Early spring crocus
Hardy purple pansies
Tall clusters of verbena
Vines of morning glory
Arabella clematis
Ornamental allium blooms
Lupinesque wild indigo
Slender wild hyacinth
Faithful canterbury bells
Dignified cattleya orchid
Vibrant effervescent cyclamen
Statuesque gladiola
Cosmopolitan heliotrope
Spiked liatris flowers
Grandiflora petunia
Magical mystic merlin
Unfurling crested iris blossoms
Climbing cascades of wisteria
AP: Honorable Mention 2021, Front Page Pick 2021
Submitted on May 30, 2022 for contest PURPLE FLOWERS sponsored by NAYDA IVETTE NEGRON FLORES - RANKED 2ND
on March 10, 2022 for contest GARDEN INSPIRATIONS sponsored by BJ LEGROS KELLEY - RANKED 3RD
and on May 7, 2021 for contest NATURE POETRY sponsored by REGINA McINTOSH
Originally posted on February 19, 2019
Categories:
liatris, appreciation, flower, garden, nature,
Form: Free verse
I’ll evidently miss
you like a falling
star
Once you greet the
ground I’ll close my
eyes and a wish will
made
Considering the
mending from my
agonizing scar
The way she deceived
and seduced me this
mending doesn’t
demand a Band-Aid
I assumed our lust
traveled like cars
Yet I was betrayed
and you wasn’t the
woman you portrayed
So far I accept you
needed space like a
space bar
And while your
thoughts our in
space I desire you
encounter our prayer
Your beloved color
is purple perhaps I
should pick you a
Liatris a blazing
star
That idea went up
into the air I swear
You was the
brightest star in my
make believe sky and
you was my north
star
Similar to hot air
the burning flame
that rises and just
like lust you fell
out the air
- Loverboi
Categories:
liatris, i love you, i
Form: ABC
Down where the Liatris blossoms
A gentle summer rain
Pitter-pats 'pon the ground and roof
Its music score just plain
A heavy humidity floats
There's no zephyr today
Only gray clouds caress the sky
No birds are out to play
Down where the Liatris blossoms
Words can be deceiving
There's no perfection; some weeds bloom
And tonight its raining
Categories:
liatris, life, nature,
Form: Rhyme
liatris' tender
green shoots come through earth to light...
human seek darkness
I know not a true Haiku
Categories:
liatris, life, nature,
Form: Haiku
.
Purple Liatris
Spikes underdeveloped now
Rain scarce, high heat here
All suffers_trees, plants
Animals must sustain sweat
Rain needed at once
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Sponsor: Brian Strand
Categories:
liatris, animals, life, naturerain, rain,
Form: Choka
.
Gently caress keys C, E, G__
As butterfly kisses Liatris...
Categories:
liatris, imagination
Form: Crystalline
Lily, jasmine and roses
Tulips, carnations and daffodils
He adores and chooses
Cosmos, zinnia and daisies
His hands paintbrush of nature
His eyes tasters of beauty
He turns seeds in flower
His caring hands have power
Flowers are his babies
He nurtures and nurses
Liatris, orchids and quinces
Just like Prince and Princes
Springs come to treat him
The clouds stay to greet him
The breeze blows to meet him
None other to compete him
Sight of a withering larkspur
Anguish cuts him deeper
Seeing a lisianthus blowing
A profound delight bestowing
He places the Divine paintings
In splendid frame of garden
To meet the earth’s yearnings
His prolific hands are chosen
A Celestial color sprayer
The job he does is a prayer
Quatrains
Categories:
liatris, inspirational, nature
Form: Rhyme Royal