Without You
...Flashing dusty lamp
The termite hill, damp
Cleft of a mountain unfinished
Its cliffs as though diminished.
Dewdrops decorating the window
The modest moonbeam show
Philodendron Birkin
Ancient w...
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Categories:
philodendron, memory,
Form: Free verse
Playing Dirt-Y
...I
one sees less-marketable manners, traits
as one plays with dirt - we used to say "soil," -
wherever I go, i will be pottering plants like Philodendron
II
today i was self-aware, I didn't min...
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Categories:
philodendron, beautiful, earth, education, environment,
Form: Bio
Philodendron
...heart shaped leaves
gorgeous verdant climbing vine
philodendron...
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Categories:
philodendron, garden,
Form: Haiku
You May Call Her Magi
...I was disappointed when I saw the plant she had chosen.
I have tried to raise these, and failed many times.
A philodendron, I said, pretending enthusiasm.
They like a dark place, not much sun, she...
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Categories:
philodendron, garden,
Form: Narrative
My Get Away Hideaway Treehouse Haven
...it is drizzling outside
oak tree looks in window
gasoline lamp is not unlike a faerie light
cozy comforter made by grandma
plush pillows on couch
a philodendron hangs from the limb of the tree...
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Categories:
philodendron, home,
Form: Free verse
Saturday Night 1964
...1964, Saturday night, 7 p.m.
Mom has prepared meatloaf, scalloped corn and baked potatoes.
We are okay with this, sitting behind our TV trays
In the living room, waiting for Lawrence Welk to come...
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Categories:
philodendron, nostalgia,
Form: Prose Poetry
Owner Dies
...philodendron plant
for first time turning yellow
her owner is gone...
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Categories:
philodendron, death,
Form: Senryu
Est'Bel Strolls
...Urges ushered Est’bel out of her abode –
a cottage cobbled together from cobwebs and clapboard –
and she scuttled forth,
her nesty hair tousled
by a leaf-laced breeze
In her bony hands she cl...
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Categories:
philodendron, magic, moon, night, woman,
Form: Free verse
Miniature Creatures and Nature
...HAIKU #1-14 (Taken from my files totaling 12,016 haiku, started in 2/9/06)
Ants red as wine A black spider seem to own
dine on yellow nectar ...
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Categories:
philodendron, nature,
Form: Haiku
A Walk In the Garden In Moonlight Part 1 of 2
...( Song of Solomon 4: 16 )
We Walked In The Garden At Midnight
We Walked Thru The Garden In Moonlight
Among Azealeas & Verbenas & Blue Jonquils
Sweet Honeysuckle, Yellow Primroses & Daffodils
Amon...
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Categories:
philodendron, allegory, anniversary, future, garden,
Form: Free verse
A Philodendron Cradles Its Young
...A philodendron cradles its young,
a winter's bud in February thaw.
Spring calls, its ancient rhyme of no-time
sings of days gone by.
Buds, with petals palm to palm, echo a reassurance song
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Categories:
philodendron, nature,
Form: Free verse
Hey Lady From Down Under, You Don'T Belong Down Under a Tablet of Talent
...and don't say no......i'll bet you if i had asked you to wrte me a poem about the beauty of a
mother with a nest of eggs,but make it as funny as you are capable of being...methinks you
may want t...
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Categories:
philodendron, angstday, write, wife, day,
Form: Monorhyme
A Very Vain Vine
...A VERY VAIN VINE
Twine twisted around a vine
Whilst the philodendron were doing just fine
No weed to choke a tulip by a bud beguiled
And there were no weeds to make certain we all smiled
La...
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Categories:
philodendron, angstangel, angel, me,
Form: Quintain (English)
Random Urine Test Another Poem a Total of 17 People At Best Will Read
...A VERY VAIN VINE
Twine twisted around a vine
Whilst the philodendron were doing just fine
No weed to choke a tulip by a bud beguiled
And there were no aphids to make certain we all smiled
L...
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Categories:
philodendron, angstangel, angel,
Form: Quintain (English)
Per Forming Philodendron
...Giant green hands on thin frond arms
Fingers spread to catch each drop
Of promised rain
Reflected shades of yellowed sheen
Waltz with shadowed hues of green
Lighter fingers wave in wind
Leaf ...
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Categories:
philodendron, nature,
Form: I do not know?
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