berries ripen moon
mauve to indigo
sweetened by nature's largesse ~
mockingbird mayhem
(June Full Moon – Haida)
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Categories:
ripen, bird, celebration, environment, moon,
Form: Haiku
St Kabeer Couplets 5: Fruits Ripen Should Time Beckon
Slow down thy mental meter,
Slow and steady things happen,
Pour ye may pots of water,
Fruits ripen should time beckon.
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Dhire dhire re mana, dhire sab kucha hoye,
Mali sinche sau ghada, rtu aye phala hoye.
This couplet emphasizes on the importance of patience in life. Learn from nature, it says. Nature is never in a hurry, and still
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Categories:
ripen, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Summer Ripen Melons-
the watermelon
those fresh, cold strawberries hides
out of honeydew
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in the honeydew
so fresh, cold strawberries hides
oh watermelon
8/11/20
written word by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020 ©
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Categories:
ripen, analogy, appreciation, fruit,
Form: Haiku
Ah, To Age, To Ripen, To Mature
Ah, to age, to ripen, to mature
to grow sated in one’s being
embracing both weed and bud
the royal effete and the undignified.
To observe the nature of the wind
absorb the lessons of the sun
bask in the aura of moonlit mystery
sample the sustenance of spring rains.
To know and yet be teachable
feel yet not grow numb
touch yet leave no
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Categories:
ripen, age, growth, time,
Form: Free verse
Assaulted Chastity Ripen Into Bliss a Tale From Ramayna
O Ahalya
celestial beauty
bloom like lotus
ivory red pink lips
supple like snake
fragrant like rose
A king Indra
a majestic man
radiant like moon
overwhelmed by Ahalya's
beauty like heaven
yes become mindless,
crazy like cupid
disguised as Gautama
sneaked in hermitage
eyes like stars
words like honey
lips like pink butter
O great sage Gautama
your heart pure like god
knew no falsehoods
penance like fire
O king of deities
you Sneaking in,
joined
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Categories:
ripen, analogy, anger, beauty, conflict,
Form: Epic
A Scene of Colours To Ripen the Imagination
A scene of colours to ripen the imagination
The brown dog played with the blue ball on the green grass patch
A ginger cat watched sat on a wall next to the red gate with a latch
The black and white mice lived under the orange shed but peeped out to see the brown dog catch
Two pinkish worms
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Categories:
ripen, color,
Form: I do not know?
Strawberries Ripen
strawberries ripen
from sun's sweet tender kisses
hardness shows desire
(June 1st, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin USA)
(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved
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Categories:
ripen, introspection, life, love, passion
Form: Haiku