Continent of Lilies
A daylight will stay with us from on high
And mailings will be reviewed when I sigh
Among bleeding cacti within the fence
After we are engaged in a pretence
Here I, reversal permeability
Reduced to wearing only this vittae
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Categories:
lilies, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation, culture,
Form: Classicism
WATCH THE LILIES BLOOM
Ava, our youngest granddaughter, headed off to college yesterday…
And as another milestone is passed….
I wonder how it’s possible the years have flown by so fast.
As I walked up to hug her and say goodbye…and she did the same to me…
my mind immediately flashed backed…to a fond old memory.
It seems like only yesterday…I could see it
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Categories:
lilies, granddaughter,
Form: Rhyme
Dust to Dust
I am looking out my dining room window, overlooking the birdbath in the small garden of my flat. The arum lilies have added a new bloom—just as the last one is dying off—beside the grave marker of my pet: not just any dog, but my trusty emotional support animal. A black bird takes an early
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Categories:
lilies, bird, flower, grave, grief,
Form: Other
No Colours Nor Lilies
No Colours Nor Lilies
Painted in grey
no colours nor lilies
there's hope there's pain
amidst the wind and storm
"Life" pinned me in blue.
One month passed.
The new walk in
like a gentle guest,
hopes on it
worries cast aside,
I take a step and stride;
my boulders are too immense
to shoulder,
beyond my strength,
beyond my vision
'like a dream.
In glimmer of hope
I embrace my path,
a
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Categories:
lilies, courage, hope, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Roadside Lilies Hiku 45
Roadside Lilies Hiku 45
roadside lilies white
in full bloom with delight~
yearning for human sight.
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Categories:
lilies, appreciation, flower, nature,
Form: Haiku
Lilies Haiku 39
Lilies Haiku 39
white lilies in bloom
cotton petals unfurl~
nature`s sacred
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Categories:
lilies, appreciation, flower, nature, summer,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
lilies, appreciation, nature, water,
Form: Choka
A Pond's Melody
lying on lilies
lazy and luxurious
feed my senses curious
listen to my pond
drips and drops a harmony
rain on tadpole colony
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Categories:
lilies, nature,
Form: Choka
Summer Hiku 24
Summer Hiku 24
warm summer s ~u ~n ~s ~h ~I ~n ~e
c -o -u -r -t -I -n -g lilies in
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Categories:
lilies, flower, heart, pain, summer,
Form: Haiku
Lilies Of The Fields
Lilies Of The Fields
1963
A field full of flowers.
Yellow is my favorite color.
Run freely in the wind.
Stay young with an imagination.
Be carefree through the open land.
Live a simple life if you can.
There's nothing like living out in the country.
This is the way it should be.
Swing high
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Categories:
lilies, writing,
Form: Rhyme
CRIMSON SKY
CRIMSON SKY
A Crimson Sky breaks the distant shore
stargates opening veils upon veils
portals portending lyrical or so it seemed
since senses were lost in labyrinth lots
angels pouring purple pearls and
comely camomile into timeless space
I heard old lions roar below an empty nest
though ears gone ~ I who knew me GONE !
becoming observer-listener-knower
arteries
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Categories:
lilies, allegory, beautiful, color, creation,
Form: Free verse
Where Pink Lilies Bloom Unnoticed
Midst a dirty pond,
Pink lilies bloom unnoticed
I love this place now.
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Categories:
lilies, appreciation, beauty, flower,
Form: Haiku
The Lilies of Buckingham
As I set foot in the paradise of flowers
I saw a set of vivid pals
Swaying and waving towards the unusual soul
Connecting hearts and hearts entirely
Greeting with a wreath and a glorious scent
I stood there gaping at them
As if that was a band of colour
But of more colours and like enchantress
I was entirely dazed and the
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Categories:
lilies, allusion, flower,
Form: Free verse
ECHOES OF THE LAKE
Trumpet-like lilies by the lake
preen for the flamboyant flamingo,
sifting through the murky waters,
searching for algae and shrimp
where crawdads click and clatter.
While silvery fish glide stealthily
leaving barely a ripple behind,
a chorus of frogs’ croaks
echo like the whining twang
of a plucked banjo string.
Dragonflies skim the water’s surface
as their translucent wings shimmer
like gems in the sunlight,
dart about the
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Categories:
lilies, animal, bird, flower, insect,
Form: Free verse
Ravens and Lilies
‘When you are not fed love on a silver spoon, you learn to lick it off knives.’ - Lauren Eden
lilies and ravens
dance together making mud puddles
thick as salve caked on deep wounds
stemming not the ooze
tinctures from droppers
bitter herbs labeled for survival
use only as directed
replenish nothing
rancid birthday cakes
gleeful candles form dancing shadows
glassy story-telling eyes
yearn desperately
gleaming steel
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Categories:
lilies, betrayal, childhood, first love,
Form: Suzette Prime
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