Best Cactus Poems

No one knows how this
Desert became about 
The desert has cactus
There are two rolls of them
One row is separated 
by a road
On the other side 
Another row spread
In the evening the cactus

Light up the cactus bright
Further in the desert
Are cactus curved
Like a waterfall
Only in the...

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As Hedgehog-type cactus in bloom,
With claret-cup desert perfume;
Red-orange petals
On top of nettles-
I guard with my sharp, thorny, broom.

I'm hardy, resistant to clime
In weather where sunshine is prime.
Yet, still thrive in cold
When nightfalls unfold;
A mainstay for mundane, sublime.

My flower is tender and smooth
As velvety surfaces soothe.
My...

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Cactus 

Your soul needs food and nurturing;
Your heart needs water and life;
Your body needs both to be fulfilled;

A thirsty soul will be weak and die.
A starved heart will corrupt and wither.
A body without a heart will lose the soul.

You may have water and still be...

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a blooming cactus
Big Bend, a national park
last spring in April...

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You hide away in summer

When other blooms fill fields

In a dark room you sit and wait

'Til Christmas time is here



Is it the joy of Christ's birth

That awakens a welcome stranger

Do you peer out to see the light

That hovers above His manger



You are the only flower

That...

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You would assume I am thirsty in this dire heat,
Or that my needles would cause others to quickly retreat,
You would conclude that my flowers were only for show
Or that if someone didn’t water me I would never grow,
But what you don’t see in plain eye...

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Contradiction viewed
As flower blooms on cactus
A plant of spines...

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A cactus survives
upon a painted desert,
a needled fortress....

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She hugged me and bit my earlobe
                        Scratched me and  pricked me with a probe
      ...

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Rare desert jewel, you flower with ease
among those many thorny leaves
your fearless petals open wide
to touch the sun up in the sky.

Your beauty mocks your prickly cage
entrapped within its imprisoned stage
how brief your budding glory shines
a resplendent bloom with lovely lines.

So bold, you awake the...

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A darker song reaches skin and bone, 
On panel streets fading steely gray,
Long and far, I fear you are gone. 
Dark clouds are melting in time, 
Touching the days of humid spring, 
A heat-wave dancing too far within.
The mirror speaks, “You are now alone!”
While asleep...

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Balance between love and limits
The relationship between power and love
No distinction between gender, ethnicity, age or religion
Cooperation between people and countries, gives strength
Let limits fall, allow the love to grow













18.04.2017
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
Copyright © All Rights Reserved...

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A lean coyote chases a hare through
heat of desert winds. His swift doe
darts past my boots. They've managed
to escape, this time. He'll lead the chase
away another day.

I pause to watch the side-winder as he
considers a kangaroo rat, before moving
on between two century plants to a
rock...

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A diverse array of flora and fauna reign majestic 
in vivid tawny imagery of shifting sand dunes 
and barren rocks-- sixteen miles
from the golden rays of western tomorrow.

Time is played out in crucial moments of emptiness
lying in solitude and intimate loneliness.
Sun-kissed miles of unshaded secrets
seeping...

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Three day's journey from Coachella to Paradise,
felt like adding beauty to my day, and you did.
Pretty painted toes peek from muslin wool socks,
all your nametag revealed: Hello, my name is...

Once looked at me wondering am I the one.
Let me spare you some disappointment, I'm a...

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