Acanthus
Giant acanthus helps psychologically clean up
violence when she
eats athletic clubs hosting
violent bullies.
Categories:
acanthus, humor,
Form: Free verse
On the twelve days of Christmas, West Texas gave to me
twelve tarantulas creepin’,
eleven javelinas diggin’,
ten jack rabbits jumpin’,
nine skunks a stinkin’,
eight mantis prayin’,
seven snakes swimmin’,
six mountain lions,
five sunny days,
four mockingbirds,
three hoary bats,
two horned toads,
and a cowbird in a mesquite tree.
On the twelve days of Christmas, West Texas gave to me
twelve oxeye creepin’,
eleven acanthus flamin’,
ten willows twistin’,
nine cholla jumpin’,
eight tumbleweeds rollin’,
seven shin diggers stickin’,
six purple thistles,
five sunny days,
four mountain laurels,
three ruby muhly,
two hawthorn,
and mistletoe in an elm tree.
Categories:
acanthus, animal, bird, christmas, environment,
Form: Lyric
'Flowers!' said I, 'thing of floral'
Once I sat engaged and blossoming
When I thought of the flowers
In a kingdom full of wreaths
Once upon a midnight peak
I saw the sunflowers
In a kingdom full of seedpods
Flowers - tormentor of my dreams
When I thought of the flowers
By the grave I saw the sweet peas
I heard an ornamental, flush treeing
When I thought of the flowers
It threw its ghost against the geraniums
They are perfumed from unseen showers
They are perfumed from unseen craniums
Suddenly, I heard some dewing
In there stepped a thundery flowering quince
And the acanthus was doing
I am shorn of the morning rinse
Of the rainstorm's that is suing
Much I marveled the peak flora
The bio-diverse botanical garden breezing
Flowers!' said I, 'thing of floral
There’re so beautiful and alluring…
8/8/19
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©
Categories:
acanthus, analogy, appreciation, flower,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Corinthian of Greece
and acanthus leaves-
The temple of Athens
where the golden bell rings.
Its a tumble of tune
a song for the yore-
The musical swells,
as symphony soar.
The bride of Apollo does
walk down the aisle,
in virgin white lace-
by power of means
she maneuvers with grace.
And Apollo himself
wrote a passaged vow
to wealthiest wealth
of love that forever bows.
Without her, he says,
the nights have no moon,
the stars will fall out of place,
niether courtesy of colors in midst noon
nor there is such a beautiful face.
Apollo's Bride, Cassandra,
blushed with fury lust-
And by the ring she took his hand,
her lover Apollo took it by grand.
And together forever
they treasured their land
Under Greece's dome
by the Corinithia of Acanthus leaves- ..
The bells continulsy sing
Golden bells' ring
of what rumbles and bring
The definition of lovely things.
Categories:
acanthus, husband, love, wife,
Form: Rhyme
the tiger deflowers and lays to flat
a pride and hubris you've long kept intact
perched on thin bough
stripped cat of its meow
claws cut through bush, red earth and Muntjac
and teeth draw blood on a great Pollack canvas
dark as Bordeaux in a patterned Acanthus
a thick spray of clay
blooming arches and folds
the verdigris breath of a desert-night cold
Categories:
acanthus, death, nature, sad,
Form: I do not know?