Palmetto Moon
I sleep on a palmetto moon.
You tell me that I rhyme too soon,
that my piano's out of tune,
and I'm crazy, like a loon.
We slept on fields of lily clover
You and me, this wild Irish rover.
Did I hear you say it's over?
Should I jump from Cliffs of Dover?
We slept, as you were lying
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Categories:
palmetto, flower, love, mental health,
Form: Rhyme
Palmetto Fronds
bright sun creeping west
palmetto fronds rise upward
nature is praying
written January 10, 2022
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Categories:
palmetto, nature, prayer, spiritual, tree,
Form: Haiku
Waving Palmetto
at her most fiercest,
angry Mother Nature, yet...
a palmetto waves
Date written: 12/04/2020
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Categories:
palmetto, nature, poetry,
Form: Haiku
The Palmetto Bug
Once while visiting my wife's mom
There was a disruption to the calm
When a very large palmetto bug
Went quickly scurrying across the rug
My wife was shaken down to her core
But her mother had seen them before
When it was just about to reach her
She put here bare foot on the creature!
I have to say that was a
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Categories:
palmetto, adventure, family, fear, funny,
Form: Couplet
Palmetto
I heard a Heavenly sound today,
I heard it so loud and clear.
It was so beautiful and so peaceful,
That the presence of God was near.
The sound was so very comforting,
With the altos and the tenors and bass.
If I would have closed my eyes,
I could have almost seen God’s face.
I could live a hundred years on earth,
And
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Categories:
palmetto, devotion, faith, inspirational, uplifting,
Form: I do not know?