*Image of Cattleya Orchid by Family Photos.
An Orchid
Astir, the bestilled buds wake, an ocean,
Nascent feel Aurora's palm in motion,
Of her perianths like a kestrel's wings,
Rare diaphanous prismatic heartstrings,
Chimeric visions arrest passing eyes,
Halcyon's confidences, secrete her guise,
Iridescence and redolence yon oaths,
Divine dulcet elysian her outgrowths.
2022 August 23
*4th Place*
Eight Lines of Rhyme - Your Favorite Flower
~~Tania Kitchin: Judged 2022 September 04
Champagne glasses of delve roses, reds, yellows, whites, poses
and crystal brims as its hold,
Lilies, just plain lilies, yes, white lilies, galore, there here, there,
everywhere, who cares what hold
Pockets of marigolds lain in brevity resting on fresh fronds of gladiolas faint hold,
Violets of varied hues make no excuse for being so bold for baby breaths to hold,
Cattleya orchids of whites and yellows, greens and chartreuse, they are their hold,
They bring life to the gathering of couplets written in quaint deliveries on the hold of a quill's sonnet.
18 September 2019
Early spring crocus
Hardy purple pansies
Tall clusters of verbena
Vines of morning glory
Arabella clematis
Ornamental allium blooms
Lupinesque wild indigo
Slender wild hyacinth
Faithful canterbury bells
Dignified cattleya orchid
Vibrant effervescent cyclamen
Statuesque gladiola
Cosmopolitan heliotrope
Spiked liatris flowers
Grandiflora petunia
Magical mystic merlin
Unfurling crested iris blossoms
Climbing cascades of wisteria
AP: Honorable Mention 2021, Front Page Pick 2021
Submitted on May 30, 2022 for contest PURPLE FLOWERS sponsored by NAYDA IVETTE NEGRON FLORES - RANKED 2ND
on March 10, 2022 for contest GARDEN INSPIRATIONS sponsored by BJ LEGROS KELLEY - RANKED 3RD
and on May 7, 2021 for contest NATURE POETRY sponsored by REGINA McINTOSH
Originally posted on February 19, 2019
horrible tasting gum, lindsey lohan’s
wretched lipstick choice, jack-o-lanterns,
fat tabby cats (with stripes), monarch
butterflies, chester cheetah (with spots),
nicki minaj sporting her orange weave,
johnny rotten seemingly having washed
his head in orange sewage, orange
creamsickle, sweet potato fries, guitar
amplifier company, a basketball,
pumpkin spice votive candles, the
color of a “high” supposed terrorist-
attack level in the US circa bush &
now phased out (4/27/11), cattleya
aurantiaca, navels & blood oranges
(amidst 10 zillion other kinds).