Best Dahlias Poems

The sage green wall had worn a blank look
until, slightly askew, with a tilt to the left
dangling helplessly, without a complaint 
is the pride of an artist, who lacked all constraints.

He dipped into his paints with no sense of restriction 
hung it in place without...

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Deep purple dahlias   -   plush garden zen
steeps in the moonlight hours. Zappiest buds
sleep in their flower beds - beautiful dreams.
Keep of dazzling pompoms - perpetual studs.

Blaze of royal beauty   ~   reign of kindness.
Praise of   Queen...

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They make me wonder---
What fingers wove the tapestry of their being!
The splash of violet here, mauve there, white with red stripes—
They stand tall and do not bend till the wind forces them to.
Though soft, they manifest dignity.
When stress and depression shoot their thorns,
 A glimpse...

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Work of wonder
work of light.
Bend to heaven
dispel the night....

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Just
growing
with the flow-
flowers of the
sea

*sea anemone...

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On a sage green wall that once wore a blank look,
it dangles helplessly, without a complaint. 
It is slightly askew, with a tilt to the left,
giving the viewer a crick of the neck

Hanging precariously, for an eager assessment
without much annoyance, or an "either" or an...

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Shattered glass below my feet causing open wounds 
Like the blood pumping blue through this aching heart
My mind has been twisted once again when I thought it was tamed
Love is not the word to describe the pain when love is lost

Fluttering wings of butterflies cause...

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colors so rich they overwhelm me
 with their brazen scents, 
winds so warm, they feel like the 
gentle caress of a lover
waters sparkle like your eyes; a 
timeless green that turns 
gray in the shadows
the sun is thrown from side to side when
 its high...

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Orange sunshine, pink butterflies, in dawn buds of hope-
Last night's rain has caused noon blooms in the fields!
Canaries are flying low in a season of scents and scenery;
And the moments are creeping, in response to sultry heat. 
A day among varicolored dahlias, at the premiere...

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Exactly five years ago I lived in a city
that I named as the city of my struggles
quite an imposing brand you would say
but I found it appropriate in my mid-twenties.
I crawled against my inertia to move
dragging myself outside everyday.

At exactly half past eight in the...

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early summer sun
the first dahlia blooms reaching
up toward the sky
...

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So tangerine apricot carrot colored and marmalade,
Blooms graced the garden of warm sunshine and shade.
Orange were rich dahlias where hummingbirds hummed,
With a rare beauty which left the daylight stunned!

Over with the blues, skies of chiffon clouds danced,
All of a summer, while huge marigold sun entranced!
Orange...

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Devotion Poem, The Black Dahlias


This morning, for a time, you seemed
To have disappeared.  I called out to you
From my bed, but the words
Must have been consumed into mute syllables, 
For any answering voice, if there was one, was not yours.
I asked the angels to...

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The house on the hill
with its magical spell
has shed the years
possessions they mount
collecting memories
cause the Sun follows us
and the dahlias 
with its daydream quality
makes us happy
with all the things we could do...

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fine new fernery
two forgotten dahlias
innocently bud...

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