Long Witch hazel Poems

Do not go back he said and for what.
To a childhood time many moons ago in Ireland
In a field of cocks of hay and a very hot summer day 
Being stung by two bees on...

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It’s not just Jesus who rose into grace with scars from nails and the cross

Trees grow new branches from knots like wounded soul’s blemish’s scars

A rainforest’s undergrowth thrives in the mist of weeping from heaven

Ebony...

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Coiled up for winter slumber it had rested the budding pledge

Soil still moist the promise is waiting for blossoms and sedge

To give host to migrating birds returning from busy regeneration

A miracle planted by knowing creation...

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                Shimmering Sun shining soft
               ...

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Under the Lampshades

You are hurriedly racing your crazy Cadillac,
looking to squeeze in more time at the yoga salon, 
and have a relaxing conversation under a set of palm trees out back, 
with sandwiches of desire...

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In the days that gradually thin, sprinkled with the last strands of sand,
Evening descends upon my old and warm soul,
Bony and stiff fingers, yearning for the warmth of the waning summer,
As the approach of autumn...

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SNOW WHITE


          Sparkling snow shows dazzling show.
           Jingle bells nod heads to and fro,
  ...

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It is you and me when two become one
          when time passes under a yellow moon
          ...

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In yard inside my haven home structure
appeared brown bear 
depressing during 
the darkest coldest times of the year
color is absent fragrance non clear
Blow the blossoms flowers are
winter still pansies and viola

My heart soul warm by...

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there is such a lark;
visions of gardens, butter flies lit up;
poisons passions of Lilly's dancing in the breeze;
impalas crossing over;
moths eating off the evergreens;
where's the soup, who ate the lemon trees;
what does this mean;
IT'S ALL...

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 YOU NEVER KNOW

Did the Russian brewer know his vodka’d splash the face,
Of a thin, dying, sailor, about to leave this place?

Did the cargo captain know his ship would plunge and plow,
Through stormy, gray, swelling...

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Spring flowers





Artemisia bear the colourful foliage
Bluebells carpet a magical sight
Coreopsis and cherries blossom
Daffodils are seen in jovial mood
Eranthis buds as the snow melts,
Forsythia screams it's spring time,
Grape hyacinths trumpet arrival 
Hellebore shows surprising resilience,
Irises have...

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Spring Garden

            Magnolia Tree at my garden gate welcomes guests.
           First spring flower blooms...

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Across the sky ghostly ashen clouds sail
whilst the dark night tells a tale;
for the world grows cold and very stale,
and the moon wears a dark veil.

October thirty-first, leaves a trail
for All Hallows Eve that never...

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There stood a witch stirring her cauldron, old and pocked, she was quite the gorgon;
And that malicious crone did her wicked work for the Devil:
Satan, that King of all vile sins, who smiles with his...

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GARDEN IN SPRING
    
                     At my garden gate guests are greeted by...

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Basset Hound had a gift to deliver, but he forgot to whom.
He had reminded himself by remembering to say witch’s broom.
Was it Witch Hazel? Asked his mother, trying to help.
He thought it was another, possibly...

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The trees has bloomed, the birds

Singing and dancing,celebrating

The new found spring..

The aroma of witch hazel fills the

Air spaces..

The butterflies coming out of

Their cocoon

Parading there beauty while gliding

Along.. 

Feeding from the nectar, they find

In blooming blossoms...

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                WINTER  ENTERING 

               Winter...

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Spring Garden

   Magnolia Tree is best 
    at my garden gate 
    to welcome guest,
    blooms first to rest. 

   Witch Hazel...

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He had concubines
He had call girls of curls and of wool
He had gigantic heart and tender soul
He had had desire for his nurse
He had witch hazel blending with his kisses
He had invited comfort and joy...

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After a long deep sleep
it comes regular as clockwork
the much awaited annual thaw
we witness the miraculous push
giving birth to primal budding

Pussy willows on branches
winter jasmine creeping myrtle 
witch hazel and daffodils
slowly dawn their colors

Surge of...

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