Flower Moon Poems

Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku

Fukuda Chiyo-ni was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo.

Having seen the moon
I can bid...

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black sunflower sun
	onyx upon opal orb ~
		curious cat...

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Cool comforts from the moon shining in Spring
diverge from coming Summer's scorching sun.
Sweet honeysuckle lifts its trumpet string
to set swift tempo for the Springtime fun.

The...

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asleep in a bloom
on the lake of pearl moonbeams
water lily dreams

green frog in black night
drifting in rock-a-bye dark
where stars make their mark

moonlight tiptoes soft
on cool...

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Chase my tricks of dew 
among the narcissi
that sit atop 
my window sill
with flits of stolen 
galanthus 
I pilfered just for you.

I hasten that you...

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All the hot summer days I am found, sleeping late in my bed,
Dreaming of dusk and getting beauty rest, before sunset red;
For I'm an opal...

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Written: February 27, 2024
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Dwindling diamond daub, an amber
glittering glow
diaphanous verism...

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Backdoor wide open
A cream moon is coming in
Softly, like a dream.
Beyond red sun, pearly rays
in a lazy, lilac night.

Howling wind whimsy
'midst the fantasy flowers
in plum,...

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 Gather all the flowers let their beauty magnify
 and butterflies will come fluttering from an azure sky

 Gather all the trees that help us...

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The seventh kingdom sings that he was a drop of gold 
Who fell from the sky of golden sunlight to earth so cold 
Dragons brought...

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"We can't ever fathom, 
     when the ceasing flicker of hope 
         ...

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I was quite the cunning magician, famed for my illusions and sleight of hand,
Like cool tricks that jade green nature plays, that often we don't...

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crisp frosty morning
	ice subsides damp within grass ~
		brindled baby’s breath

(December Full Moon – Cree)
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Praises be to the moon my beloved Goddess
Blessing me with your sacred moonlight
Protecting me with the veil of night
Your beauty above ever so modest

The dark...

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Written: November 17, 2023 For Anoucheka Gangabissoon Contest
Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.~R.H. Heinlein
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I was...

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