Florists Poems

Our Better Angels

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Written: July 26, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh

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When anger swirls and trust cheats,
When hearts rupture and hope is heavy.
Our brave backs figh...

Out of Touch

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Like A Moth Attracted to Glow
Tethered Bonds Starved of Light Cannot Grow
Denied Accessed, Insouciant Persona At Best
I Imagined My Savior Ambivalent, 
Celibate Soul, Core Suppressed
I've neve...

Snapdragons

...Snapdragons (edit)



One is a serpent on the wing, the other a butterfly.
Each belongs to species created from
tissue paper, water, and light.

When half-awake I can hear the droning
of the...

SEA OF ROSES

...SEA OF ROSES

It was a sad affair and heartbreaking
Two girls murdered, whilst at school
Yet of course, no knives was the rule
Young lives were there for the taking

The area’s now a carpet of...

Delphic

...Title 1

"The forest is my loyal friend A Delphic shrine to me." ... by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The written word bears roots abound
Hail favored mist of hallowed ground
Announced ...

My green house project

...In the mid 80's, I took a job as a receptionist for a wholesale floral company.
Encased in a glass claustrophobic space, I answered their busy phone lines
as I gazed at the warehouse walls of green...

Floralku

...Palest shades on top
White lilacs above violets
Softens bouquet's look


[based on reading tips for the floral design called 
"A Sense of Colour" pg. 142-143 in "BUNCH UP!: 
A Step-by-step Gui...

These R God's Letters He Created In Me the Words-

...God this is your letter
 these are your words
 these those words 
you whisper for words 
To share with my brother's
And my sister's 
Anointed to cultivate
that are for me futuristic bl...

The Disquieting Threat of Floral Hazards

...He avoided florists,
those over-cultivated blooms
in their overheated shops
seemed to be a perversion of nature.

He shunned all those floral gangsters;
the vainglorious gladioli,
eugenically ...

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...

The Soul of Christmas

...The soul of Christmas

Now that Hanukkah or Jul is upon us there talk about souls
floating about in listless bodies.
To believe that the soul is an entity a part of the body
is a fallacy the las...

The Soul of Christmas

...The soul of Christmas

Now that Hanukkah or Jul is upon us there talk about souls
floating about in listless bodies.
To believe that the soul is an entity a part of the body
is a fallacy the las...

A Quiet Place

...When seeking a respite from the city,
I turn to Nature's calm and tranquil ways.
And go to a lake that's beyond pretty,
a quiet place to camp for a few days
while I relax, soaking up the ...

A Tree I Write Florist Inside Me-

...In a kingdom full of documents
 a tree
A forlorn virtual storage
 parking paper words 
a tree 
cut down for me
 fashion into paper 
ink stains on them 
effort extensions 
and poi...

Just Another Corona Poem

...Millennials are spring breaking
boomers are hunkering down
clowns are pointing fingers...again 
no vacancy at the coroners lounge.

Florists and pharma are stacking chips
the panicked are dusti...

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