There was a house.
There is a house.
There was a kite.
There is a kite.
There was a clock.
There is a clock.
When I
dig the earth
with a spade,
the earth falls into
the spade’s memoir.
The spade falls into
the earth’s memoir.
In the pond nearby,
a blue water-lily
does not fall
into anything.
It
calls out to the kingfishers,
saying,
Come,
have some fish and go.
I gaze up into the swoon of night,
forbidden thoughts of you, swallowed by the moon.
An authentic surprise…
A magnetic dimension…
a precarious invention indeed.
Our creed...
Every word...
Every thought freed.
A whole world waiting between,
what I had dreamed…
what I had imagined…
I feel you, sacred, like Tamarind
or Tiger Lily...
Slowly, quietly, absolutely!
You appear, here…
A home that’s been waiting in my heart,
debating this art now on display,
Just an array of sunrays in every way.
Rekindled intention of a love dimension.
Oh, what an exquisite invention!
As I gaze up into the swoon of night,
The moon so dazzlingly bright.
Your eyes give rise to this sweet kind of wise.
And there, in your eyes, still…
The moon so gloriously full,
As I feel a euphoria of wonderful.
Don’t go, don’t float away this time…
I need your light for my words to take flight,
for the poet to delight...
Set the mind alight...
Forbidden fire...
I cannot write without your desire.
Despues de haber no pensado en ti, tu nombre resuena denuevo en mi corazon
Arde por expresar un emocion ahogdor
En el vacio estoy cuando no estas
pero no es culpa tuya
es culpa mia por fracasar
Ganar tu corazon era mi lio, ahora es tu atencion por lo que debo luchar
Tu precencia en mi corazon a la vez que tu aucencia en mi vida traduce como una traición
Porque te conocí
si tengo que vivir sin ti
Esto es sufrir, por favor regresa los amaneceres pintados con tu color
as the day break hits the curtains, emitting a nice warm orange hue
Semejanza a tu amor.
Bull frog trained his lily pad like a magic flying carpet ride
It took him in and out the trees, giving berth very wide
Sometimes he rode it to outer space to see Jupiter and Mars
They also landed once a week on an asteroid near the stars
There's a woman named Lily
who just set out with a dream,
She put her best foot forward
Even though she didn't know how long
and hard chasing it would be
In the end when she saw herself succeed
It was worth all the struggles that she'd faced in between,
that girl she is a genius and a queen
Proud of her for standing firm
even when things looked discouraging
She wasn't giving it up for anything
& that's inspiring
By: J.N.R Dutton
Five little frogs hopped
down to the lake,
To see what a splash their
webbed feet could make.
The biggest from jumped
With a terrible bound,
And scattered the lily pads
all way around.
While the rest swam away
without making a sound.
Flower hidden under the sunny sky
Scent of garden under the moonlight spy
Droops and wilt when thirsty and dramatic
Scoops and tilt when garden is romantic
In shaded modest forests grow
the tiniest white bells pure as snow.
Their wild perfume will stop the show
beneath the charm of any rainbow.
AP: 1st place 2026
As the sun shines outside, you rise from your bed.
You start your day as a flower stretching her arms to God for the warmth of his promise!
As you pray you are making breakfast to have your belly be fed
Even in the early hours where you are concerned in life, you still smile as you remember the promise!
You place the hijab around thy pretty hair and head before you open the door
Walking outside you see the bush in the garden with the Roses that call you by name!
A beauty walking into the garden with a warm smile, love is at your core and his core.
Within the heart of a true man that has loved you from the first time you opened your door!
The Lilly loves the Roses and picks them to take their beauty within her heart.
It looks like you are smelling the Roses or are they smelling you and feeling an internal peace within their life.
Smiling at them (Roses) and smelling their fragrance causes the darkness to part!
The Roses wish that they were human so that they could claim you as a wife.
The only that deserves to have her name be associated with Roses!
The only flower (that you are) that has the right to hold the Roses!
eye stalks close by bird
still, silent, shadow staring -
reflection in glass
Lily you are so much more than just my Texas Lady you are a fellow Ambassador of Love
Lily you make me smile and make me happy
I recall road tripping to Austin Texas with You Lily my pupper
You Anwar Brian Me Road tripped to Texas Austin
We had such an amazing time
Pupper you are an ambassador of Love Like me Lily I remember being so scared snuggling with you kept me sane Lily my Texas Lady You are great and wonderful and My Pupper
I remember when you vomited all over me I just laughed cause I knew I needed to hold you to keep you calm. Do You remember meeting Jammer and his mom?
Yeah Lil Lily my Texas Lady your smarter then people know or would ever Imagine
Pupper You so cute and everyone Loves you forever!!
Your soulful , meek elegance
is a source of great rejoicing,
lily napping on a pale green mattress -anchored to a water cloud
It’s dark here—
Pillars of rain hold tears in place
as the thunder bellows
lupine laments
succor for saccharine hiboux
murmurs of misunderstanding
malice on the mind of mayhem,
unaware of the daffodil’s proclivity
for imminent destruction,
the madness of sacral lilies,
petrichor hymns
crooned to She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
I am the Lily of East London,a legendary,
luminous, lifeforce loaded.
My heart holds heavens, harvesting health
and harmony here.
The oceans obey,often observing my
outstanding order.
I am the vision vanquishing vexation,a valid,
vibrant,vital victory.
My presence warps reality,making dreams
the default state of being.
I am the diamond driving destiny,dazzingly
dominant and daring.
To All The Girls in East London:
Your collective power holds the very fabric of reality
together with effortless grace
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