Long Susans Poems

I belonged to a family of farmers, we had farmed for generations;
And we were true to our land, as blooms loyal to sweet sensations.

I knew the fierce satisfaction, only derived from working the land;
And sometimes...

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My love for you
is beyond prophecy or endowment
and lay before you a love letter from the heart
beneath the moonlight's glow
where our eyes find a silent understanding
that embraces each passionate emotion
swirling and entwined in the depth...

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One of the joys of summer are lightning bugs.Do you remember, as a child, chasing them on a balmy evening? They are so elusive. When you see one in front of you and go to...

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NOT JUST ANOTHER WALK IN THE PARK

After biscuits for breakfast at Mama’s Boy…an Athens, Georgia landmark
we decided to walk off our calories with a stroll through Dudley Park.

Dudley Park is a beautiful place…not huge by...

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I love when the first blooms of spring begin, crocus in the garden, peaking from the snow; may flowers and troutlily soon begin to show
   The millions of trilliums gloriously painting the undergrowth of our...

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I went for a long hike in the forest today,
it was so quiet and peaceful along the trail;
I saw a cluster of tiger lilies gone wild,
and decided to write down this wildflower tale.

Along the trail...

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Have you ever, wandered into, a sequestered meadow
Surrounded by trees and mountains
Where the passerine song birds, sang songs with no words
Indian paintbrushes, rose up, like red fountains
The orange day lilies, and butterfly weeds
Danced, with the...

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Scarce had it rain'd - blue hued
drops showering down; 
in the witching hour I rode, 
where the earth is overrun by weeds, 
yellow fringed with black-eyed-susans; 
trees overhung with wild cherries.

Pacing past the sequester'd glen,...

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Glorious September
The month of my beginnings and my birth 
The evenings cool down as the Lazy Susans and Mums shine for all to see
The days grow shorter as evenings grow longer 
Hues of orange and...

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There is a certain comfort that comes to me
every spring, from perennials I planted years ago, that still pop up, beneath dark soil. 

  I often wonder how in the world they survived the...

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I tiptoed through the tulips
And leapt over the lavender bed
I covered the ground in red rose petals
And laid out a picnic spread
I winked at the Black Eyed Susans
And flirted with the buttercups
I sipped my glass...

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Mother Nature – Domestic Goddess

Mother Nature – domestic goddess
 Hides miracles in her pockets ~
Tomatoes on exit ramps – highway largess -
 Grow tranquil – neon red as flaming rockets.

Traipsing down the empty city sidewalks
...

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Wandering eye trapses the fertile meadow
Silhouetted reams the azure streams shadow
A cacophony of colors wild but mellow
Shroud the svelte canvas bridging ford and dale
Gilded lillies glistening in their satin veil
Goldenrods with cherubic halos in the...

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Summer sun embraced the verdant meadow
Sprinkling golden waves of heat across the lea
From tall Black-eyed Susans and Goldenrod,
To the cool, rippling brook where crayfish stay
Hidden beneath the moss-covered limestone,
Where young, barefoot boys were wont to...

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God's summer sculpture,
Divine and complex.

A season of bright sunshine and warmth,
Walks through God's beautiful garden.

A rainbow of flowers,
My favorite, the black-eyed susans.

Their dark spheres and yellow petals,
A bouquet smiling at me when I walk past.

The...

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Once I saw my sister out in the meadow
Picking wild daisies and black-eyed susans
She was happy then, I could easily tell,
I watched her from the veranda window
She tossed her lovely hair out of her eyes
And...

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Swaying fields of buttercup and yarrow 
Lavish goldenrod and dandelions 
Wild outside my garden walls
Protective of their independence
And carefree wanton ways
Yet bemused by how 
Just over yonder
the other half lives

Flirtatious gloriosa daisies 
Alluring yellow columbine
Coquettish...

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Tea Rose arrives first, claims her chair by the bird bath
as Irises turn bearded faces on the path.
They offer admiring glances to Gardenias,
who promenade ahead of the pink Begonias.

Black-Eyed Susans adorn our festive garden deck,
where...

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Bluebird…pretty little bluebird, see

all the budding Spring…beautiful 

chiming of melody and spruced up

leaves, shiny and thriving, dewdrop

tingling. Bluebird, come and see -

give us a sweet twiddle dee dee.

It’s Spring so alive with canopy skies

and the...

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All that we had to give her
Was wildflowers…
My four little girls and I

They worked like lil’ honeybees
With intense frowns on their faces 
And determined look in their eyes

Violets and black-eyed Susans
Gathered in lil’ grubby hands
‘neath...

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Lovers on a romantic rendezvous
feel summer's heat morphing into desire.
And adding to the feelings that accrue,
fireflies and twinkling stars stoke summer's fire.

Black-eyed-Susans, daisies, and wild roses,
witness passion in a moonlit meadow.
And under Luna's glow, he...

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Summer is the season of warmth and light,
imbued with color and sensual scents.
Green overshadows every hue in sight,
and overjoyed campers start pitching tents.

Caterpillars morph into butterflies,
while the brown-eyed Susans; sway to and fro.
And white cottony...

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An aerial tango of butterflies at play
 Jitterbug whirls on a balmy spring day
 Flowers sway as the wind makes them dance
 Awaiting  caresses as butterflies prance

 From flower to flower there's a dance...

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A drifting cloud anchors itself on the hillside
 Where admiral butterflies on warm breezes glide
 Beneath a sky of azure where meadows abide
 There are bird songs afloat, on winds they hitch a ride

 ...

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yarrow jamboree is five syllables
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Summer Jamboree

summer jubilee
 carnival spun in saffron ~
  long lemonade days

fields of sunflowers
glow like golden ocean waves ~
  summer fiesta

black-eyed susans spread
 into arid wilderness ~
  highway troubadours

drops...

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