Daphne Poems - Poems about Daphne

Daphne Blake

Daphne Blake was getting ready for a party
Wearing her new dress, she wished to look smarty.
Exposing her buttocks, she appeared so tarty
She revelled, not knowing she would soon fall into a trap dirty

To Avoid Carnal Knowledge, Daphne Turns into an Oak

What’s happening is clearly understood.
Apollo has one hand around her waist,                                    
one predator, one quarry, interlaced.
He’s coming up behind her

Apollo and Daphne by Bernini A collaboration with Di11y Da11y

We start at the end, with the warmth of his breath on her skin
Baulked by proximity, he never knew how to begin
A golden-tainted obsession, bitterly laced with lead
Transformed rapture to quicksilver the instant Cupid fled

A moment held, made static, tender touch met with distress
For seeded in her veins, lies a stem of the wilderness
Pursuit stalled

Daphne

My beautiful Granddaughter Daphne
You make me so very happy
You are growing each day
Which makes me very happy I say
Grandma loves you
Hugs and kisses too

Daphne

You’re a Flower in My Garden 3-5-24  
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Daphne

Your winter child, with beguiling scent perfumes snow and rain,
I smile in January’s barrenness to herald crocus, wrens and snowdrops.

Sometimes a temperamental garden tot, don’t like wet feet,
Evergreen harbinger of bees and ladybugs and butterflies
Whispering of vernal winds in their hibernating renewal.

I watch the furry maniacs retrieve

The Ballad of Daphne and Jack, the Sequel

Gather 'round me, my dears,
I'll continue the tale
Of a princess and her pirate lover.
Of her crown unencumbered,
They pillaged and plundered
As they wandered the seven seas over.

Crimes maritime were elating
And invigorating
'til Jack noticed a bulge in her tummy.
The princess first was offended,
But then she comprehended
He would soon be a dad, she a mommy.

Two months later, one

The Ballad of Daphne and Jack, a Romance of the High Seas

Listen, my dears, and I'll tell you a tale
Of a princess, a pirate, and glory.
There's a shipwreck, a rescue,
A romance, a ransom,
And a handicapped whale in the story.

There once was a princess, fairest of all,
But also quite vain and spoiled rotten.
She had a semi-private
Affair with a pirate
That would be but for me now forgotten.

The pirate,

Winter Daphne

winter daphne

mauve daphne buds swell
 when snow and frost prowl landscapes ~
  winter perfume bursts

12-5-22
Contest:  Winter Themed Haiku
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin

syllables checked with www.how,manysyllables

Daphne Odora is an evergreen shrub that blooms in the winter with an unforgettable fragrance.

Daphne Odora

Daphne Odora 

Dainty Daphne costumed in purest white
Through winter’s darkest days shares her blooms
Wears a satin gown to the ice moon’s delight
Small nosegay clusters share intoxicated perfume.

Daphne sings in winterfests of raucous snows
Evergreen, her smiles warm winterbound showers
January’s merry child surely knows
She lifts the heart through every frigid hour.

8-26-22
Contest: Eight Lines of Rhyme - Your

Daphne Has No Plans To Cry

Daphne has no plans to cry:
She shall another man try:
Not The Old with hairs to dye
Nor One others think might die…

Asking she has been: Why? Why?
She never for once did lie
To Mac with his Spurious Love;
Mic Mac to Pranks not above…

Mac, who’d call her Animal,
Twelve Times just The Minimal



Daphne would not dare to wait
For another

Sweet Daphne Odora

Sweet Daphne Odora 

Beneath midwinter’s misty veils of rain and snow
Sweet Daphne Odora thrives
Evergreen when silver winds bid Orion return
Winter’s child blooms through short days and lingering nights –
Harbinger of crocus and of snowdrops –
Deep green spear shaped leaves edged in yellow -
Prophetic sign of spring sunshine –
Like a delicate bridal bouquet
Offers dainty nosegays in

Daphne

Daphne
 
Daphne was definitely not a flirt
Dynamic and fierce, boy she could hurt
Clumsy in movement, robust, but with poise
Loud at times, she could make lots of noise
She hailed from good old Lincoln town
A rural beauty admired all around
Good at her job, espied by the boss
Her skills took her over to lands abroad
She continued to work

Winter Daphne

Winter Daphne blooms
fragrant flowers awaken
     October's chilled air

Daphne

I am the sun which rises from the East each day for you
          But the rays are too blinding so you love the shade. 

I am the diadem which wants to crown you my queen
          But you

Apollo and Daphne - the Eight By Four Style

~Apollo And Daphne~
(Eight By Four)


Apollo's first love
a beautiful
maiden that when
Apollo saw her
in the woods fell
in love with-but
Daphne fled from
him just frightened

Apollo was in
such hot pursuit
that when she felt
his breath she screamed
at her father
the god Peneus
who just changed her
into a tree.



Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2011


October.19.2016



~Author's  Notes:

" The Eight by Eight" is a poetry
style created by Alvin

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