Best Oleander Poems

Oh, how he struggles through storm swollen seas,
lost in the thought of his lover and he.
His toil made clear as he searches the night
for the flickering promise of her candle light.

Tossed by the waves as his muscles fatigue
in his grasp, a gift for his true...

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Do not at oleander flowers rejoice
In the valley casting a shadow
Do not jubilate at a girl's lure
Until you perceive the deeds

You would get actually diseased
When you its nectar suck and florets chew
Be eventually hoodwinked by manifest charm
When no benefit from remorse reap....

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Love cautiously, the Oleander,
from a distance, behold its blooms.
For within its vibrant grandeur,
death's brew does certainly loom.

Profuse clusters of pink, red and white,
are not for your table setting,
Let them be a backdrop delight
for desert landscape planting.

Lush, evergreen, they grow year round,
wild, tall, with abandon.
Or prune...

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--In a dream I did see
lovely outstretched hands
  pierced with lily white light
between the Oleander and the mad seas.
  That by starlight--- chained
for more than twenty thousand years
  captive in the vast realms of Heaven,
shot forth suddenly!

--Beneath a shivering willow
  I...

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Dressed up toes to head
from the curtain view of my backyard
to the scattered clothing at my bed.

Your sweet embrace lurks, out to get me.

Snakes crawling up from the dirt,
they stretch menacingly towards me, holding on until it hurts.

Your leathery fingers stroke me, always closer to...

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Ornamental plants here
one near the right side door
other one at the left
Oh, their bright pink flowers
occupy entire plants
often pull butterflies
only to lay the eggs


April 6 2021

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he says that my kiss is intoxicating 
drawing him closer and closer 
getting lost in my ocean eyes 
and fathomed with excitement 

I'm lost in a labrynth 
trying to comprehend the situation 
feeling remorse for the affair 
and engulfed in what will follow. 

another white...

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White or red it doesn't matter
You are poison
Dripping in my veins
Breaking my tender heart
Leaving me to die

Warning ambers I should see 
But I only feel your shade
Your beautiful petals hypnotize me
I never see your stinger
You kill the innocent ones who walk in your poetic Garden...

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Fell for the beauty of an oleander 
My feelings were in an emotion blender 
They told me that you were bitter 
But you always made me feel better 
You altered my heartbeat to a new rhythm 
It's okay for me, so why should I listen
When...

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