Warrior's Lament
...Mountain laurel perfume wafted in the soft breeze.
Myriads of flittering birds sang in the trees.
At peace on our cabin porch with feet on the rail
Until a trumpet blast called me to hit ...
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Categories:
mountain laurel, bird, death, peace, smile,
Form: Rhyme
Raptor's Eye
...EarthCare Elders
repurposed our red brick industrial
BrownField
Including a rusted metal box
the size and shape of a giant's coffin
orange and dingy brown
metal flaking paradox
floating towa...
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Categories:
mountain laurel, earth, health, power,
Form: Political Verse
Ode To Survival
...Ode To Survival
As I sit here in this still cemetery facing nomadic west,
Under these ancient oaks with deep green leaves descending,
I see the ghostly dead before me rising up as star zephyrs,
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Categories:
mountain laurel, death, life,
Form: Free verse
Mountain Laurel
...Beautiful spring blooms
Decorate the light and dark
Essence of the heart...
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Categories:
mountain laurel, beauty, flower, for her,
Form: Haiku
Ervin's Garden On the Hill
...one would wonder where is this garden on the hill
unsighted from many searches, now I’m standing still
bewildered and weary I sat down on a log to rest
I know that I have given it my best.
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Categories:
mountain laurel, dream, garden, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
No Fanfare For This Common Man
...zealotry yawping within un
pretentious sporty, quirky,
oddly, manly, kooky, impisly, gummy,
edgy, dorky, cocky, belly airs
to disseminate, a quick
literary flourishing brushstro...
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Categories:
mountain laurel, adventure, animal, blessing, body,
Form: I do not know?
White
...White, like ice
still burns like fire
How beautiful it seems,
The flower bleeding poison
White Calla trumpets
Veratrum’s snowy star
Lacy mountain laurel
Bloodroot’s sweet slumber
Snow is ...
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Categories:
mountain laurel, death, silence, snow,
Form: I do not know?
Spring Flowers
...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 flav...
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Categories:
mountain laurel, allusion, flower, spring,
Form: Free verse
Abecedarian Blooms
...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
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Categories:
mountain laurel, april, flower, spring,
Form: Abecedarian
Spring Flowers
...A valley of flowers and season of spring
Base is green with colourful toppings
Coveted vibrant gems are dropping
Decorated board looks so alive
Evening dusky shadows arrive
Frame as fragile as a...
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Categories:
mountain laurel, flower, spring, daffodils,
Form: Abecedarian
Greenbrier River Dreams
...The clouds drape low,
shrugging blue mountain shoulders,
melding with ghostly river mist
ascending in specterous vapor trails
salted with primordial tears.
Between stately mottled sycamores
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Categories:
mountain laurel, dream, imagery, mountains, places,
Form: Free verse
Awe
...As man unravels the mysteries
Of God's creation some loose
Their awe of God's power
Seeing more instills within more
His omniscience, his love
Fills my heart and soul
I want to praise Him
Fo...
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Categories:
mountain laurel, animals, faith, inspirational, life,
Form: I do not know?
Share
...White blossoms of the Mountain Laurel
Contrasted to the waxy green leaves
Nestled under trees along the creek
Showing some of the beauty of spring
Snuggled on a blanket close to the edge
Enj...
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Categories:
mountain laurel, animals, fantasy, friendship, imagination,
Form: I do not know?