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Penstemon Poems - Poems about Penstemon


Premium Member Like a Sparkling Roman Candle -
...Like a sparkling Roman candle – Parry’s penstemon dots the canyon. Oh, what deep purple bells! That decorate the trail along Where pebblestones were swept aside And sway with the bree......

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Categories: penstemon, firework, flower, green, purple,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Behold the Marvelous Wildflowers!
...Behold the marvelous wildflowers! How they boldly carpet a sloping glen – Our gift from Earth’s seasonal showers. Hardly is the desert recognizable Come March to an untrained eye when Spring ......

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Categories: penstemon, flower, march, spring,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Gentle Earth, I Beg of You -
...Gentle Earth, I beg of you – Whisper to us the first sign of spring. Annul this wintry despair And a season of life anew, bring. From the depths of Baja Carry the warmth in upon a draft. Pok......

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Categories: penstemon, earth, march, nature,
Form: Rhyme
My Garden
...Looking out upon my garden on spring morning dew on grass, new shoots appearing natures best daffodils, tulips, primrose, beautiful new life dawning pollinators emerge collecting pollen after w......

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Categories: penstemon, beauty, daffodils, feelings, garden,
Form: Ode
Discretion Is the Better Part of Valour
...DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOUR The river has run dry, its bed is empty sand. Across the flower carpet’s dim and dusty land Penstemon and brave little Brittlebush, Expecting an inundation......

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Categories: penstemon, summer,
Form: Couplet



Sonoran Summer
...SONORAN SUMMER The river has run dry, its dripless bed is empty, and Crossing the flower carpet dim and dusty, parched Penstemon and brave little brittlebush, Expecting an inundation, stretch i......

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Categories: penstemon, flower, nature,
Form: Alliteration

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