Top 25 Results (Member Poems)

Bougainvillea

It glanced seductively at Louis with intricate petals and thorns from the roadside

A weedy hawker peddled the evergreen climber to make meagre ends meet

Measuring up philanthropy and potential for growth Louis dug down in his pockets

Found a new home for the tree as he sought wild abundance and passionate care

Knew nothing about inflorescence and internodes but was enchanted by beauty


Antoinette his young lover and soulmate encouraged the deal knew about botany

While he marvelled at her gait and anatomy long enough to notice the seeds

Visions of swell budding nature embraced and caressed copious plenteous bounty

Lush pink flowers like the innocent blush on faces after commensurate move sent

Delightful shivers down his loins as he smelt musk though the plant has no scent


A love affair uncontrollable emotions gentle pricks of the thorn and delight

Five sepals and they named them faith kindness compassion exultation and hope

Like the name giving explorer Louis circumnavigated earth moon and sunshine

Kept the most wonderful travels from her navel to wild luscious heavenly harbour 

Flowerets of communion branches of intricate journeys and spread of infinite joy


They sailed the oceans together with no compass no chart only light from inside

Discovered all glorious reds orange chakras purple indigo and innocent white

Made love in radiant glows of their garden in vibrant evocative synesthetic flow

The Universe applauded chanted approval as they danced naked under awesome

Canopies dawning awnings and became the hippies they had always wanted to be


20th March 2019