Moonflower Poems

Luna's Bouquets

twilight’s prized flower 
flute bells enlightenment ~
luna’s bride bouquets                           

Moonflower

Moonflower jaded 
dewy leaves surround night’s bloom~
phantasmic nightlamps

Moonflower Of Maleficent Magnificence

Ah, luminous white she blooms a deceptive ghost  
lover of dark arts ripe in charisma and night
moon seducer  logic diffuser  defense reducer  
user of dreams  abuser of romance
tempter-serpent twines and vines
a tendril's slither  noiseless
vanilla viper—  she’s a fever teaser
damn well make you a heartbreak believer

celestial and terrestrial 

Moonflower

We showcased our hearts and wounds to each other in hopes we would stick around to see better shapes. 
I didn't get to trace all of you with my fingertips, unfortunately you shredded some pages that you tore out of our book and kept not all the details in one place. 
But the story of

Nature Poems by Michael R Burch

These are nature poems about unusual plants like the moonflower and agave.



Moonflower
by Michael R. Burch

after Robert Hayden

Marveling,
we at last beheld the achieved flower—
both awed and repelled by its alienness,
its moonlit petals,
its cloying fragrance,
its transcendence,
its shimmering and wavering intimations of mortality ...



To Flower
by Michael R. Burch

We are not long for this earth, I know—
you and I,

moonflower

I …

am provenience …
the heel of my father’s foot -
the damp of his brow
and his burgeon …
I am my mother’s bloom
sown in the soil of her intentions
seeded with wonder
and promise …
but some petals unfurl only in
the dead of night -
haunted gardens tended by
half-wished ghosts
phantoms …
frozen to their duties by the
mists of recollection -
icy arbors of

African Moonflower On a Moon Day

                      Moonflower with white trumpet-shaped bloom
                      Dewy emerald leaves surround in nights gloom.

Moonflower

FLOR DE` LUNA

tuned into Luna’s song, pipes of vine voice briefly night’s moon bloom divine

Moonflower

Oh dreamy lass of fragrant wiles,
            a parasol of white unfurled..
your bloom beguiles her moonlight miles,
a mirror pale in petals whorled.
                       

My Dream Date Over a Moonflower

My Dream Date Over A Moonflower 

 
She be a Toyota amongst Ferraris

Nondescript, simple, garden variety

A book with a plain cover

Yet with pages that intrigue

Pages that enlighten

And raises my eyebrows

And especially

A book that I can't put down

And want to read over and over

Unlike others

She'd take life slow

Definitely in moderation

Definitely with an eye on spiritual riches

Instead

Moonflower

Moonflowers  l a z i l y  unfurl
Savoring the stunning moonlight.
A faultless nocturnal white pearl.
Moonflowers  l a z i l y  unfurl,
A catnip scent, fluffy moths swirl
Needful pollinate they alight.
Moonflowers  l a z i l y  unfurl
Savoring the stunning moonlight.

8/23/2022

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Drowning Moonflower

Drowning moonflower 
pulsating, 
it waits just to speak.

Moonflowers

Moonflowers bloom in the dark
I long to learn their secret
for it doesn’t appear the sun will ever shine on me
to let me out of the shell of my seed to sprout
I planted them along the fence at the back of the garden 
to block out the ugliness beyond
their vines winding wild around the wires
large luminescent

Moonflower

Enchanting moment
Ephemeral moonflower
Blossoms in beauty
Bathed in opaline starlight 
Through midnight hours unobserved.

Moonflower Haiku

Alone, weeps in the night.
             Whippoorwill, goes to her side.
             Comfort, in moonlight.


                        3-3-2021
   

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