Long Zinnia Poems

The Original Sin: Rhyming Haiku!
 
Haiku
should never rhyme:
it’s a crime!
-Michael R. Burch
 
The herons stand,
sentry-like, at attention ...
rigid observers of some unknown command.
-Michael R. Burch
 
Late
fall;
all
the golden leaves turn black underfoot:
soot
-Michael R. Burch
 
Dry leaf...

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I was a skillful, amiable nursery worker, cultivating blooms in a greenhouse,
Like feverish and fragrant blooms, often grown in redbird's green treehouse.

Hours were spent sowing seeds, adjusting conditions, and also and pruning,
As June full moon...

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Placed First in Zen, Zinnia, Zephyr Words Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France

“You are beautiful because of the light 
you carry within you."  – Alexandra Elle

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It 
is the
persona 
naught 
beseech 
favors from
those four
elements
Earth, Wind,
Water, and Fire
for the restoration
of life or to maintain
said life through merely
to being Native American
tribes symbolize Zinnias as
patience and resilience,
linking nature with
human
perseverance.

time to hunt ... to fish
survive...

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My brother, John, was older than me; and I had ever looked up to him,
As a golden sun seems always with you, but comes and goes at whim.

My brother, John, taught me to roller skate,...

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Ajuga, will be a must, a blue beauty that blows in the wind.
Bellflowers, charming and faithful and lovely, of course I must have
Candy Tufts from gardens of long gone, enchanting. And mother's favourite,
Daylilies, in a...

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Ode to Flowers

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Floriography

Allamanda in April slowly open its trumpets around posts that look like 
Buttercups of honey for bees to dive in to replenish their striped bellies
Crocus's yellow stigmas that flavour our food are a blessing by...

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CHILDREN OF THE MIDSUMMER GARDEN

Dreamy midsummer comes to the garden
 Leaving her perfume so intoxicating
Colors float up – bounce like a fountain
 Autumn comes soon – a lady-in-waiting.

What can you say about fragrant Rose?
 So...

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Apple blossoms derived from the Wild crab
Birds of paradise resemble a brightly colored bird in flight
Cosmos flowers are very popular among gardeners for its beauty
Dogwood is a symbol of Christianity

Eastern redbud known as spice wood...

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Amaryllis is called naked lady
                             Bloodroots’ leaves...

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 1st Place Winner 
As she drinks nectar from a flower, sweetness from heaven falls like dew  anointed with a gentle rain amidst sun showers she appears as if on cue
Lifting her wings she...

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As she drinks nectar from a flower, sweetness from heaven falls like dew  
anointed with a gentle rain amidst sun showers she appears as if on cue
 
Lifting her wings she lands on a...

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Apple blossoms in abundance; sweet aroma in the air.
Begonias burst with brilliance. Blue bells pop up everywhere.
Cherry blossoms cheer with pink; corn flowers cluster blue.
Dandelions dance with wind; Daffodils dance too.
Easter Lily, always early, blooms...

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Written: February 24, 2024
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Moonbeams kindle ambrosian dreams
Love evolves on auric gleams 
A gem in...

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As she drinks nectar from a flower, sweetness from heaven falls like dew  
anointed with a gentle rain amidst sun showers she appears as if on cue
 
Lifting her wings she lands on a...

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A is for Annie Apple Blossom she buds in the Spring. 
B is Betty Baby Breath she's such a dainty thing.

C is for Miss Candy Tuft pink-cheeked with hair of gold.
D is Debbie Dandelion who...

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What's in a name, you say
  Is a rose still a rose by any other
And isn't 'Mom' a lot more loving
  Than calling her 'Mother' 

A name is an occupation, a means to...

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A flower beginning with A is easy you see, an Aster I would sow
Bluebells of every colour and size in most gardens grow

Colourful  Cornflower and Coneflower fills the scene,
Dianthus and Daisy look bright and...

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The delicate iris, long may it wave
   through sun and rain, its blues to rave.
   ...rave on.

The steadfast rose, our eyes it pulls,
   with reds so vivid, layers full.
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Zinnia Grandiflora a golden beauty 
Yellow Prairie Coneflower conical cutie

Xerophilous plants designed to survive
Waterlily attached to bottom soil to stay alive

Venus Fly Trap grows wild in marshes
Ulmus grows wild along with birches

Texas Bluebonnet cover fields...

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Spring Flowers
      
       Allium is raising Spring’s alarm.
       Begonia is beating Spring’s drum.
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“If we sit down and gently gaze at a butterfly
With a tranquil mind and calm spirit free from stress
Like happiness, it may come and rest on our palm 
Heedless for a while, and then part...

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Written: April 19, 2024 For Constance la France Z Words Contest

Rumi Quote: "Flowers every night blossom in the sky; Peace in the Infinite, At peace, am I"
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A long time afterward have bloomed the flowers of love at last
A long time afterward the pigeon has dropped the letter of love

The two nations Cuba and the USA though lie close to each other
Nevertheless...

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