Ambrosia
...Ambrosia
Ambrosia floral scents emitted from plants
Reveal intentions with a presentation
Of heady fragrances arousing the senses:
Ragweed genus, beautiful and romantic.
Pleasurable m...
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Categories:
ragweed, flower, nature, surreal,
Form: Verse
Pitfalls of Spring
...Spring is reknowned for its return of things,
allergies from tree pollen and ragweed,
warmer weather, fields of heather that brings
sneezing and sniffling noses, so take heed.
River ice thaws, ...
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Categories:
ragweed, spring,
Form: Sonnet
A Bunch of Trivia
...At the closest point, Russia and the U.S.
Are less than two miles apart
If an altercation breaks out between them
Using bikes instead of tanks would be smart
Baby robins eat 14 feet of ...
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Categories:
ragweed, allusion, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Garden of Regret
...His Version of Garden of Hurt
Here I lie in this pit, this grave, that I have dug I guess you could say, this garden of regret that I have planted here, to remind me of bittersweet yesterdays
Yes...
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Categories:
ragweed, death, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Sophers
...From the memoirs
he smiled
laughing evil
might his cohorts
agree
an evil smile
upon his burlapped
face he opened
his eyes to see
he offered
Crabgrass and Brier wreaths
with ragweed pollen ...
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Categories:
ragweed, adventure, atheist, autumn, christian,
Form: Bio
August
...The month of August in the deep south
Signals the first of many ragweed blooms
The lush greens toast to brown
The creeks finally run clear
And about one inch deep
Days are spent hiding from the...
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Categories:
ragweed, august, weather,
Form: Free verse
Rx
...to the tune of Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit
One pill for attention,
One for cholesterol,
And the one that makes you smarter:
Most expensive of them all.
Go Cialis
When you can...
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Categories:
ragweed, parody,
Form: Rhyme
Summer Allergies
...A field full of lovely black-eyed susans
A patch of ground I must view from afar,
For my allergies flare at the intrusions
My sinuses start burning like fire.
My eyes erupt in uncon...
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Categories:
ragweed, environment, flower, places, sick,
Form: Light Verse
Pollen Count Is Up
...I saw several Johnny-Jump-Ups today
In the meadow they have come to play
Shouting to me as I pass them by,
The pollen is heavy, I’m starting to cry
This spring ailment cuts short my w...
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Categories:
ragweed, nature, senses, spring,
Form: Light Verse
Balconied Trees
...WHEN awakened by a sudden thing as Life
what to do?
i took my mouth in hand and walked down
the mountain to a river. My curious tale
behind me it was the bleat of a sound within
my throat tha...
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Categories:
ragweed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Covid
...We did the right thing
Tried to stay well
We stayed at home
At times it felt like a cell
Then a vaccine appeared
We felt set free
The devil worked his magic
And he danced with glee
A...
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Categories:
ragweed, husband,
Form: Rhyme
Sumer Is Icumen In: An Update For Allergy Sufferers
...Sumer is icumen in
a modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
This is an update of an old classic for those of us who suffer with hay fever and other allergies ...
Sumer i...
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Categories:
ragweed, daffodils, flower, health, pollution,
Form: Verse
Garden of Hurt
...Here I lie in your garden of hurt, surrounded by the bitter truth, that you have embedded into this dirt
The loving hands that used to tenderly brush the dirt away, now has no time to till away in t...
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Categories:
ragweed, garden, heartbreak, hurt, miss
Form: Rhyme
Royal Reasoning
...a narrative with alliteration
Royal radio reviews the Rainbow Raffle Rally planned to raise rubles
for the rugged racetrack recently recommended ‘round Rybinsk Reservoir.
One rich ruler, who...
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Categories:
ragweed, 11th grade, race, rainbow,
Form: Narrative
Haiku 79
...smoke
on the horizon
forest fire
harvest dust
field in motion
combines
ragweed
in full bloom
allergy...
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Categories:
ragweed, autumn,
Form: Haiku
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