There I Lie
...Here I lie, enshrouded
by the orangery aura cast by
the fading rays of a setting sun
I have long waited for sunrise
I sit at the brink of yesterday
wrapped in the arms
of this lingering nigh...
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Categories:
orangery, depression, grief, loneliness, memory,
Form: Free verse
A Poem In Paradise
...The fragrance of fruit blossoms fills the air.
A book of poetry is on my lap.
I feel the sun, yet have escaped its glare
and feel so cozy I might take a nap!
But oh, one glorious vers...
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Categories:
orangery, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
Paradise Lost
...Paradise lost
Youthful memories is all that I have to cherish,
Agony of losing a dear one how can anyone embellish?
There were times my thoughts were so positive,
Your love my life, I was always imp...
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Categories:
orangery, loneliness, lost love, paradise,
Form: Rhyme
In the Orangery
...IN THE ORANGERY
In the orangery, her face glows
as sunstreaks rain like the snowfall.
A white bud stem her fingers pin.
Hush blush is her alabaster skin.
Her eyes focus to a book below,
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Categories:
orangery, art, beauty, fruit, imagery,
Form: Rondeau
In the Orangery
...she comes here to sit still, and be alone
the scent of orange blossoms in the air
of the outside world she is hardly aware
pouring over a book written by old masters
poems that transport her mi...
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Categories:
orangery, beauty, words,
Form: Rhyme
Poem In Paradise
...Lush
green
orange trees
laden with ripened fruit
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Categories:
orangery, garden,
Form: Free verse
A Little Piece of Paradise
...A Little Piece of Paradise
An Eden-like orangery, her secret place for refreshing reverie,
a haven, from an abusive marriage, where her body and mind are free.
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Categories:
orangery, abuse, emotions, freedom, longing,
Form: Rhyme
My Own Paradise
...I sat, all peaceful and calm
It was in the evening and it was warm
I opened a book and turned a few pages
Then, I let out a sign and let my mind make up images
I was bored
I felt old
Sitting always ...
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Categories:
orangery, adventure, angel, emotions, paradise,
Form: Rhyme
Paradise For We
...Paradise for We
My beautiful lady , my darling Estelle
sweet are the days while love rings it's bell
Paradise beckons our hearts as future opines
your beauty sings of roses and Blue Mountain pi...
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Categories:
orangery, beautiful, blessing, heaven, love,
Form: Sonnet
Japanese Butterfly
...My
Japanese Butterfly
Sole proprietor of my eye
Sole proprietor of my sky
Canary, strawberry
Colors extraordinary
She lives in an orangery
In a hole under an orange tree
Her kisses are of lem...
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Categories:
orangery, cute love, for her,
Form: Free verse
Orange Dawn
...Orange sky
Breaking waves
White crests crash
In thrashing rave
Dawn mists
Stroll the sands
Mimicking the sky
Like an orange band
The sleeping dunes
Await their morning chorus
Natures so...
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Categories:
orangery, inspirational, nature, sea
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
orangery, places
Form: Cinqku