Lotus Flower Poems

Toward 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...

Read More

"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...

Read More

Beneath 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...

Read More

Sponsor : Constance Le France
Placed 3rd in Contest 


     on smooth hot rock I sat in REVERIE
after a HALLUCINATION drink of...

Read More

They all circled Lotus, voices steeped in fret,
Which no bloom or blade had spoken yet.
“She’s not of the ring,” they said without sway,
“And what grows...

Read More

Don’t mind their judgment or wilt for their say—
Once mortals behold you, they'll all drift away.
You won’t need these petals or roots to remain,
You’ll be...

Read More

Before soil met seed or the sun claimed the skies,
There bloomed Nefarys, veiled from mortal eyes
Here, blossoms rose from memory’s breath,
Unbound by season, untouched by...

Read More

Lotus Rebirth

White
Lotus ~
Shimmering 
Alabaster ~
Shy petals open
To the touch of sunlight
Blooms each dawn from murky depths
Wearing the blush of purity
She offers nectar to newborn day.

Sweet...

Read More

 PETALS IN HEARTSPACE


Authenticity presents from persevering peeling              peeling tasked by cached...

Read More

CHINESE FEMALE POETS: ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

Sung to the tune of “I Paint My Lips Red”
by an anonymous courtesan or Li Ch’ing-Chao
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

After...

Read More

Like crystal tears, soft petals dance and gleam,  
While dewdrops stitch stars on morning's silken dream.  
Each blossom spins gold wisdom from earth's...

Read More

Lotus flowers grow from black mud.
This is what Aaro sees,
standing at the edge of a 
pond full of lotuses in the garden.

Beauty rises from darkness.
Pink...

Read More

What is the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen?
A flower,
white and pure,
in a field of debris.
The lily maiden,
a lotus in the troubled oceans,
sprouting and unfolding,
emerging...

Read More

Professed, nonwarranted kinfolk attest upon the secret florist
Herald stewards, forbear! Striplings, go not to entice the fawn’s forest 
Yonder snowy peaks, betwixt pearls, radiates the...

Read More

Lovely lotus
Covering the pond
Like China ladies
Clothe in fine
Pink linen.

At night, lotus
Shimmering glows
In the moonlight
Heralding great
Nymph serenading.

Cool day, lotus
Captivating beauty
Like mermaids
Capturing a man's
Soul to glory....

Read More