Categories:
magnolia, appreciation, flower, june, longing,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
magnolia, beauty, flower, nature,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
magnolia, appreciation, beauty, color, flower,
Form: Monoku
magnolia noblesse
the hues are washed
and lifted off the canvas
free the frail and delicate
gentle silky petals
caressed with spring's appeal
only pure magnolia
can offer such magnificence
beyond a stream of opulence
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories:
magnolia, spring,
Form: Free verse
Behind the Magnolia Curtain
Behind the magnolia curtain, childhood ne’er knew.
Drawn to Sleepy Hollow - over the river, really
mountains; and the thruway, to Grandma’s we go.
Magnificent magnolias, bountiful with perfume,
born when I was steeped in maturity. Now I know
the shiny leaves that tremble in hot ‘lanta breeze.
Whilst the ghosts of the Catskills clip clop; shadows
that fell the canopy of
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Categories:
magnolia, people, tree,
Form: Free verse
Magnolia Moments
When I whirl as wind,
unwavering ~
surfing on
watercolor wings
of simmering seasons,
which flicker
and fly through me,
filtering my faults
with a wrinkled fantasy,
I waltz whistling ~
in their whispering waves,
where the lachrymal leaf
of loneliness lulls me
to a lavender sanctuary
of sanguine sentiments,
beneath the drizzling doom
of sleepless stars.
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Categories:
magnolia, deep, devotion, emotions, heart,
Form: Free verse
moonlight magnolia
dreamy swaying matriarch
moonlight magnolia blossom bows glowing
appalachian southern sweetheart
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Categories:
magnolia, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Haiku
AN OWL, A MAGNOLIA TREE AND ME
I stopped to admire the stars this morning long before my walk was through.
When the moon has set and the sky is clear it’s something I often do.
As I stood there gazing up…there…in the blink of an eye
I saw a shooting star streak across the sky.
I often look for shooting stars and, I imagine, you’ll
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Categories:
magnolia, nature, star,
Form: Rhyme
The Old Magnolia Tree
You copped down the Magnolia tree,
it was one hundred years old, easily;
and now I am in mourning;
you should have given me a warning!
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Categories:
magnolia, nature,
Form: Rhyme
SPRINGTIME
Sunflower power brown face
Positive petals of hair in place
Rosy spirit raspberry grin
Intelligent fearless spirit white wins
Never nagging nightingale
Green stem dreams will not fail
Tulip touch of turquoise trust
Indigo iris pure no lust
Magnolia moods of mahogany
Emerald groove of Easter Lilly
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Categories:
magnolia, appreciation, bird, flower,
Form: Acrostic
The Magnolia Tree
There are those special moments in life
That become etched in one's heart
Leaving a sweet precious memory
Etched….. never to depart
I have one so treasured memory
Though so simple in its act
Entered my heart and stayed
With a huge impact
We had a beautiful Magnolia tree
In the front garden of a past abode
A florist asked if she could prune
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Categories:
magnolia, appreciation, blessing, simple, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
Magnolia Dreams
Someone seemed to have invented a whiter shade of pale,
there was a mindset - I won't do it in case I might fail;
the paleface thought he was smarter than the natives,
and bathed in the prospect of being given superlatives.
Mr. Kipling said that to be born an englishman (white),
was to win one of the great lotteries
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Categories:
magnolia, color, discrimination, immigration,
Form: Sonnet
Magnolia Warbler
black and yellow finch
cute Magnolia warbler
so lovely sparrow
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Categories:
magnolia, bird, seasons, september,
Form: Haiku
Magnolia
blooming magnolia
sweet the scent attracting bees ~
a southern summer
April 5, 2023
A New Nature Themed Haiku Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin
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Categories:
magnolia, flower, summer,
Form: Haiku
Magnolia Defends Herself
Like sweet cotton candy
are my flowers light pink
no one slips on them
nor do they stink
Schnookums, your cat
enjoys her window seat
eyeing birds in my arms
and I feel so complete
We go back many years
you've watched me grow
now I'm tall as the house
you love me -- I know
I beg you keep this in mind
(don't wish to cause hysteria)
but
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Categories:
magnolia, bird, cat, flower, life,
Form: Personification
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