Short Daphne Poems

Winter Daphne blooms
fragrant flowers awaken
     October's chilled air...

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My beautiful Granddaughter Daphne
You make me so very happy
You are growing each day
Which makes me very happy I say
Grandma loves you
Hugs and kisses too...

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Bianini,Gianlorenzo by his Christian name
by sculpture did find fame
His statue of Apollo&Daphne *
helped this gifting become free

*https://borghese.gallery/collection/sculpture/apollo-and-daphne.html...

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winter daphne

mauve daphne buds swell
 when snow and frost prowl landscapes ~
  winter perfume bursts

12-5-22
Contest:  Winter Themed Haiku
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin

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Daphne Odora is an evergreen shrub that blooms in the winter with an unforgettable fragrance....

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Daphne, I love you
in your purple dress
You're my favourite of the gang
to that I must confess
Your blonde friend just makes traps
and the brainy one is nerdy
The canine and the skinny one
eat huge burgers quite insanely
Your role is kind of quirky
but you're prettier than the others
I don't know who to thank for that
perhaps the animators...

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Daphne Odora 

Dainty Daphne costumed in purest white
Through winter’s darkest days shares her blooms
Wears a satin gown to the ice moon’s delight
Small nosegay clusters share intoxicated perfume.

Daphne sings in winterfests of raucous snows
Evergreen, her smiles warm winterbound showers
January’s merry child surely knows
She lifts the heart through every frigid hour.

8-26-22
Contest: Eight Lines of Rhyme - Your Favorite Flower
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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winter serenade

winter serenade
 frozen crystal melodies ~
  red cardinal chants

leafless boughs sing out
 arias of roaring storms ~
  snowdrops harmonize

blasts of icy frost
 chanting plaintive elegies ~
  daphne flowers bloom

short days intone night
 with a solstice lullaby ~
  fir trees wear white stoles

shadows of springtime
 creep into amber twilights ~
  bears snore rhythmic dreams

1-18-23
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Daphne has no plans to cry:
She shall another man try:
Not The Old with hairs to dye
Nor One others think might die…

Asking she has been: Why? Why?
She never for once did lie
To Mac with his Spurious Love;
Mic Mac to Pranks not above…

Mac, who’d call her Animal,
Twelve Times just The Minimal



Daphne would not dare to wait
For another on This Weight 
Nor would she for same sigh
The Voice for Sighs never high…

Now, Daphne for Rebellion 
Of an Ill-Used Battalion!...

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