Perfumed Garden
Twilight calls in soft floral amber lights,
Delicate in the scent of memory,
To fragile bowers of fragrant delights -
Saffron smiles wrapped in scented mystery.
Sinuous silk plumerias of myrrh
‘Twine satin fingertips ‘neath musky mantles
When gossamer hues of incense demur
Bluebellvines bloom in soft chimes with candles.
Tender scents of tuberose, sweet jasmine,
Float from this shy perfumed garden glen
Petals spread wide as lotus buds begin
To welcome gentle moonbeams touch again.
Trembling seeds arouse spice scents on bloom's skin
As in pure union harmony ascends.
7-14-22
Contest: It's All About the Three Q’s
Sponsor: Constance La France
Theme: Nature
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Quatorzain - 14 Lines, 10 Syllables per line
Bluebellvine is a flower in India.
Verdant green unfolds.
Buds that star my eyes.
Wings around me sing.
I crave Spring’s tweeting.
Its flow’ry sweeting.
Springs daffodils,
black-eyed susans,
painted roses,
plumerias.
Vivid hues —
merciful,
kindhearted,
invoke...
inspire...
love.
3/2/2021
Spring Diminished Hexaverse
Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger
Used HMS
Here now
Between two eternities
We love
Glimpse then
Change grow between harmony
We share
Seek spice
Fragrant as sweet plumerias
We see
Craze prompts
Contra with defiant action
We seize
Day hurls
Brisk traffic heavy laden
We sigh
Night flings
Sensations that sequester
We rest
Now here
Purpose and passion cluster
We see
Leon Enriquez
14 October 2017
Singapore
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