Farewell Garden Poems

 
From winter shadow
oh, farewell to snow
bare tree
now, your green leaves grow
and soft breezes blow
carefree ...
buds bloom with gusto
oh, sweet spring hello ...
woes flee

Garden filigree
songs...

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pernicious weeds a metaphor
for wild growth inside 
my mind and soul

dandelion mating with brambles
wild cats’ rampant Rubus 
grinding teeth and thorns

reason guides the trowel
for emotions...

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There once was a gnome named Jerome
Who made a herb garden his home.
One day as he frolicked,
He slipped and fell on some garlic
And was instantly...

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August sings summer's sad farewell tune.
Blossoms smile happily ere they fade.
Birds nap; distant rainclouds gather soon.
Leaves still, then quietly sleep in shade.
August hush in fevered...

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 "She turned to the sunlight and shook her yellow
head, and whispered to her neighbor, Winter is dead. "

      ...

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He was all the love for me
But let he left me
Didn’t want the responsibility
And yet he planted his seed in me

Now that I am
Separated and...

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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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Child of the Late Summer Garden

Sunny Marigold – such a playful heart;
 Early springs blossoms – blooms from the start;
Joyful in summer – smiles for...

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Simmering summer days drained by the cloud burst rains,
flow down through the autumn bridge to halcyon horizon,
where the burnt ginger sky rises to seamless azure...

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Winter
by Michael R. Burch
 
The rose of love's bright promise
lies torn by her own thorn;
her scent was sweet
but at her feet
the pallid aphids mourn.
 
The...

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There was a little garden
By a little picket fence
A little piggy poked about
The edge of its defense

The picket gate was tightly shut
The clasp was locked...

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from Mother's garden

           radiant orchids are plucked---

     adorning her crypt



3/15/2019
Writing Challenge...

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The prince said,who are you golden fruit?Buried so deep in the sun glow?
 I don't know but help me,just keep me where I can see...

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The intoxicating scent of roses 
Each single one caressed and moonlit kissed 
Gazing up at mirroring star poses
Silently waiting for the morning mist

Perched under honey...

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Emerald digits
emerge languidly from soil;
Winter bade farewell.

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(C) John C Michaels, February 2017...

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