Best Stately Poems

Elm once clad in gold

   Has shed its colorful cloak

       Awaits winter storms

         Bare limbs lifted heavenward

            As...

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Fair as ever he doth ride
Alas to meet his gal
as she prepares to be his bride.
He draws back a drink with an old pal
they discuss their days gone stall
time drifts by, the bride feels faintly
in worry, her grooms last prodigal
A man who's thought most stately

On...

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red oak stately grows
twenty foot high drop acorns...
roundup works daily...

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Delicate petals on stately stalks sway in the breeze,
sweet, scented nectar attracts hummingbirds and bees.
I watch them while sipping iced tea in my lawn chair,
Snapdragons adorn my garden with a decorative flair.

They're not fire-breathing blooms, standing in sunlight,
proudly displaying a variety of colors, bold and...

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Oh, how beautiful you are
waving on your stem
a perfect picture 
to behold

Your attar floods my senses
so sweet and fragrant
deep musky scents
that beguile me

Your hips full and plump
rose water or tea I make
or rose scones to eat
a chocolate I savour

Standing in stately splendour
full blooms reaching skyward
I...

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(Haiku Suit) 


Stately pretty homes 
Some beautiful still today 
Relics from the past 

Still a Southern pride 
If their wall could only talk 
What secrets could tell 

Standing some still tall 
Nice historical mansions 
Jewels from the past 

Trees so grand and lush 
Surround them...

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The tree was wracked with age, disease
  her branches missing bark and leaves
Chill rains attacked -- it coughed, it wheezed
  Resistance gone, what good to grieve

Once tall and stately, proud to be
  the loveliest of maple trees
Her sap flowed rich throughout the...

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~Stately Southern Mansions~
(Senryu  Suite)


Stately pretty homes
Some beautiful still today
Relics from the past

Still a Southern pride
If their wall could only talk
What secrets could tell

Standing some still tall
Nice historical mansions
Jewels from the past

Trees so grand and lush
Surround them all 'round
Elegant stately grounds

Pretty as picture
Much loved and...

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Here is a stately nook,
in various degrees of wear;
Flowers, shells, and myriad designs
grace o'er our good old books....

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Atlantic City has many a stately pleasure dome.
Will your money go to the tables or the machines?
Either way, there will be losing scenes.

It seems like your money has no home.
Down to Atlantic City you will always go.
You place frivolous bets in the casino.

Your money dissipates...

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The Stately Iris Flower

Bearded irises are tall and stately in form
They grow from rhizome sculptured leaves through a storm
Standing stiffly upright or curving at the tips
A swollen stem where nutrients are stored at the hips
Spring growth occurs, and then irises take a rest
Further growth accruing...

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flowers
dancing gaily
on taller slender stalks
wave to us passing cheerily,
planted to color up gray garden walks
remembering how merrily
they'll light up our way  
stately blossom
flowers 

written July 19, 2022...

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stately on roofline
pink-sapphire sunset below
the blue-topaz sky

1/26/2019...

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