Best Flowerless Poems

A lovely rose grew to the garden's delight,
a poem of sunrise surrounded by night.
One day her friend Ivy asked "Why do you mourn?" 
Rose answered,...

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“Here lieth baby Rachel
Born 10th Sept 1894 Died 30th Oct 1896”

Marble stone that lays above the head,
white chippings that blanket the body,
flowerless vase that sits...

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I have nothing tangible to do,
that`s why I`m writing this,
which makes me jobless.

Even though I like to speak on 
behalf of many indigents and unknowns,
making...

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You are not ……….. in childhood days
……….. A girl to play doll,
You are ……………… of a moon night
…….. A traveler of a hard way.

You are...

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THE GRASS WIDOW

All this cowed earth in a blue jar, flowerless
Stands on the pine table.  Clay and wood
Have broken spirit’s voice, to endow
With uncalled...

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in love
he held hands out
wore the flowerless crown
and hung on the branches of faith
ignored...

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Gardens cannot thrive in shade
an ill-fated penurious terrain
like love that's made, but made in vain
gardens cannot thrive in shade

As light hides behind the trees
shadows conceal...

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He tried hard not to break away
But could not keep them together
After all, he would never again stay
So he left in search of life better

Like...

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Spread high and wide against the noonday sun
The jacaranda tree displays its mauve foliage
All nature knows that August has finally come
Students on their way back...

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Matsuo Basho New Haiku Translations

Air ballet:
twin butterflies, twice white,
meet, match & mate
—Matsuo Basho, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch 

Denied transformation
into a butterfly,
autumn worsens for...

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Sometimes leafless tree
looks attractive and scenic
when birds sit on it

The flowerless plant
enthrals everyone when
butterfly flies round 

Waterless river
is even more beautiful
when cute kids play there

Tasteless...

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Dusk-gliding swallow, 
please spare my small friends
flitting among the flowers! 
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch

A bee emerging
from deep within the peony's hairy recesses
flies...

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1. My sins may be an alarmist
hitting me hard with heavy fist
Your glory, I want to be near
my soul to you, I feel no pier
a...

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a vase is a pocket for cut flowers
flowerless, it's just a void
forgotten in shadow

a whiff of lilac
reminding me of my youth
a gift from nature
grandma's cherished...

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Unassuming beauty of emerald evergreen.
Verdure cool patches of sombre sunscreen.

Flowerless soft carpets of impasto  strokes.
The gorgeous mossy sponge .. vibrance evokes.

The gregarious green hosts.....

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