Best Gardenia Poems

Be thou kindness, ruler in my heart!
Shake any evil from my quill.
No harsh words to depart,
To soil another poets will.

Let rays of sunshine beam from every line,
To brighten another poets heart.
My humble heart with theirs entwined,
In a gardenia scented poetic cart.

Oh, let me be humble...

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                   intoxicating
                   velvet petals, gleaming leaves
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fragrant gardenia
wafting on the southern breeze ~
fair petals deceive...

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You are so lovely my secret love
and only for you again I am here
my every petal is a love letter
and fragrance its ink just for you dear!

When the spring breeze just starts to blow
open your window and listen to me
from your garden a message for...

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One

Bloom

Blossoms

Soft pure white

Early in August

Alone after all kin has died

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The snow white flower
With perfevid redolence
Perfuses the air
Alluring the ambience
With schmaltzy besotted love











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Cape Jasmine
One last white blossom
Memories
Of our youth
You brought three green stems with buds
Fragrance filled the room

Long ago
When you desired love
Memories
Flood my mind
Now you bring me muscadines
From your garden, love     ...

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                  ~Oh, Gardenia Mine~
 
             

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floral scent divine
gardenia permeates air
groom's boutonnière...

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Her shimmering lavender gown of satin and lace
Made her look like a fairy princess dressed for the dance.
The lad held a delicate, creamy-white gardenia
On her shoulder next to her radiant, beaming face.

She had requested an orchid; she thought it so chic,
The sweet fragrance of the...

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A sweet young lassie from Estonia
Was besought by a boy from Bologna
Taking her to a dance,
He wore his best pants
And gave her a corsage of begonia.

written September 1, 2021...

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Filling the twilight air
with romance
lighting up
the night sky
with the sparkle
of mystique
the scent of gardenia
afloat tonight
on wings of love



AP:  3rd place 2020

Posted on March 17, 2019...

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My hat has a gardenia that refuses to behave.
She throws a fit that would make a Neanderthal cave.
I asked what she needed, what helps, what does she crave?
She said she always wanted a close straight razor shave.

But wouldn’t that hurt you as you are made...

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fresh on her eyelids 
a zephry wind softly stirs  
gardenia lemmings  



2) zephry           eyelids               gardenia...

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I swim slowly, almost languidly, 
But alert, careful not to let my hands
Break the surface, make the faintest sound.
Oppressive stillness into which a tropical bird
Cries with an old man's voice.
Only my eyes and nose above
The smooth warm liquid.
My long black hair rising and falling across
The...

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