Lotus Flower Poems

Legs in mud; head floats;
Oriented toward Light;
Throbbing with delight;
Undaunted by floods and droughts;
Symbol of enlightenment.


18 May 2021
TANKACROSTIC Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich 




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Unification, rebirth, pure and clean
Egyptian blue lotus parades her truth
blooming every morning
assuring us of the cycle of life

She closes up in the afternoon
Can we all...

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the best of egypt's
heart and soul

the lotus bloom
symbol of purity
and innocence

beauteous reminder
of our personal
spiritual quest

to salvage our long lost 
childlike qualities



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

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My multicolored garden has such a sunny outlook,
Like the fleeing dawn shadows daylight overtook.
Not minding the storms, they drink up the rain,
For veritable growth, often...

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high above water,
three times far from rotten mud,
which she was destined to own 
as her birthplace.

f   i   s ...

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Stretching our inner silence, grazed by tender bliss touch divine
We sense the osmotic percolation of a heavenly perfume
Fragrance sublime, to which no label we may...

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Pure white in colour,
Lovely star like flowers,
With Sweet fragrance,
Believed to bring good luck and prosperity,
Is very auspicious and lucky,
Rare and legendary, resembling cactus,
Also great use...

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The flower that blooms in adversity 
is the most rare and beautiful of all

— Mulan

EARTHBOUND

a miniature rose
beauty in beholder’s eyes —
golden lotus springs

3/5/2021

From wikipedia: There...

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A blossom I’ll be on the wreaths for peace
An offering to deity to feed world’s hungry
I’ll be the garden on every troubled street
Preening as gleefully...

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Oh, beatific lotus flower, blossom of my pious soul
How brilliantly you ascend, sparkling in sunrise gold
Being the emissary of divinity ancient tenets behold
Invigorating spiritual vibes...

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I awake to the sweet smell of lotus in the air,              ...

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a pale yellow dawn
as warmth finds baby blue skies
and apple blossoms

vast sandy beaches
cream roses lotus blossoms
add to dawn's palette

peach carnations bloom
near pale pink ranunculus
yellow butterflies

billowy...

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The lotus seed. Buried in mud and filth.
A symbol of faith. As it reaches for the sun.

So no matter the dirt you come from
You can...

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lotus bloom
corsage in moonlight
~ prom night jitters



Submitted on March 16, 2021 for contest ALL YOURS (MAR 17) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED...

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