Flower River Poems

A life is pending on the earth. 
as it is a dream of mine. 
It is not necessary that he be a human.
A flower can...

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A gurgling brook
Surrounded by large oak trees
Flowers everywhere
And a blanket for the ground
Best picnic place ever found!
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If 
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river is waist deep
ambience of lily pads 
swings elephant trunks
multitude of rubbernecks
in dugout canoes; and me

1/31/2023...

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Our life is as evanescent as the 
trumpet flower of the morning glory. 
The merest chapter in the history 
of mankind’s ever compelling story. 
Various...

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Soaring Amidst Song

sudden chance meeting
of a cheetah and monkey
then green treetop flight


Happenstance 

zebra on the plain
rain ended, here is the sun
and rainbow's hued stripes


Scent and...

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big strong furry brown
fishing for salmon with paws~
prancing through flowers   




Date Written: 4/12/2022

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Son, each day I will ride
Through waving cottonwoods
Near the broad river bend
Where the wild blue flax grows.

It is a special place
That your grandfather knew
Where he...

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“Transformation of winter into spring shares hopeful hearts” by Poet

Winter’s Transformation

Bird songs reverberate from tree to tree
songs that elate when they reach the ears.
Spring is...

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Leaves rustle; blossoms
bath in the lazy river —
springtime mountain dew...

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Why did that lamp lose its light?
Your thoughts taking fancy flight, 
I kept it burning all night….

Why should a fresh flower die?
Pressed close to my...

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Many rose petals floating downstream on a gleaming river
They move so slowly, almost getting lost in the sun's white glare
The monks on the riverbank seem...

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Sotoba Komachi is a modern Noh play by Yukio Mishima (1925-1970). Mishima's play is based on an ancient work by Kan'ami Kiyotsugu (1333-1384). The first...

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Bluebells curtsy mildew pasture
Vibrant, submissive, indigo chimes
Blooms convene, witnessing daybreak
Vain, boastful, early spring unveils,
English bulbs amidst sweet woodland scent.

Floral rivers flourishing below
The matured red stags...

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Elithene
The river nymph she calls to me in her fluid tones 
of bubbling ecstasy.
Her echo soaking each flower and frond, every stone she strokes with...

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