Flower Clothes Poems

I worry that my coat will murder me.
Hanging on Banister’s Edge it’s a man lurking, dark.

I’ve seen rows of killers shadowed and waiting,
hidden in the...

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In one’s towel bathroom things are not well
While there is nothing like towel
For the last part of a shower,
Filthy body back ‘Saved Flower…

Towels: hot cake...

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I stand here beneath a beautiful fig tree,                 ...

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Autumn recites poetry to the manless meadow.
Switch off the light for the morning sun to bestow.
Nevermore will I impanel to greet this location.
Of greed-stricken brains...

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Just a plant 
A covering 
Picked streamed and sewn 
Changed into clothes 
I am naked 
Yet!
 I'm covered by the flower with the white ball...

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Trying to hold back but the tears won’t let me

Drop dead gorgeous 

My queen is too deadly, in her white dress they can’t help but...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Mayan Poetry Translations

The Receiving of the Flower
excerpt from a Mayan love poem
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Let us sing overflowing with joy
as we observe the...

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Nature's green dress sprawls lofty upon the earth,
bursting forth with life abiding foliage,
photosynthesizing perpetual birth
that carries a carpet of created knowledge.

Ivy hems climb to the...

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Wind
blows clothes
Fresh on line
Dry in no time
Clean smell is summer flowers against skin

Skin that tastes of summer flower petals
Soft as new love
Hair flowing
in the 
Wind

Brians...

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Pants

I battle with frustration.
Sometimes I want to quit.
In my never-ending effort
To find some pants that fit.

I begin with optimism
But my poor head soon is spinning,
Unhappily...

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bougainvillea vine
tendrils crept up balcony
t’was our washing line!

Inspired by but not for Contest

100% true story no poetic licence at all!

Many years ago my parents had...

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With wind wisps, she sways like a tipsy sailor,
dressed in queenly array that'd impress any tailor,
with gentle petals, as soft as a lofty gown
and stamen...

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THE TULIPS WERE GLASS
                     ...

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LOVE ME LIKE I LOVE YOU
THE SAME ONE WHO WISHES ME BEST
LOVE ME
LIKE I LOVE YOU
AND WE CAN HANDLE THE REST
FLOWER, FLOUR
DOE, DOUGH
ROE, ROW
SEW,SO
ORE,OR
WIND DEW...

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