Flower for an Empty GraveFlower for an Empty Grave
We gather where the silence grows,
Where wind and memory softly blow.
A stone, a name, a date, a place-
No voice remains, no trace of face.
Yet still we come, with hands full-grown
Of flowers plucked from gardens sown
In grief and love-a solemn bloom
To grace the silence of a tomb.
We know the truth: the grave...
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Categories:
flower, death, goodbye, grief, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Crumpled FlowerCrumpled flower by the roadside,
sadly wilted, withered, and dried -
for asking, I beg your pardon:
whilst never cared for in a garden,
were you pretty before you died?
I love you, 'cuz I know you tried....
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Categories:
death, flower, love,
Form: Rhyme
Enduring BreathsLaying down wondering
where did you go after
visiting my dreams
from time to time?
A regular guest you became,
Now I see you less and
less leaving my memories
in such an emotional
distraught,
as you left a feeling
I thought I would never have,
a desire unknown,
a burning sensation leaving
me trembling whenever
I fall asleep
dreaming hoping
to see you but terrified
to awake in our...
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Categories:
flower, anxiety, care, desire, devotion,
Form: Free verse
When Its Petals Draw Near
A missile’s disguise is a flower
magnetic, a whiff of its power
Yet when its petals draw near
a new odor appears
...
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Categories:
extended metaphor, fear, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
beauty, cat, flower, nature,
Form: Haiku
My cutting vase garden
Here is a poem request I wrote. It's for a lady who enjoys gardening and has great pleasure in keeping her vases filled with fresh flowers.Enjoying the beauty of nature.
Poem and pictures on my Instagram :
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MY CUTTING VASE GARDEN
My garden is so relaxing for me,
The bright green, lush lawn,
Wonderful flowers, such...
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Categories:
beautiful, flower, garden, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Flower Chide VI, StemriseToward Scent fold’s vale they cleaved the green,
Where wind runs thick with things unseen.
“Is it justice you seek or just her place?”
Lotus said, his voice low, draped in grace.
The blossoms paused, their vows unsealed,
Each plucked petal quaking in truth revealed.
For in his oblique gaze, the mirror lay.
Become the wound or forge the way.
The wound was...
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Categories:
flower, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Flower Chide IX, Thornpact"Eons back, we feared the petal's grace,
called beauty pride, and named it place"
"Mistakes were made, but wisdom stayed"
said Thallorin,"not every path must be replayed".
Each bloom now understood, but still
Knowing alone could never kill,
The monster born from rootless scar
who thrived when petals turned to war.
So, stem by stem, with colors waned,
they sought the one their fear...
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Categories:
flower, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Flower Chide VIII, Listening LeafBeneath the Nefaryes timeless, tangled roots.
where dreamscents rot and anger hoots,
Pokenose stirs with a spore-slick grin
not to charm, but to drag you in.
"You reek of want without refrain,
of wounds that swell instead of wane"
said Rose with petals dull and bare.
"Your scent is grief stripped of despair.”
“Desire without end is blight,” she sighed,
"A bloom that feeds...
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Categories:
flower, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Flower Chide VII, PokenoseCaelith pulsed in the starless seam,
No warmth, just orbit, cold with gleam.
“Equality is just a myth,” it sighed,
“And safety, merely a dreamleaf dried.
A lull to cradle wilt and thrall,
For leaves too tender yet to let fall.”
Then Lily laughed, a sound half-sung,
Like petals bruised but newly sprung.
"If truth decays in myths you spin,
We’ll plant our wound...
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Categories:
flower, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
YardsWhile I was at work my yards were busy
a nameless, white flower plucked
from my front garden
lay on the brick shelf by the gate
wrapped in cream silk
its stem inserted
into a (dry) plastic flower tube
A gift set down in forgetfulness
or just discarded
While out the back a soft touch indoor football
orange against the fake grass
lost and over wall...
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Categories:
flower, football, garden, home,
Form: Free verse
Dandelion Dreams
the dandelion weeps
as a summer sun melts away
each dewdrop,
reflecting the morning
winds resolving to accompany
the hesitant chirps,
songs of hope, of grace
feelings whispering
to the weeds…
never will my heart forget
the dandelion’s tears
as she remembers the spring
and her first encouraging
petals, the glow of light
on the dawn
as she realizes her time
is here, she is born
blessed by buttery buds
and healing...
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Categories:
appreciation, flower, yellow,
Form: Free verse
Fantasy on a RainbowSponsor : Constance Le France
Placed 3rd in Contest
on smooth hot rock I sat in REVERIE
after a HALLUCINATION drink of
mushroom, poppies and truffle
IMAGINATION soared like bald eagle
on high, throwing twin twigs with sigh
up I flew landing on a rainbow in
lucid DREAM ~
saw tinker bell fairies in...
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Categories:
flower, allusion, beautiful, bird, color,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
Categories:
flower, nature, uplifting,
Form: Haiku
TulipsBlue "miss you" tulips
In a vase on the table
Wilting one by one;
Orange "hey you" tulips
Wrapped in cellophane
They don't last long;
Pink "love you" tulips
Growing in a pot
Not plucked, left to live....
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Categories:
flower, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Flower Poems
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