Rose April Poems

The Parliament of Animals
 met one day in a secret undisclosed location 

“We are assembled here
 to judge the actions 
of the human race. 

the...

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Clouds of grey hues,
Swim across the air above. 
A dove is flying high,
Racing to reach his nest below. 

You can feel the rain, 
Drizzling droplets...

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        Fields of flowing, fresh flowers, in nascent dreams,
        Huge mug...

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in the flares of twilight
This gloomy night of patience will burn someday
We are the niche of hope, says the ashes of dawn
For every painful thorn...

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Beyond the storm cloud’s silver lining
The sun is pouring molten gold
To set the diamond raindrops shining
And each new leaf with jade enfold

Rubies plucked from red...

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The month is drawing to a close 
And soon, to drift by every nose 
Will be the scents of lilac, rose 
And all the scented...

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In my rainbow garden -
Daffodils gold-covered
Shine like the April sun...
Emerald stems hold them
With fibers tightly spun...!

In my rainbow garden -
Tulips of all colors
Bloom, disciplined, in...

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Of all April flowers
God lovingly showers
in gardens near and far,
only one is called rose
as our great morning star.

Of all April flowers 
God made to remind...

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sweet peas and daisies
play with rose  thorns as fast friends ---
lilies dance for joy


11 April 2022...

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I.

When he was born, within the early spring,
It was the year Nineteen Seventy-Five.
All hearts were warmed with the joy he would bring,
Knowing as he grew...

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I was a zealous meteorologist, which I had been for a long time,
As the roving years work diligently, to create a very fine wine.

So content...

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April Ambassador

April, ambassador of spring, appears -
Mediator of the truce
Between dusky winter’s sighs
Of first snowfalls
And the incense of l’air du temp
Where mourning doves entwine with...

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JERUSALEM
Collaboration with Dalia Shahein (Jordan). Posted here on PoetrySoup, 04/21/2017

I, First
My Salem, my shalom, maybe yours as well -
Be well; build a well again –...

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So gentle is the morn in spring
   as tender as the rose
whose dewdrop petals long to bring
   their beauty to expose.
The...

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Today is Enough

The morning came early. 
In fact I was up all night. 
I watched the coming and going…
of the stars.

God’s work ever at hand,...

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