Long Waterlilies Poems

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Written: November 19, 2023, For Ink Empress Contest

The garden of the world has no limits except in your mind. Its presence is more beautiful than the stars with more clarity than the polished mirror of...

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This girl of fifteen, people said was ugly.
At home she didn’t have a mirror because
her parents thought she would lose heart 
seeing her face so ugly. She liked to be alone
with herself, often swinging her...

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Nature's Treasures

A fleeting monarch butterfly greets me on my walk,
Fluttering about, the exquisite orange and black colour,
The conversation subtle and delightful,
Landing on a branch of green leaves of a bush,
I continue and i am blessed...

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Oh to observe the world in all its beauty
Just for a moment to ignore what is wrong 
And all we do that is wrong and all that should be 
To see to observe, to treasure,to...

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This girl of fifteen, people said she was ugly.
Her home didn’t have a mirror
Parents thought she would lose heart seeing her face so ugly.
She spent her time with herself playing with the waterlilies in a...

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frantic talent
among willow  shadows
capsized boats
in trawls meshes
the spiders spinning brocades

lights at the window
someone waiting for us
an ardent desire floating in the air
set free
the moon soal wandering

a cock
sifting the stars with kikeriki
in the lake full...

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This is my love letter to our lovely planet oasis
Alas taken for granted and abused on a daily basis
Through the years she’s provided me with much joy and wonder
She’s filled my heart with awesome scenes...

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waterlilies promenading
in a lonesome pond
are glimmering jewels
of green onyx and emerald
exuding empyrean elegance
of your perennial aura 

oh, the purplish water
that holds her tiny roots
gently interchanging 
like a melody transposing
from monophony to polyphony 
whilst lilac and...

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With Athena's wise courage 
and the fierce confidence of Artemis'
The lily pond smiles back at Esmeralda
hypnotizing waterlilies-
beauty so cleansed
the water can't mimic her movements.
The enchanting dark haunts the lively garden-
hidden within a forest,
behind a cottage...

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Monet in 1893
   acquired a house in Giverny
      with a garden that sloped  
             ...

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I rinsed my paintbrushes in the Rideau River
Watching a kaleidoscope of colours
Dance with such an intensity
It was the first time I
Saw
Acrylics come to life
Among the minnows
I am Vincent Van Gogh, 
I am
Coated in
Deep Crimson Reds...

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I want someone who likes that
  I talk to Buddha
  I love waterlilies
  I eat with chopsticks in blue Chinese dishes

I want someone
  who respects my silences
  who recognizes the...

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as my torso 
slipped past
pastel waterlilies,
I noticed with a start
a light glinting
off each petal,
then smearing
it in rainbows
of threads


it was as if, 
water dimensions
were letting me 
slip through,
and peek


illusions took hold
and as each shimmer
turned into a...

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Dragonflies practice their ballet
Tendering aflutter their cordial invites
To a world of whimsy and frivolity
A playful shimmer of glistening ripples
Mirrors of gilded sunlight enchantment
In a universe of magic and serenity
A microcosm of enticing fantasy
A hint of...

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Back when I was a teenager
I was probably normal
Tempestuous
Alone and misunderstood
When I picked up a pen
And let it all out
No holds barred
And the release felt good

That’s when I discovered poetry
I could turn the worst feelings...

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They walk among us
the peacemakers
their thoughts of crystal
and hearts so pure

They walk among us
with their eyes of love
kindness overflowing
they reach out to our souls

They walk among us
treading lightly
like gentle breezes
they infiltrate our hearts

They walk among...

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Pink Roses of Sharon
hugging the streetlamp
The blue sky with
sand texturred clouds
is like a reflection
of water and the beach
An oasis of green grass...
with pink, orange, red and yellow
Mums floating like waterlilies
in the green water...
Birds stop and...

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STRETCH ME

Stretch me to the sky
Stream like a stream
Slippery,snaky darkness
Same old greasy shades
Stipple not young minds
Stimulate weary lilies.

I'm on my way ,mincing
On a sick dream
Let this plight does not pall
A shroud on blooming youth .

My...

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If I had my way
I would come back
as a droning dragonfly
strong and determined
or maybe a damselfly
dainty and graceful

Either way
I’d surf the sky
every hour of the day
and hover on and on
over drifting waterlilies
the whole night through

In...

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