Virgin Amidst the Jonquils
rush daffodil crush
face down illumination -
sunshine-bright my soul
4/2/2022
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Categories:
jonquils, emotions, flower,
Form: Senryu
A Bunch of Jonquils
You never forget your first love. by poet
How can I ever forget my lovely first love.
Spring vivifies blossoms with dancing hues
As we were picking jonquils wild,
From curving lanes up high.
The balmy breeze blew softly o'er the greenish hills
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Categories:
jonquils, flower, love, proposal,
Form: Rhyme
Jonquils
And there they are
as if it were their duty to bloom
... like slow notes on a piano
from the depths of earth
suddenly rising
to fill the world with grace.
Much like writing a poem
a duty to ourselves
... inspired moments
bare, inarticulate strands
nuanced over time
suddenly rising
bursting onto the page.
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Categories:
jonquils, flower, spring, writing,
Form: Free verse
And the Jonquils Will Bloom
I shall be patient in the dreary atmosphere,
Weary of these damp and dark fraught days, for I know
God is watering the Jonquils.
Soon red buds will peek through the thunder,
Chartreuse leaves will line baby trees, for
God is watering the Jonquils.
Through the winds and fear and booming storms,
All nature will dance and all will be right,
For God
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Categories:
jonquils, future, happy,
Form: tristich
Jonquils
Jonquils
On days when there are no poems to be found
When I drudge the depths of the murk
I think of Jonquils.
I get stuck on those pesky flowers
And the mental image of tiny yellow and white daffodils.
I ask myself for a poem but
From somewhere else
The whisper comes:
Jonquils.
Poems must be about Jonquils.
You can’t have a
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Categories:
jonquils, flower, image, poets, spring,
Form: Free verse
Jonquils
It is time
Too long in bed
I stretch
Cast off the bonds of Hypnos
Cold white sheets retreat
I am free
My head lifts
Sun caresses my face
I rise, standing tall
Naked for all to see
Beauty reborn
It is spring
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Categories:
jonquils, easter, flower, nature, seasons,
Form: Free verse
Jonquils Droop
jonquil's blossoms droop
seen through tiny willow leaves...
cold cloudy morning
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Categories:
jonquils, life, nature,
Form: Haiku