Angst Garden Poems

  I’ve been deceived by golden buttercups~
dipped in chamomile incensed rain,
while butterflies slumber on poisonous petals,
oblivious to the weathered garden of greed,
where I’ve seen...

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Like an ebony rose in a province 
of ivory and golden flowers,
you poisoned each peaceful petal
with your senseless scent of death.

You were never just another...

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I
In my palace,
I have built a hundred fountains.

Though they play all day,
none can catch
the sparkle of her eyes.

II
Fall is the season
of the great migration.

Under cloudy...

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Well, darn--I wish bushes grew faster.
That might help me avoid a disaster.
What is a buzz-maestro supposed to do
when a Hummer takes nectar from you?

I've buzzed...

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Silence reigned….for the moment.
Nothing stirred in the garden.
No owl screeched.
No bird flew.
And inky darkness seemed to spread.
Even the moon 
hid itself in shame.
A light breeze...

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flowers of iron
I rust 
flowers of glass 
I shatter 
flowers of Jade 
I lust
flowers of crimson
I tower 
I watch the rays of the sun break...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Masks on the hill
masks in the gutter
used and wrinkled
new age garden
where everyone's beautiful

masks under the shell
shift them around
let the blind guess which one
cloaks the truth...

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Sacrifice made when selecting abode
Unit not ideal, but affordable close to City
With a three year old daughter, I worried
About noise transference below and above

Three level...

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sinuous the paths
leading to my garden

a maze tangled
to rambling thoughts
trapped behind a wall
reduced to puzzle pieces
scattered in the wind

my mind gone astray
my love forgotten



AP: 2nd...

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fluttering patterns  

wear the beauty crown 

into the garden of 

the wilting roses.

Greeting the thorns  

with an aura of bliss 

that disarms them...

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I asked all the wrong people
To love me
To cherish me
For they were only travellers
And stopped at a garden like me
Intrigued by my flowers
And I loved...

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A gardener is an artisan unique,
Being a special breed, so to speak!
Cultivating plants of all descriptions,
Daring to overcome Nature’s restrictions;
Ever passionate about their chosen delight,
For...

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This place is full of wonder, full of great sites
A walk in the blissful rays of colored lights
Take me by the hand and pleasure my...

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Time goes by
for the beautiful girl
dreaming of a better world.

She loves to sit in the garden
she is not the reason why the teardrops started.

She picks...

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