Long Coneflowers Poems

PERENNIAL FLOWERS JUST FOR ME

far below the canopy, the speckled hawk soars —
whoa! he’s hardly in my space but so close.

my toes jam up in my gray Bob’s as I descend
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“ ... the bee collects nectar and departs without
injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance .... "

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"I must have flowers, always, always ..."
-Monet- 
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mother taught me about gardens ...
        all winter she would ponder ...  and make plans
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IN THE JOY OF THIs MORNING
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(For Jim, to explain why
my tears can...

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mother taught me about gardens ...
        all winter she would ponder ...  and make plans
       selecting flowers by texture and shape
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mother taught me about gardens ...
        all winter she would ponder ...  and make plans
       selecting flowers by texture and shape
...

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Rainbow faeries in the sky, painting furiously and fabulously
God’s magic in the hands of the mystics.
His glorious red, representing our life’s blood 
after it hits oxygen. Showing nature her full beauty
in the scarlet coneflowers and...

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I will turn back the pages of time,
to mom and to when I was a little girl;
mom would fill my pool and in I jumped,
she called me pixie and I giggled.
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I will turn back the pages of time
to mom and to when I was a little girl
mom would fill my pool and in I jumped
she called me pixie and I giggled
    ...

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I went for a drive in the country one fine day,
and came upon a huge field full of wildflowers;
the flowers swayed and danced in the gentle breeze.

There were bright white Daisies and yellow Buttercups,
sweet Black-Eyed...

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Long to touch the rows  u p o n  rows of coneflowers,
but the bees, they b u z z, and the butterflies own.
Favorite intrepid host, the red-winged blackbird, towers
over the purpleness  of...

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Outside my window 
 the lemon grass sways in the wind
 and the heart shaped leaves of the winding morning glory
 fold their hearts in half hiding in the sunlight.
The yard is strangely quiet, 
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Unsung heroes of the garden fringes
Perennial favorites for a colorful bouquet,
Purple coneflowers with yellow twinges.

Violets are sweet…, yes, they are okay,
But they are too small, coneflowers tower
Perennial favorites for a colorful bouquet.

They are imposing not...

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I will turn back the old pages of time,
to mom's flowers and this little girl;
mom filled my pool and in I jumped,
she called me pixie and I giggled.
     Then she turned...

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Walking along a path through forest’s green,
a clear running stream where I can fish.
A porch swing to sit and watch nature’s scene,
that is the heart of my Missouri wish.

Strolling through a tinted meadow at dawn,
the...

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Forever etched within the meadows of my mind you stood silent in wait of me
amid the flowering Lithrope, snuggled deep beside ornamental irons, I did watch
only to find your eyes waver fearful a passerby may...

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Tufted white-tops
on pale beige staggered-stalks,
the coneflowers crowns 
dressed the perennial bed;
leaning precariously against
the conical mushroomesque birdbath.

Snow, soft and wet wrapped the grape arbor like ermine;
making trellises reminiscent of Kanji on a blank page.
Fragile, frozen, flowers...

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there are mountains of snow
   outside my window
the temperature is well below
zero
the trees are wearing white gowns
some are like skeletons
        reaching for the sky
the sky is...

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The fragrance of the roses preceded her into my kitchen
There were lilies, zinnias, coneflowers, a sunflower too
Baby’s breath added a great deal of delight to the bouquet
I felt instantly uplifted, although had been quite blue.

My...

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Dainty delicate bluebells seem to twinkle like faeries in the meadow
Ultramarine sky smiles, seeing elves and gnomes missed by people
Daybreak has an extra pretty tinge of promised pinks and tangerine,
There is a topaz jewel of...

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Flowers
By Miracle Man
11/28/2018

Purple Coneflowers

Life is a bouquet teeming with flowers,
That many never stop to smell each day.
Indian Blankets or a bed of Coneflowers
They bring a smile and beautify our way.

In differing stages, a bud vase...

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The pansies together like grace notes
Pinks, purples, yellows harmonize in spring
A choir with violets, their counterparts,
Throwing a glorious warm weather fling
Sweet harbingers of summer make me sing.

My favorite time of the year will soon arrive
Daisies...

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The pansies together like gentle hearts
Purples, pinks, yellows harmonize in spring
A choir with violets, their counterparts,
Throwing a glorious warm weather fling
Sweet harbingers of summer make me sing
My season of the year will soon arrive
Coneflowers and...

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The finches arrive
  looking like canaries.
The males bright yellow 
  with a touch of black
  and females an unassuming 
  shade of brown.
They come for the seeds
  left from sunflowers...

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