At the Peak of Summer
...at the peak
of Summer
a calm heat
all is green
and silent
lantanas
have flourished
all in bloom
most orange
one bright red
the bouquet
says hello
when I step
out to greet
day or nig...
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Categories:
lantanas, autumn, flower, summer,
Form: Free verse
I Could Explore Forever
...Precious, pretty, fleeting.
Flitting butterfly, lifting
wings, too heavy.
One, two, three…
One, two, three…
the flower’s delighted
to be explored.
Colors, themselves,
adored or unnoticed....
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Categories:
lantanas, beauty, perspective,
Form: Free verse
Ssh-Butterfly
...black and yellow butterfly
on orange-high
lantanas take off
husband grabs branch
releases wing
from spider’s web
in final passby
colorful butterfly
breezes past window pane
hum...
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Categories:
lantanas, butterfly,
Form: Free verse
summertime plantings
...lantanas a blast
like teeny fireworks ~
bucolic celebration
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Categories:
lantanas, flower,
Form: Haiku
Sunlit Whispers in my Garden
...Golden sunlight, soft and bright,
Filters gently, warm with light.
Through the branches, high and low,
Warming all the earth below.
Azaleas blush in pink and red,
Geraniums lift each vibrant h...
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Categories:
lantanas, flower, garden, happiness, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Floral Gifts
...ceiling-to-floor stone fireplace,
uplifted with Mother’s Day gifts:
amidst the painted flower trio,
sunny bright and purple mums,
yellow glad-iolus, ma-gen...
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Categories:
lantanas, flower,
Form: Free verse
A Page From My Scrapbook
...As the day drifts off to slumber
I lay awake to relive the day
So many memories in my head
Thoughts echoing good & bad
My mind begins combing through my scrapbook of memories, a picture book f...
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Categories:
lantanas, extended metaphor, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Sonnet To Hope
...Sonnet to Hope
Ice crackles audibly on car and face,
Windy blasts slap frigidly at the back door,
How to escape this cold day’s confinement,
Surprise! Outside, Lantanas in full bloom.
Baby y...
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Categories:
lantanas, flower, hope,
Form: Sonnet
One Proud Yellow Dandelion
...One Proud Yellow Dandelion
Lantanas and pears are lushly in bloom,
Baby chartreuse leaves brighten winter’s late gloom
And one proud yellow dandelion.
We wait for the redbuds – where are you?...
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Categories:
lantanas, metaphor, pride,
Form: tristich
Wonder What Rainbows Sound Like
...Closed the door…
locked it tight
For the final time
and then no more…
Gazed all about
At the yard…
The flowers…
Where I spent
So many happy hours
and now would spend
no more
Th...
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Categories:
lantanas, age, change, emotions, feelings,
Form: Narrative