Pretty Polly Practiced Planting Posies
pretty Polly practiced planting posies
purple primrose, pink petunias, plants protected by
prideful, placid, preening peacocks.
produce provided by Polly’s plentiful garden
pleases Peterson, plant president of Puffin Produce.
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Categories:
posies, word play,
Form: Alliteration
vase of posies
grandma's garden blooms
grand daughter cuts precious rose
ends up in a vase
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Categories:
posies, flower,
Form: Haiku
Paenitentia
We can mortify our flesh,
wear our sign of confession,
perform our penance,
bear portions of scratchy sackcloth
so rough, so abrasive, against our bare backs.
Our sideboard now bears such a treasure,
three posies, nosegays, tussie-mussies,
bound in such pieces that would
love to scratch at our naked flesh
if we pressed it against our chests, our bellies, our backs.
Do we think of
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Categories:
posies, anger, riddle,
Form: Free verse
The Primrose Posies
The primrose posies
unique to our countryside
scatter their beauty
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Categories:
posies, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Haiku
No Posies In My Pocket
I've gone,
to where,
my sorrowful soul,
was waiting for me.
Deep darkness enticed me to play,
I never could as a child,
because growing up,
came quickly for me.
The memories of stinging bees,
beneath my bare feet,
and winds that blew away,
my dandelion wishes.
The clouds always drew,
dark pictures,
as I sat on my swing,
letting the deep darkness,
push me.
Vickie
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Categories:
posies, childhood, cry, depression, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Expressionist Posies
Wild are the spring flowers which win my heart
wood violets blue, and those Johnnie jump-Up starts
waves of ajunta burgundy glow
pierced with lost daffodils standing apart
a gourmands delight admired a la carte
'mong seas of forsythia fences are draped.
Bushes of fuzzywillows looking smart,
cozy up to dirt roads soften the heart.
even the dandelions make
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Categories:
posies, nature, daffodils,
Form: Sonnet