my essence to nose as honey to tongue
purifying power moves you to One
rooted and decorated I stand atomic
down from seventh heaven cosmic
I’m tough, hardy, regarded as Old School
though ever-new coloured petals drool
milky sap as sacred unseen ambrosia
woven in fifth sheath, Atman’s kosha
Adamic my aquiline profile I breathe
connection memories, ascension eased
brain wave entrainment silent reviewed
time-space exquisite pure quarks exude
seraphic perfume as garden valance
invoking blissed emotion within balance
sanguine I worship, triggering transmutation
darkness to loosen my blossom’s salvation
pastel or bright in sunrise dewy morn
connecting to dynamo ancestors shorn
sighting me is intriguing immortality born
abide beneath my falling petals each dawn
sensations edenic across my butterflied
c e r e b e l l u m spied
my innocence your life awakening
earth minerals my satiating ~
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Placed : Third : Contest : Tree Personification
sponsor : Tania Kitchin]
27.9.25
GOLD AWARD POEM: Allpoetry: July 26
Wondrous frangipani...
You mesmerize me so.
Like a fan, I twirl you
Between my fingertips;
Striking yellow-white hue!
Wondrous frangipani...
You're the most eye-catching
Of all the spring flowers;
A captivating sight
After April showers.
Wondrous frangipani...
Beautiful as a tree;
Lovely in women's hair.
Stirred by a gentle breeze,
Your scent wafts in the air.
Wondrous frangipani...
Catnip to bumblebees;
Hordes of butterflies, too.
Show-stealer in gardens;
Gift to a day brand new!
All April In Monchielle Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Andrea Dietrich
Theme: April Flowers
Date written: 04/19/2022
frangipani
did you imagine I could leave you
trapped in quick drying cement
locked forever on a bed of strangers coral
with only sea spray falling on the reef
to mourn your passing?
no my friend
you're coming back with me
precious cargo safely stowed
freight forward
flight 89 climbed above a shroud of cotton cloud
held us softly all the way to Auckland
going home
in a simple honest box
the way you were
going home
strewn all over with our last farewell
Frangipani Delight
Another drab evening in a menagerie of unfit suitors
And here I am, among the mockingbirds, amused and ashamed
This ancestral ritual of confidence and cougars
A pellucid behavior of the blind curves, drunk blame
The twilight long past and now ripples of new
The immature beauties that thrive to infuse
A luscious perfume of frangipani delight
When I showed no response, she took a seat to my right
We talked there for hours and her eyes were so kind
When vermilion lips; stopped talking, touched mine
Contest: 10 Words, 10 Lines
Sponsor: Silent One
1/7/2017
Placed Second
Challenge Words:
Menagerie
Vermilion
Infuse
Mockingbird
Twilight
Frangipani
Luscious
Pellucid
Ancestral
Ripples
It was in the beautifully majestic Florida Keys
Where I visited with my beloved grand-mother
She introduced me to the Frangipani with its luscious clusters
The fragrance was bewitchingly inebriating
Soon I couldn’t distinguish the petals from the butterflies
Twilight had gradually descended without a sound
Till the mockingbirds bellowed their glorious chants
Amidst the enchantment of an ancestral menagerie
Like royalty, we slowly sipped from delicate pellucid crystal glasses
Vermilion and gold had infused the ripples of the ocean before us
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Submitted for contest TEN WORDS AND TEN LINES CHALLENGE sponsored by SILENT ONE - January 6, 2018 - RANKED 2ND
Flame sires fond flair
Flair climbs the stairs
Stairs in the air
Frame a good name
Name fits the game
Game just the same
Fling joy that swirls
Swirls touch and twirl
Twirl your brave world
Leon Enriquez
04 October 2014
Singapore
A subtle sweet smell
Rises up, hits the nose
Excites the senses
Causes pretty thoughts
In a lost stormy head
As it rises, floats through the air
Magical destiny's and adventures
Are dreamt
Aromas of sweet freedom
New life comes
As you curiously watch
Take in the glory
It calms yet inspires
The common the best
But the extreme are extraordinary
My choice hot pink
The Frangipani
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