Best Ferns Poems

Goose
in the
archway is
nestled between
trees 

Ferns
ease claim 
resting on
natural moss
sill

3/17/2019

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Aunt Rose is always with her ferns
Since that's where Uncle Gil broke the urn-

7/19/2018...

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verdant ferns waving
showing off their frothy leaves
glorifying god...

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their greenness is different than anyone else's
They have a sway that reminds me of a pliable back
I watch them waving and I smile...

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Mile high bracken upon the Beacon
Under a clementine moonlight,
In shadows drifting to and fro
Like the tide upon the silken sea.

 © Harry J Horsman 2021...

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ferns cascade
along a woodland trail
verdigris spires

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Green mountain ferns. Line the winding road
Over the edge, a view of the mountains 
Counting the hours till I get back to you 
My safety. My security. My secret sanctuary. 

Ancient trees they look down on me
As I wondrously look up at them 
The sun...

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The ferns are taking over,
Running rampant in the yard.
I yank them by the roots, a job
More tedious than hard.

Each summer they crop up en masse
And quickly multiply,
So you may see me plucking them,
Most likely in July.

I do not hate their lacy fronds,
Which sway when there’s...

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hiding in the ferns, slithering low
Sneaking and plotting
eyes narrow 

the ferns part as she backs up
knowing she only has one shot
no dress rehearsal

unsuspecting baby frog 
hops right toward her yellow eyes
not understanding when the darkness happens

the fern feels guilty
an unwilling culprit
as the snake devours her...

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Ferns were sad.
They wanted their own fey mascot.
Lily had a faerie
Marigolds had a brownie
Mushrooms had a pixie
Elms had an elf
Why are we the only ones without a mascot?

Ferns told everyone about their dilemma.
A faerie from middle earth heard their plight.
She had wanted to move to...

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highway speeding
dusty spring sunrays
unfurl ferns



posted on May 20, 2018...

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This morning is perfect silence
And all the world is a garden.
The greying wooden bench upon which
I sit is still slightly damp from last
Night's rain, but was mostly
Sheltered by the brick arches of the
Museum's facade behind me.
A grove of giant ferns dances to a 
Silent tune...

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spiraling footsteps
chameleons retreat
fiddlehead ferns

June 14, 2020...

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SIMPLE SPIDER STORY

Palsy poison spider
bickering, binding, biting
sparring, stinging, scampering
creeping in crevices cocooned 
coded crooked cock-eyed

Here, there, everywhere 

Scorpions enticed bicolour eyes
broken webs of gravity’s return
to sting a billion bites boggling 
so drenched in poison they 
polluted rivers and valleys alike

Here, there, everywhere 

Palsy spider died...

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