Duckweed Poems - Poems about Duckweed

Somewhere in Russia

...Somewhere in Russia there’s a pond
Blotched with the duckweed spots 
It seems a middle of beyond
Although it might be not 
A frog was sitting on a leaf
And then it jumped away
Perhaps it sensed...

Meal Fit For a King

...Out in the field is a bed of chicory,
down along the ditch, wild hydrangeas grow.
Dandelions in the yard are quite tasty,
so is the duckweed by the side of the road.

Wild lettuce, lamb’s quarte...

Ripples Across the Lake

...Ripples flow across the lake
A profusion of serpents swimming
Wriggling from shore to shore

Skimming stone takes four hops
causing rings to widen
Circles created by the hand of man
kerplunk, ...

Duckweed Crown

...~We used to stalk frogs together..
I'd tell her that in every pond
there was a frog king 
who wears a duckweed crown..
Every time we spotted one
she'd whisper
"daddy is that the king 
with the...

Dancing At Twilight

...The meadow's fragrance lingers
As twilight makes bold of its demand.
I deftly touch your fingers
Before reaching for your hand.

The fireflies are a twinklin'      
With a dance of love and mad...

Who Has Ever Survived His Death Since Antiquity

...Experiencing trials and hardships along the way,
For four years I’ve witnessed the truce in full play.
The nation’s at stake as the willow catkins in a gale,
My life is the drifting duckweed hit b...

Villanelle: Those Whom the Gods Disdain Bloat Tough In Hubris

...Villanelle : Those whom the gods disdain bloat tough in hubris

Those whom the gods disdain bloat tough in hubris
Vesuvius sank isle strung duckweed in Mid-Sea
Tectonic plates clash Zeus’ curs...

Pinnacle of Shakuntala Part 1 Abhigyan Shakuntalam the Sign of Shakuntala

...Vishwamitra was enraged 
how he been duped 
by Deity King Indra
felt ashamed of 
lost all the virtue
gained through years
after penance and asceticism
distanced from mother so child 
got back...

The Billabong

...There’s an old river course with beginning and end,
now the river runs straight without this river bend,
where the water is still and the reeds do grow strong.
New life has taken over in a billabo...

Once Upon a Rainbow

...The new tomatoes were
Little bumps
On the
Vine
Showing off to the
Universe
Before sundown
On the fourth of
July
Waiting for the 
Celebration
To begin

Duckweed choked
The pond
Set back in the
Woods

...

Villanelle:There Are More Poets Than There Are Poems

...Villanelle : There are more poets than there are poems

There are more poets than there are poems
   Eveybody writes with some poets’ tongue
Do duckweed and mugwort breed well in loams

If only those...

The Pond

...
bright blue forget-me-nots
speckle lime green duckweed.
golden willow leaves
crisp against the black water.
the whisper of winter's breath
rises just beyond the cat-tails.
...

Tinkering Saga

...when we fall from our idle tongues
to the traveling tracks of virgin drums
and conclude our moist lips,
to the odorous of angelic bird-songs.
all to be our own little tinkering saga,
sailing ove...

They Don'T Bite Like They Used To

...He sat there in his fav'rite chair, a blanket 'cross his lap 
And covering his snow white hair was his old fishing cap. 
I knew he could not talk to me since suffering the stroke, 
But still I sen...

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