Autumn Flower Poems

Oh my enchantress dahlia, an inspiration to my muse.
I remember, meticulously planting your bulbs,
so you would bloom in an abundance of colours.

I watched your emerald...

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For crying out loud, the flowers are gorgeous,
Fresh, happy, young, alive, and vivacious.
Regrettably, we, humans, cut their lives short,
From time to time, from events to...

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“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”– Frances Hodgson Burnett

Though I’m unable to bear the coldest...

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Spring Time pretty flowers in my garden will start to grow,
do you see the old huge black crow.
Summer Time with lots of outdoor fun,
watch out...

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Spring still knows me
Out, about and carefree,
Wandering a flower bed
Nurturing the blooms ahead 

Summer does not see
Very much of me,
Hiding behind the shades
Until the heat...

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Winter and flowers? Together? I could never believe it. Never ever. 
But I'm wrong, there is one
The ice flower.
But the ice flower is not a...

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I wish I could bury my self in the autumn dirt 
To die in the cold, dark ground in the arms of my mother
After gravity...

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Open the door and you will see,
A protruding rose as youthful as can be.
By the tree; the evergreen tree,
Masked in all its glory.
Fresh and beautiful...

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a sapphire quarry
rainstorms of an Autumn dawn
stulm's wet lavenders

*stulm: mine entrance...

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real or blue reel
looks like plastically fixed ---
blue-lit miracle

flies feel fancy-filled
butterflies play hide and seek ---
marvel of autumn?

fine flawless fragrance 
fabulous frankincense feel ---
bees go...

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Ono no Komachi Translations

These are my modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems of Ono no Komachi…

"It's over!"
Your words drizzle like dismal rains,
bringing tears,
as...

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I was a successful, fashionable florist, in mild green days of elegant gardens,
When an orange sun beamed its pleasure, like locales where lavender begins.

I formed...

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She loves the unique beauty,
Of bridges,
In the intimacy,
Of evening,
And,
Moonlit midnight dawns,
She sashays in casual attire,
To satiate her desire,
For a warm embrace,
Love,
And peace,
To kiss her tender...

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When Autumn marks its equinox
And Fall steps in to take its spot

With harvest hues in rich arrays
Bursting out in bold displays

Of red and yellow, gold...

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