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Magnificent, Magnolious Saucer Magnolias

Twenty years ago this month I was in Enid A. Haupt Garden, a manicured
garden surrounded by two rows of saucer magnolia trees. The magnolious
large, cup shaped flowers showcasing breathtaking display of white or
pinkish-purple petals with outer petals of darker shade of pink or purple.

The petals, thick, soft and velvety scattered on the ground and benches.
I

Categories: magnolias, flower,
Form: Free verse

Steel Magnolias

Steel magnolias
By Michelle Morris
21/03/2023

I am a steel magnolia
Don't underestimate my strength
I have more backbone than ten men
And no time for false pretences 

I've lived through unimaginable things
I've survived and thrived despite it all
I refuse to put limitations on myself
I will succeed by sheer force of will

We are steel magnolias
Don't underestimate our strength
We are the women

Categories: magnolias, blessing, inspirational, life, power,
Form: Rhyme

Moonlight On Magnolias

Moonlight on magnolias, cream on cream
in the breathless hours of raven midnight.
So caught up in fragrant, dreamy delight
in beauty fraught, satin, platinum beams.
Darkness can be so much more than it seems
bringing beauteous, hidden truths to light,
Moonlight on magnolias.

In dusky shadows, fantasies take flight
in the hours of springtime's deep green regime.
Then stars twinkle, and pearl moon

Categories: magnolias, beauty, dream, flower, moon,
Form: Other

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Daisy's Sweet Magnolias

Daisy's Sweet Magnolias 

As the sun shines so bright
   The iridescent glow of yellow
Makes my eyes close so tight;
   Produces a vision emanating a distinctive sense
Of warmth and joyfulness
   Within my sight.

This feeling intensifies and transforms
   Into long golden tresses....
Reveals a presence of a young little girl,

Categories: magnolias, appreciation, flower, girl, giving,
Form: Prose

The Magnolias Were Magnificent

a sea of luscious buds -
pink promises
ready to burst into bloom.

That night,
the freeze came,
withered the petals
to shriveled brown remains

But is this sadder
than never to have budded
at all?

April 12, 2018

Categories: magnolias, nature,
Form: Free verse

Spring Flowers

After winter’s cold, Apple Blossoms unfold.
Bright, fresh spring brings Bluebells to behold.
Cheery Blossoms burst then dance to ground.
Delightful Dahlias bloom spring all around.
Eastern Redbuds warm cold winter emotion and
Fresh Freesia compliments each spring notion.
Gardenias touch each faith-filled belief.
Hardy Heath hones its spring dream leaf.
Impatiens show the power of flowers.
Jasmine’s scent is softly layered while
Kangaroo Paws

Categories: magnolias, flower, spring,
Form: Abecedarian

Whiskey Magnolias

whiskey magnolias...

patchwork tongues
dart at the deep glass glistening--

We are painting the
wrought-iron spider webs
with silver moonlight.

My soul and the universe
are burning
at both ends.

Categories: magnolias, halloween, metaphor, moon, spiritual,
Form: Alliteration

Magnolias

erased to try and get it published

Categories: magnolias, absence, flower,
Form: Free verse

Crying Magnolias

When my heart is caving in and I feel all alone,
I wake up in the morning so far away from home.
When my soul is crying out and I feel like I'm lost,
I'll hold my head up proud so I will pay the cost.
So life won't pass me by, I'll live while I can.
Make the best

Categories: magnolias, death, dedication, depression, funeral,
Form: Free verse

Magnolias

The heady scent of summer nights 
will glorify a lady much adored;
musky premonitions of an unrequited love, 
a passion much too deep to be ignored.

All-consuming frenzy, reason does not rule 
his fevered mind. She has said: 'No more!' 
yet he won't accept her condemnation, won't endure 
a heartache that would cut him to the core.

Magnolias

Categories: magnolias, adventure
Form: Quatrain