. I enjoyed the cadence of your poem and rhyme scheme. Your way with descriptive words and phrases is truly artistic. your poetess friend in Texas, Sara (PS wasn't aware of the medicinal uses of the lovely hibiscus. Thanks)

Valsa George

Date: 3/5/2024 7:54:00 PM

"Akin to Eden, I bedizen earth with an exotic zest Birds, bees, and butterflies join to sip my digest. A burst of hues, lambent views, in a yard of sate.".... So true. A whole lot of winged beauties surround these flowers like bees, hummingbirds and butterflies. This poem written in beautiful rhyming has all the charm and loveliness of shoe flowers. Besides, beauty, you have found the medicinal uses of hibiscus. All the Best dear friend.