Long Botanist Poems

Herpetologist meets actress (Cameron Diaz).
If he's funny he's me.
South America or Africa (on location).
In a diamond mind.
The protagonists (lovers), the diamonds, the miners and the minders.
By minders we mean watchers, organizers, supervisors.
As all art must:...

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Thank You!...

It's Black history month, so we come to celebrate, 
all the hues of brown that made our nation great! 

From Fredrick and Harriet to Mandela, and Muhammad Ali, because of the stance they took,...

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I loved my job as a botanist, which took me to many foreign lands,
Like the golden sun rises smiling, to meet all our natural demands.

I was always marked for this work, ever since I was...

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Mine slovenly unkempt appearance spelled embarrassment

spurred by most recent therapy session 
with Renee Cardone
whereby thematic thread
stitched how yours truly sewed
coping modus operandi,
viz avoiding emotionally volatile situations
courtesy mine trademark signature reactions 
rather than be in compliance...

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Thaddaeus Haenke
A man of thousand talents
Scientist and musician

His heart belonged to the Indios
His grave will never be found

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Thaddaeus Haenke
Ein Mann mit tausend Talenten
Wissenschaftler und Musiker

Sein Herz schlug für die Indios
Sein Grab wird man nie finden

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Tadeo...

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The Butterfly


O butterfly, o butterfly
how and by whom did you come by
your name? Theories abound yet all
ring hollow and improbable.
Least credible, if not absurd,
it’s based on an Old English word
“buterfleoge” and is speculated 
to witches...

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In 1989 a group of Phyic scientist challenged a group of botanist to a contest. They were surpossed to create
A hyro-power bus, that would be a cooling station for field workers , hot climates. The...

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wishing he had sung his prayers last night
from both ends to the middle
fell to the ground in adoration
tore a wake through the ink stains
but not from satisfaction
plastic Jesus hold my head
a round of applause for...

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Whispers of Lace

Arms folded; He sits.  A grandfather clock ticks it's way to a song,  in a lonely 
room. 

It had taken ten years and thirty-five days to get to this place. ...

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MONALISA AND LEONARDO

                             Superb painting priceless piece.
...

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A drought ridden land
And miles and miles yet to go
Into uncertainty

A dream lost in desert sands
All tracks of existance wiped out

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Ein ausgedörrtes Land
Und noch Meile für Meile zu gehen
Hinein ins Ungewisse

Ein Traum verloren im Wüstensand
Ausgeöscht...

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My plantings of bleeding hearts are finally in bloom
There's a hint of sweet scent in their delicate perfume
On multiple stems of fragile heart-shaped flowers
they are thriving in the shade of my arbors and bowers
Gently, they...

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Renegade realtor dealt only with sellers sincere 
Harried under hammer results which rich revere
Assured Lofty turned over listings like sausages
Heat applied seared buyers, hankering hostages


Canvassing coast, reframed aim purely at the top
Invisible neighbour circular driveways,...

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I finished high school and graduated college…I read books both large and small…but I am not an expert on anything at all.

Not being an expert on parenting although three children I helped raise means all...

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MISSISSIPPI

M y love for the magnolia tree
I s a botanist dream.
S omething special to see
S o white, magnolia gleams!
I f I had a choice of trees,
S omeone suggestion was 
S pruce,
I would say I like...

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NOT AN EXPERT

I am not an expert on the stars or the flowers.
I can’t think like an expert does.
I am not an expert on the stars or the flowers
but there are times…when I wish I...

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It's hard to find a way through the wilderness and trying hard to make it
still stands to reason, everything I had was my health.
Redwoods stood as spiritual enclave to the indigenous people along the coast...

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Don’t laugh at daydreams!
That childish doodle
Scribbled on the math paper,
That drawing on the essay.
Those eyes that look out
The window and see beyond the
Teacher’s understanding
Might foretell the future!

Dreams are seeds that grow 
And twine into a...

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The Blue Plant 
In a clearing in the woods there is a blue plant
that is illuminated from the inside and shines
long after dark, but if you stop and stare its
four petals curl, that light is...

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she's kind towards me, she's so nice;
    and I'm sincere to her as well,
        we are in something more than love,
    what...

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SUPER  HERO

          Owned non parallel competence
          with intensive intelligence
       ...

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What is this flower perched like bird on stem
With tiny feathery florets in pews
Aligned along rows on cylinder heads?
Tis Banksia, native of Australia.

Named after botanist Sir Joseph Banks,
Who sailed on "Endeavour" with Captain Cook
To unearth...

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TRIBUTE TO MY HERO 

    I bow to Renaissance persona Leonardo Da Vinci
    
     Non- parallel fantastic
    Illustrious Marvellous 
  ...

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"Green House of the Sick Man" 
Imagining the lush, trickled and tickled
By spray of light thoughts, my healing possibly
To be that clover in full bloom again 
My body looked more like onion weed

I wished for...

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        All - rounder : Majestic Maestro 
         That’s unique persona Leonardo...

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