Best Dianthus Poems

A flower beginning with A is easy you see, an Aster I would sow
Bluebells of every colour and size in most gardens grow

Colourful  Cornflower and Coneflower fills the scene,
Dianthus and Daisy look bright and so clean.

English lavender whose perfume fills the air,
Foxglove of many...

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Bell-shaped English Bluebells
Violet face of lilac landscape

Charming tints of scarlet
Exuberance of Maple Red

Red, white, upright Tulips
Preening of vibrant spring

Whistling breath of wind
Kisses swaying Daffodils

Laden droplets refracting
Gleam of rose-petal gems

Bluebird’s pine-needle nest
Home of blueish green eggs

Crocus purple flowers
Amethyst glory of jewels

Scented Lilly of the Valley
Blooming white...

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Leaves
swirling
as birds wing
south for winter
amethyst rose skies
sail over burning bush
unending fields of pink and
purple dianthus cast their gaze
as sun heads off to the land of nod;
scent of late autumn cookout consumes me.
...

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“In lieu of flowers”, the obituary read, “please donate to a worthy cause.”
But when I thought about how she loved her garden, I really had to take a moment 
and pause.
I know her daughters meant no harm, they just didn’t want to deal with the...

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Tea Rose arrives first, claims her chair by the bird bath
as Irises turn bearded faces on the path.
They offer admiring glances to Gardenias,
who promenade ahead of the pink Begonias.

Black-Eyed Susans adorn our festive garden deck,
where Florida’s Orange Blossoms stand so erect.
Shuffling through the garden come...

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Rome was always a playground for me,
Where lovely girls thronged around the streets:
The Fontana dei Trevi where people threw coins
Hoping they would revisit enchanting Rome,
Or on the Spanish stairs amid the delicate flowers
Exuding fragrant perfumes of purple roses, 
Delicate dianthus or scented-leaf geraniums.

There she sat,...

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Early in the year a young man walks with a stout Yew stick firmly on his shoulder,
Resting on damp grey stone looking all around watching the dicky birds and smiling,
Rising from the stone he drops a snowdrop and a forget-me-not onto the cold ground
He had...

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Intricate spring life,
Nature's bounty overflow:
Bees love luscious blooms.

Little lotus bloom
On the surface of the pond,
Dragonfly resting.

Basking in summer 
No hot sun cream protection
Red skin many days.

Regal red crowns of
Fragrant spicy dianthus:
Hot summer is near.

Vivid butterfly
Pollen in the heavy air –
Deadly spider's web.

Late-night kiss of love,
Guitars...

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Fiery giant poppies 
Cheerful bright chrysanthemum
Spicy scented dianthus
Statuesque amaryllis
Flamboyant hibiscus
Vivacious geranium
Seductive anemone
Exotic calla lily
Ruffled marigold
Bodacious begonia
Luscious dahlia and ludic zinnia
Dress the garden with pure delight 
Exuberant in shimmering rays of sunlight
As sweetly the summer zephyr whispers



AP:  Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2020, Front Page...

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Swans amid the blossoming cherry trees
gifts the springtime waters;
I cast my eyes beneath the 
early evening moon’s light to see 
a white stag silently watching them.

Among the verbena that flanks the river,
a lone doe leaps from the trees for a cool drink
and I watch her...

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As the day drifts off to slumber 
I lay awake to relive the day
So many memories in my head
Thoughts echoing good & bad

My mind begins combing through my scrapbook of memories, a picture book filled with some victories & defeats

"Hark! Could that be the voices...

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Delores Mireles
1907-1923

I gushed forth eight months after his death,
My natural father, a rascal named Roscoe.
My mother, next to me here,
Shall remain unnamed and acquitted,
Even in anonymous death,
For she was not innocent, nor he,
That brazen wolf who found his sniffing way,
Through sneaky vines and groping flowers,
Their...

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Tonight I call
a certain woman
who spreads her scent
of fragrant dianthus
into my night
so silently...

The way she
speaks my name
almost mocking me
making gentle fun...

Because of her
modest style of love
I look to her
my evening star
behind orange clouds
over ocean horizon...

She possesses
the highest summit
of my heart
she the poetess
the moon goddess
transfiguring kaleidoscope
in...

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Autumn's Vibrant Meadow


Nothing compares to waking to a 
meadow of many shades of greens 
and browns full of vibrant magical 
colors of autumn's flowers 
A picture perfect scene of the 
many that holds a serene feel
So infinite in the shades and hues I 
glimpse out...

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Early in the year a young man walks with a stout Yew stick firmly on his shoulder,
Resting on damp grey stone looking all around watching the dicky birds and smiling,
Rising from the stone he drops a snowdrop and a forget-me-not onto the cold ground
He had...

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