aster, astilbe, daisy, daylily
bellflowers bejeweled and foxglove forever
roses robust and hued poppies posh
sunflowers sublime, candytuft, cardinals
hollyhock, hosta, snaps snazzy
primrose precious and sunflowers sublime
I found down the path of a wild garden
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December 5, 2021
Poetry/Verse/Alliterisen/down the garden path
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All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La FRance
Alliterisen Sequence 10-12-9-11-8-10-10
Written for the Standard contest, Alliterisen 2
sponsor, Joseph May, Judged 1/1/2022
Second Place
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Categories:
astilbe, garden,
Form: Verse
..just then
It was just there, a few weeks ago,
When the Sun was high;
Nestled with Fleabane;
Pillowed in Stitchwort.
Barely fern-like and feathery, just new,
A small Astilbe, from somewhere.
Growing was newer, just then,
Hinting boundlessness, endlessness;
Stirring in Bindweed;
Rising in Buttercups.
This slanting-orange morning, just now,
Spade in hand to save the Astilbe, I find it gone;
Taken by Redroot,
Fallowed by Sorrel.
Barely reddish, silent, nubile green, just new,
The small Astilbe from somewhere, now gone!
I guess it was a moment’s treasure, just then.
Like oblique light upon the wood, just now.
Or parched Cocklebur,
Or withered Hop.
Categories:
astilbe, autumn,
Form: Blank verse