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Camellias Poems - Poems about Camellias

Matsuo Basho English Translations: Spring 1
...Matsuo Basho Haiku: English Translations of haiku about seasons, spring, rain, moon, flowers, blossoms, wind, river, etc. Blame the rainy season for my absence, old friend Moon. —Matsuo Basho, ......

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Categories: camellias, flower, moon, rain, river,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Dance of Dances
...In early morn, the clouds are light And breezes dissipate the worries of yesterday While wispy clouds' dance a fleeting sight Both camellias and magnolia's limbs sway Camellias' ve......

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Categories: camellias, beauty,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Spring Sonata
...Placed Second In : Spring Sonata Poetry Contest Sponsored by Joseph Bru Spring Sonata ......

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Categories: camellias, appreciation, spring,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member At The End Of Winter
...At the end of winter's cold And the beginning of spring While the Camellias still bloom Come to me Let's share some time Enjoy life together ......

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Categories: camellias, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Southern Living
...I moved South from Seattle's rainy haze, To Atlanta's charm in the early 80s days. They called me a Yankee, a foreign soul, But Southern living soon took its toll. Sightseeing spots, reminders ......

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Categories: camellias, history,
Form: Rhyme



Homeless Poetry
...HOMELESS POETRY These are poems about the homeless and poems for the homeless. Epitaph for a Homeless Child by Michael R. Burch I lived as best I could, and then I died. Be careful w......

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Categories: camellias, america, child, childhood, children,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member December Flowers
...Filled with Jesus-fascination Pure poinsettia Plantation Red, pink, white, salmon and yellow Cover the fields like a rainbow...! Sweet-peas like little butterflies, Cute cosmic angels in dis......

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Categories: camellias, christmas, december, flower, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Camellias
...Sublime Longtime Showy Snowy Beautiful shrub, sublime, longtime blooms Many colors snowy, showy plumbes ......

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Categories: camellias, flower,
Form: Tyburn
Zany I Grow Old Disgracefully
...When I feel down and out of sorts and have no get up and go......

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Categories: camellias, crazy, fun, humorous, silly,
Form: Shape
Poems About the Coronavirus I
...Poems about the Coronavirus I yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1 by michael r. burch plagued by the Plague i plague the goldfish with my verse yet another iffy coronavirus haiku ......

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Categories: camellias, absence, anxiety, bereavement, caregiving,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Maze
...I found a chateau lawn once, teeming with charm A MAZE it was, growing cluttered yet it had an air Of much lushness TURNING the space into a hued mantle; Where PATHS of herbage, blue......

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Categories: camellias, garden, memory,
Form: Light Verse
More Iffy Coronavirus Haiku
...yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1 by michael r. burch plagued by the Plague i plague the goldfish with my verse yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2 by michael r. burch sunflowe......

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Categories: camellias, america, death, eulogy, health,
Form: Haiku
Takaha Shugyo Haiku and Tanka Translations
...These are my modern English translations of Takaha Shugyo haiku and tanka... hatogata horarete ichiju haya mebuku A single tree with a heart carved into its trunk blossoms prematurely —Takah......

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Categories: camellias, animal, beauty, heaven, nature,
Form: Haiku
Takaha Shugyo Translation
...These are modern English translations of haiku and tanka by Takaha Shugyo... ochitsubaki ware naraba kyuryu e otsu Oh, fallen camellias, if I were you, I'd leap into the torrent! —Takaha Shu......

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Categories: camellias, death, life, nature, write,
Form: Tanka
Haiku Translations of the Oriental Masters
...Grasses wilt: the braking locomotive grinds to a halt —Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch Oh, fallen camellias, if I were you, I'd leap into the torrent! —Takaha Shugyo, trans......

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Categories: camellias, animal, beauty, imagery, nature,
Form: Haiku

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