Moulin Rouge Sunflower Smiles: Learn Vlad Put-In
...O sunflower Helianthus thy Name
The internet for Writing, strange game
My love for Helianthus Annuus, came
With Morning Muse. then CONFUSE-ion
Not on the site, lost in cyberspace
Meanwhile new c...
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Categories:
cultivars, creation, flower, giving, god,
Form: Free verse
Peaches
...Peaches
Peaches are my favourite fruit,
Plump, juicy, and tantalizing
Of cling and freestone varieties
That are rounded, fitting in the hand,
And wrapped in fuzzy skin covers
Of melded...
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Categories:
cultivars, fruit, summer,
Form: Verse
Bean Soup
...They were the leftovers
the refuse at the cannery
the wanton waste of discolored greens;
today's menu _
stringy long tantalizing pods
crispy snappings along the opposing seams
limp wilted ...
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Categories:
cultivars, grandmother, memory,
Form: Bio
Lazy, Happy
...I woke up Saturday joyful at my body's triumph
over virus, breathing again without pain and enjoying
winter and the cold that keeps us sane and sober.
But by Sunday my mortality had returned.
I...
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Categories:
cultivars, beauty, family, home, hope,
Form: Verse
Stay Together, Learn the Flowers, Go Light
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At peace perhaps too much
a fine Spring rain
we seek news from the desert or capitol
of those who have dedicated their lives to losing their lives for us
adventurers, ancient honor, land run...
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Categories:
cultivars, adventure, family, god, happy,
Form: Verse
Courage
...It takes some courage to eat a legume's fruit
knowing what is known of each poisonous part
of the locust (although the flowers may be frittered).
What's pushing up through the leaf litter
befor...
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Categories:
cultivars, children, courage, fruit, garden,
Form: Verse
Wild Blueberries
...Wild blueberries taste
beyond the pale
of domestic cultivars,
sweetness cut by granite acidity
underlain by the spice
of marginal existence.
A blueberry’s destiny
is realized through consu...
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Categories:
cultivars, nature,
Form: Free verse