Best Hardiness Poems

Such Wonders Are Breathtaking To Behold

(NOT FOR CONTEST THAT INSPIRED THIS POEM)

The morning dew on red rose does glisten
As early dawning sun beams brightly down
Such...

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My alegence is pledged to one who blows in the wind              ...

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The honeybee; the maid of flowers:
Selflessly she toils for hours,
filling up her pollen stores---
never grumbling at her chores.

Sips of nectar keep her strong
as she labors...

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pessimists say weed, highlanders say emblem,
summit of strength, protected by spikelet's and hardiness,
bewitching and captivating flower, irresistible to man and deity.
armed stem defends and supports,...

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Muscularity slowly flexing with a calling permanency, 
Permission without clicking that the doorstop’s gone, 
Inherent hardiness springs you into moderation,
And the Castle’s protective rock scatters...

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In the cool spring breeze
The purple robe dances free
While busy bees play
Your sweet scent filling the air
And my heart with every sway

6/30/2017


"Purple Robe" black locust...

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This is my garden.

I recently discovered
the quiet allure 
of the forgotten art of gardening.

More than shoving seeds into soil,
More than impatiently waiting for seedlings and...

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Wisdoms from Flowers

People are like flowers.
Even the weediest of plants enjoys living.
Each one has its unique beauty…and purpose.
Whether thriving in a cottage garden,
Or living restrained...

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Mortal sin requires full knowledge
Complete consent
Presupposes knowledge
The sinful character of the act
Oppose to Eternal God’s law

Implies a consent
Sufficiently deliberate
A personal choice

Feigned ignorance
Hardiness of heart
Not diminish
Increase
Character...

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From my desk at work I can see, outside there are trees and a flag that is flying for all to see.
Do they understand; will...

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“America the beautiful, the home of our brave.”
Liberty is what our neighboring allies long for and crave.

“The world will little not, nor long remember” what...

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Botched and bungled interpersonal opportunities viewed...
(summarily iterated June 30th, 2020)

I share the following lines
with utmost delight
courtesy 20/20 hindsight
June twenty ninth
two thousand and twenty

corrigible, fallible,
and intelligible...

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Toward Material Trappings

Gold and silver upholds
     true value capitalist money tree
Thrown down upon gaunt
     lit alter of...

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Blandishments eroded invaluable necessary treasured alms

Existential nihilism rent psyche asunder
courtesy unforeseen deadly bombs
lobbed by computer hacker and scammer
rolled into one nasty,
short and brutish lout,
whereby his...

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Botched and bungled interpersonal opportunities viewed...

tonight October  25th, 2022 
terrifically summarily requoting 

poetic outdated iteration,
I share the following lines
echoing in the valley 
of love...

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