Agave Poems - Poems about Agave

Nature Poems by Michael R Burch

...These are nature poems about unusual plants like the moonflower and agave.



Moonflower
by Michael R. Burch

after Robert Hayden

Marveling,
we at last beheld the achieved flower—
both aw...

Mellifluous Muse

...
In my hunger,
I saw a hallucination of heaven.
From afar, visions of a golden glow,
lustered, lingering above a crowded crossroad.
This aura of agave aromatherapy,
left an amorous aroma of rom...

Abc Reflections

...agave blade collects dewdrops
evocative flashes generate
heartfelt imagery

jewels kindle latent musings
new, original poetry

quivering reflections silently
trigger undulating
verses which ...

No Llores Por Ml Costa Rica

...No llores por mí Costa Rica
Don’t cry for me Costa Rica

Me llamo Cabuya de la familia Agave.
My name is Cabuya from the Agave family.

Yo tengo hojas largas y verdes con forma de espadas denta...

Infused, Cards and Stars

...Roses are red, vodka pours clear, 
I need words bled, and high proof can steer. 
Shot after shot becomes tumbler til Tumblr 
As I wanted, unless I fumble words and become a bumbler. 

Violets ar...

May I Sense Life's Fury

...When the full moon's light starts to fade.
The sun also gives life to all of the glades.
Natural World views life as a charade.

The bloom time of spring is underway.
Azalea flowers ...

The Taste of Her Lips

.......And then he kissed her
  Unforgettable, how it felt the first time
           Oh, the softness of her lips!
T'was so sweet! Sugar, agave and honey
        ...

A Rose

...You hoped she'd be strong like an agave;
instead, she bruised easily like a rose,
feelings like silken petals carelessly
scattered along paths she finally chose.

Full of daydreams, she was give...

Embrace of Agape Love

...In the obscurity of the dark opaque night
across the frozen silence of formidable forest
you need to take the ordained journey forsaken
for you have promises waiting to be kept,
but the winding t...

The Hinterlands

...unaccompanied
I set out to traverse the hinterlands
perceiving myself as a blemish on society
all eyes averted from my unsightly visage
the pernicious shadow o...

Antipoem 19 Apache

...AntiPoem 19
“Apache”

(Poet’s Instruction: Softly play “Apache” by Jorgen Ingmann, 1961, while reading)

Olathe and Yamka
Cochise and 
Mescalero 
Varlebena - forever
Ya’ateh – Hello to
Thes...

Lonely Am I

...Looking at fine plants from the window 
In the morning light. I see agave and cactus growing high
Weeds in the garden are left free to grow
Dill plants complete to reach to the sky

Lonely am I
...

Sonnets Lii-Lx

...Sonnets LII-LX

The Endeavors of Lips
by Michael R. Burch

How sweet the endeavors of lips: to speak
of the heights of those pleasures which left us weak
in love’s strangely lit beds, where th...

A Vain Word

...A Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch

Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands grey pearls
under m...

Moonflower Aglow

...To Flower
by Michael R. Burch
 
When Pentheus ["grief'] went into the mountains in the garb of the baccae, his mother [Agave] and the other maenads, possessed by Dionysus, tore him apart (Euripide...

• Short Agave Poems
• Famous Agave Poems
• Best Agave Poems
• Read Agave Poems
• Long Agave Poems
• Agave Quotes