Solid Gray
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Solid gray skies
Over daylilies trying to bloom
Several different species so colorful
Open only a day, live life to the fullest
What have I done with my nearly 29,151 d...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, thanks,
Form: Free verse
Death by Clothing
...I worry that my coat will murder me.
Hanging on Banister’s Edge it’s a man lurking, dark.
I’ve seen rows of killers shadowed and waiting,
hidden in the ridges of the living room radiator,
ready...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, analogy,
Form: Personification
Lens of Life
...Can blackwater lilies
sing forth sonnets
of daylight and
unsung those
cacophonous notes
of omen, which
rhymed with
sombre elixir
of spruce rivulets and
veiled your crimson
tou...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, angst, betrayal, death, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The Rain
...The Rain
When the spring bursts into bloom again
I come along in showers of rain
Watch as I dance upon flowerbeds
Aiding plants to raise their pretty heads.
Li...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, nature, rain, spring,
Form: Personification
The Four Seasons
...Nightingale sings to herald spring,
I watch nervous fledglings take to wing.
Children build sandcastles that reach the sky,
parents sunbathe on the beach -
summer holiday fun!
T...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, nature, seasons,
Form: Verse
Sultry Summer
...Summer sallies in blazing hot
Gentle in approach it is not
Chilly Spring winds soon forgot
Scorching sun off cooling soil steams
Warming all the rivers and streams
Melting core of soft snow dr...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, bird, day, garden, insect,
Form: Rhyme
Spring Shall Overcome
...Bare of snow and ice we were
In the winter’s dwindling days
And we marked upon the calendar
The season’s changing phase
Eager things poked up their heads
To test the springtime air
Some colou...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, metaphor, seasons, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Granny Ganja
...Grandma’s aches affected her sleep;
She often made the help weep.
But at least she was regal -
Until pot was made legal.
She ditched Big Pharma
And moved to California
Now she takes pot
For ...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Heatwave
...Raindrops splash like burgers spitting grease on grills
furtive relief from simmering heat
from the daily twirl of white dust
Clouds part in snippets, rain ba...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, appreciation, earth, environment, hope,
Form: Free verse
Pilgrimage
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An unceasing explorer of the woods of birch and maple until this moment,
I wish to weave my dreams of soothing repose in this moment.
Every day has painted a tangled image since echoin...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, journey,
Form: Ghazal
Synonymous With May
...Blue hyacinths quickly grow anew:
anew, under clear skies of blue.
May is a time for fun and play:
play is synonymous with May.
Reds and whites adorn flowerbeds;
flowerbeds filled with w...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Now Departing, Soon Arriving
...Winter's arrival signals my departure
hidden by soft snow in the ground
When Spring returns, I emerge from hard mud
on sidewalks and in plush flowerbeds
I'd love to warm myself, to lay in...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, animal, anxiety, bird, seasons,
Form: Personification
Until Tomorrow
...Walking at dusk through the old park,
the golden glow of forgiveness
hangs in the air long enough
for you to steal it with both hands
but you choose not to,
you choose, deliberately,
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Categories:
flowerbeds, beautiful, imagery, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Moonlight Sonata
...Moonlight Sonata
A mockingbird sings his nocturne,
Silhouetted against a sky of velvet blue,
Welcoming on the garden path
The Lady Claire de Lune
Slipping from behind tall cypress tre...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, garden, night, summer,
Form: Free verse
No More Poetry
...Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ...
Leonardo Da Vinci
What if there was no poetry in this world?
Unpoetic world with no...
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Categories:
flowerbeds, poetry,
Form: Free verse
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