Best Hollyhocks Poems

Bracken breached hawthorn hedgerows
hide teeny folk with tiny toes.
Sheer gossamer wings; shy butterflies
Dew-drops lit by dawning skies.

Sandy hair, blue raven locks
Auburn streaks on chestnut stalks
Valley...

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In my grandpa’s field I stand midst rows of grain
 whose gray-green blades stir softly in the moaning wind.
A night chill permeates my skin.
I look...

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So strange this land, old and yet young.
Where is this place of tall green trees,
and grey-haired men in unknown tongue?
they must have traveled summer's breeze.

Adobe...

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Oh haste, brumal mists, that twilight kisses
          on hollyhocks, meadow-born,
     Sweet tears...

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pom pom hollyhocks
seven feet tall and frilly~

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In an old fashioned garden behind a stone wall
Hollyhocks and sunflowers growing so tall
Red rambling roses drape over a fence
Old fashioned flowers with colours intense.

Lupins...

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Lying on my back,
the warm sun blanketing,
I watched the cloud stacks drift,
breezily blown across the bluest skies,
imagining, dreaming . . .

Dangling from my lips,
sweet honeysuckle...

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A melody from yesteryear 
Plays softly on the wind--
A mix of myrrh and honey,
A wistful sweet and bitter blend.

Fond memories of bygone days,
Of long departed...

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On Grandpa’s farm we rose to summer’s light,
then stayed outside – sometimes till dark of night.

There was a gated big front yard and tree
and hollyhocks,...

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Apples.. beetles.. caterpillars..
daisies everywhere.. 
fertile ground.. hollyhocks.. 
Ivy jumbled kegs..
leafy mint.. nematodes..
oregano..peas.. 
quiet rest sunsets.. tomatoes under vines.. 
wheelbarrows.. xanadu yearning zeal!...

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bright blooms surround it
it has an old fashioned charm
colorful cottage
most folks stop to admire it
on their journey through the day

the road of beauty
leads where the...

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I remember you in all your faces
   from the photograph of a young girl
   surprised at being looked at, and later,
Sun...

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Marigolds with your ruffled edges and your prissy girly ways,
You uplift me on my most almost horrific downward days.
Lilacs fragrances wafting about in every one...

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late Spring
refining
the sun,
zealous to
shine forth.

the flowers
prepping
for garden
party —

red hippy
roses,
marigolds,

soaring
hollyhocks,

Summer sprouts.

5/17/2019
Charliku New Form Poetry Contest
Sponsor - Charles Messina...

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I have little to say
as an avalanche of maple
spills over the back fence
and water weighted branches, 
heavy with the perfume of rain,
bow and bend 
in...

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