Saturday Surprise
...Poll Parrot belonged to little Addie, and he always lingered by her side.
People admired the well spoken companion, like the dusky skies, dyed.
Poll Parrot could talk a blue streak, and s...
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Categories:
coneflowers, fantasy, nursery rhyme, pets,
Form: Couplet
July 4 2016
...Memory of my grandson at 6 years old
July 4th 2016
cache extra cuteness
courting field of coneflowers
purple purity
cute as button upturned smile
stirs boy’s long hair an...
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Categories:
coneflowers, celebration, independence day,
Form: Tanka
Wishing for Spring
...
there are mountains of snow
outside my window
the temperature is well below
zero
the trees are wearing white gowns
some are like skeletons
reaching for the sky
the sky is wint...
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Categories:
coneflowers, garden, spring,
Form: Free verse
A Missouri Way To Live
...Walking along a path through forest’s green,
a clear running stream where I can fish.
A porch swing to sit and watch nature’s scene,
that is the heart of my Missouri wish.
Strolling through a t...
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Categories:
coneflowers, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Coneflowers
...the prickly-eyed coneflower bees
attractively buzzing their squeeze.
the purple petal umbrellas.
a lovely echinacea breeze.
butterflies and hummingbirds hove’.*
red-winged blackbir...
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Categories:
coneflowers, bird, flower, imagery, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Feeling Grateful
...The fragrance of the roses preceded her into my kitchen
There were lilies, zinnias, coneflowers, a sunflower too
Baby’s breath added a great deal of delight to the bouquet
I felt instantly uplifte...
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Categories:
coneflowers, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Purple Coneflower
...Unsung heroes of the garden fringes
Perennial favorites for a colorful bouquet,
Purple coneflowers with yellow twinges.
Violets are sweet…, yes, they are okay,
But they are too small, coneflowe...
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Categories:
coneflowers, beauty, flower, garden,
Form: Terzanelle
The Bee Haven
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“ ... the bee collects nectar and departs without
injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance .... "
Quote from _ Quotefancy
I am a bee and ...
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Categories:
coneflowers, animal, emotions,
Form: Personification
In the Joy of This Morning
...IN THE JOY OF THIs MORNING
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(For Jim, to explain why
my tears can run down in Joy)
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In day’s earliest light
(my inner ey...
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Categories:
coneflowers, christian, encouraging, flying, god,
Form: Free verse
Watercolor Garden
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"I must have flowers, always, always ..."
-Monet-
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mother taught me about gardens ...
all winter she would ponder ... and make pla...
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Categories:
coneflowers, garden,
Form: Free verse
Garden Memories
...
I will turn back the pages of time
to mom and to when I was a little girl
mom would fill my pool and in I jumped
she called me pixie and I giggled
then, she turned to her garden
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Categories:
coneflowers, garden, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse
Harmony
...The pansies together like grace notes
Pinks, purples, yellows harmonize in spring
A choir with violets, their counterparts,
Throwing a glorious warm weather fling
Sweet harbingers of summer make ...
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Categories:
coneflowers, flower, garden, song,
Form: Rhyme
Like Watercolors
...mother taught me about gardens ...
all winter she would ponder ... and make plans
selecting flowers by texture and shape
in a tapestry of colors
like bright sun jewels
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Categories:
coneflowers, flower, garden,
Form: Free verse
In Tune With My Flowers
...The pansies together like gentle hearts
Purples, pinks, yellows harmonize in spring
A choir with violets, their counterparts,
Throwing a glorious warm weather fling
Sweet harbingers of summer mak...
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Categories:
coneflowers, flower, garden, music,
Form: Dizain
The Dawn In Blue
...Dawn rose on blue misty mountains, and matching blue sky;
And it wasn't very long, before bluebells caught my eye.
The bluejays sang sunshine, all around the morning glory,
As blue butterflies fli...
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Categories:
coneflowers, beautiful, blue, day, nature,
Form: Rhyme
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