Short Clematis Poems

I draw
the curtains-
in the sunshine
the clematis beams a 
bonjour...

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Clematis petals die in June-
                  hope buds a second bloom

8/6 form...

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honeysuckle vine
wraps tenacles to trellis....
clematis demise  ...

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Our Spring
visitor
dressed in deep blue-
calls once again to say
hello

(Clematis Lasurtum)...

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softly caressed
by red crushed velvet
she flaunts her sensuality

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white clematis stars
fragrance spills onto home’s deck
pervasive river

9/3/2022...

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Summer Clematis of late
Blooming by the garden gate
Frost go away today; wait
So the bloom won't dissipate...

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Blossoms open now
Clematis' radiates warmth..
The heat pump clicks on
The woods are dotted with blooms
Wild Azalea's orange chilled...

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softly caressed by red crushed velvet she flaunts her sensuality


'Bring Back Color' Contest
Hosted by Kim Rodrigues
Placed 1st
Posted 19th January 2019...

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Hawthorn,clematis,white on green
Butterflies decorate the scene;
Acers,red purpled smoke tree,
Nature's expressions,each May I see;
Priceless..art in my outdoor gallery...

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a trellis cascade
creeping beauty on the fence
in pink white or red

my purple climber
been around, going somewhere
new as morning dew

pretty whites and blues
happy on my garden wall
lost in the summer...

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the secret scent of violets-
wild woodland walks,sweet wonderment
the rose of beauty,so fragrant-
yet borne upon a thorn,deliquent
clematis,pansy and their ilk-
clothe summer gardens,natural silk


inpired by Christina Rossetti's Lilies of the field...

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color, flower, nature, rain, red, star, sun,




Climbing clematis 
Creep in among the trellis
And coloured stars show!


Rain and sun are needed
For blooming clematis buds
And butterflies to come!

Vases hold clematis
While water keeps them on tap
To display inside!...

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into blue gardens
spurred by the beckoning sun
and fragrant lovelies

hydrangea bliss
too long gone, forget me not
sapphire cornflowers

songs through the grapevine
and irises navy blue
cobalt skies charming

azure clematis
a sense of what's been missing
lilac fragrances...

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Let me seek asylum in the sea
Silent depths of ice water,
For I have swallowed sorrow

Let me touch the clematis of a
Seaside garden,a patched wall
Sun-warmed and salted by the tide,

Orestes ! shudder at the roar of the
Breakers, small stones laughing
As they are pulled down the beach....

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I dreamed of purple
all through last night's sable hours
in a sunset world

lilacs danced the dusk
underneath plum colored skies
in the sun's shadow

purple martin songs
from beauty birds on a wing
o'er lavender fields

climbing clematis
went all out seeking the sky
just before the fall...

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Dig up running honeysuckle
It seems to resist demise
Wraps its long slender arms around
The Clematis my prize

It has coked out the lilies fair
Left little space for bulbs
Why birds did you use that space
To defecate a tub

Those seeds digested prolific
Honeysuckle runs wild
No place for something aggressive
In my garden so mild  ...

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Shades of Purple

Canterbury Bells
planted in a row
Violets scattered
everywhere they grow
Lilacs sweet lilacs
the best scent in Spring
Fresh Hyacinths bloom
in a purple ring
Clematis climbs up
a broken barn door
while Vinca spreads
across God’s green floor.
Shades of purple bring
pure perfume to me
Lavender, Periwinkle
What a sight to see....

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The last Clematis bloom holds one petal
Soon this flower will be gone disappeared
Cross-roads of existence so it would seem
Winter will come all green will turn to brown

But underneath surface lying dormant
A root_a seed waits for the warm sun's call
"Come forth my love, for the winter is past"
"The rain is over_gone_ flowers appear"

Not directly quoted from
"Song Of Solomon".......

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A rolling drum of thunder resonated 
outside lightning twisted across the grey 
expanse of sky  simply inundating.
Trees began to tango, swirl and jive
while sheets of rain plummeted from clouds
pummeling our startled lawn,
emboldening the rhododendrons to bloom,
liberating the Clematis to sprout,
invigorating and exciting the whole garden 

and all before the first day of spring....

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SPRINGTIME
A wood of snowdrops in the dawn,
yellow daffodils light the morn,
the scent of new mown grass,
Spring,Spring,here at last;
Bare branches greening up ,in bud,
busy birds line  nesting  with mud,
clematis spreading fast,
Spring,Spring,here at last;
The honeysuckle,leafing green,
new arrivals,in hedgerows seen,
Spring,Spring is in the earth,
our thoughts turn to new birth.
As Friday becomes Easter day,
we then,with hallelujahs pray....

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early rising sun
hovering over the hills ~
my heart skips a beat

the welcome presence
of thrushes in the garden ~
ethereal tunes

purple clematis
adorns the wooden trellis ~
fragrant elegance

fluttering of wings ~
butterflies adapt to wind’s 
choreography

it is late; my work must start
with reluctance I depart

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Haiku Sonnet Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Joanna Daniel
© 31st May 2023...

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When consulted, the mailman said,
"Sure, put a little daisy on the mailbox if you want."
So we all put on daisies.
Martha put one daisy.
I put up two, the girl down the street put on a marigold.

The mailboxes were now in a little competition.
One day we discovered Glory had bested us all.
Her mailbox was saturated in a bed of purple clematis.
The joke was on her.

She received this note “mail cannot be delivered due to bees
until removal of bush”....

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When consulted, the mailman said,
"Sure, put a little daisy on the mailbox if you want."
So we all put on daisies.
Martha put one daisy.
I put up two, the girl down the street put on a marigold.

The mailboxes were now in a little competition.
One day we discovered Glory had bested us all.
Her mailbox was saturated in a bed of purple clematis.
The joke was on her.

She received this note “mail cannot be delivered due to bees
until removal of bush”....

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