Best Waterlilies Poems

Written: November 19, 2023, For Ink Empress Contest

The garden of the world has no limits except in your mind. Its presence is more beautiful than...

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in many gay hues
lilies adorn dark waters ~
peace beauty and grace...

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If I had my way
I would come back
as a droning dragonfly
strong and determined
or maybe a damselfly
dainty and graceful

Either way
I’d surf the sky
every hour of the...

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I want someone who likes that
  I talk to Buddha
  I love waterlilies
  I eat with chopsticks in blue Chinese dishes

I want...

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Pink Roses of Sharon
hugging the streetlamp
The blue sky with
sand texturred clouds
is like a reflection
of water and the beach
An oasis of green grass...
with pink, orange, red...

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Waterlilies brighten black
ripples, reeds, and rocks below.
An even flow, bane and blight
recedes to bare raven’s bones.

A grave of darkness blanches
In austere light on bloodless
banks, but...

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Dragonflies practice their ballet
Tendering aflutter their cordial invites
To a world of whimsy and frivolity
A playful shimmer of glistening ripples
Mirrors of gilded sunlight enchantment
In a universe...

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They walk among us
the peacemakers
their thoughts of crystal
and hearts so pure

They walk among us
with their eyes of love
kindness overflowing
they reach out to our souls

They walk...

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frantic talent
among willow  shadows
capsized boats
in trawls meshes
the spiders spinning brocades

lights at the window
someone waiting for us
an ardent desire floating in the air
set free
the moon...

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Oh to observe the world in all its beauty
Just for a moment to ignore what is wrong 
And all we do that is wrong and...

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bubble bath
closing my eyes to see
the waterlilies



posted on August 26, 2018...

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This is my love letter to our lovely planet oasis
Alas taken for granted and abused on a daily basis
Through the years she’s provided me with...

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With Athena's wise courage 
and the fierce confidence of Artemis'
The lily pond smiles back at Esmeralda
hypnotizing waterlilies-
beauty so cleansed
the water can't mimic her movements.
The enchanting...

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Nature's Treasures

A fleeting monarch butterfly greets me on my walk,
Fluttering about, the exquisite orange and black colour,
The conversation subtle and delightful,
Landing on a branch of...

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