Short Elderberry Poems

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Premium Member Elderberry Bush

The elder is a bush with properties that can heal the sick. The common cold, has no chance when its’ used.
Form: Ninette


Haiku Number Nine/Limerick Re Post

Elderberry wine
   It's a knockout, first time round
   Boxing time again



   From Ireland, Deirdre's now calling
   She wrote a Haiku that's appalling
   If only she'd waited, with words reinstated
   Her Haiku might now be enthralling
Form: Haiku

Premium Member My Fruit Basket---

my fruit basket---

apples, bananas
fruit in my basket spring fresh
oranges, pears, dates

elderberry limes
lemons kiwifruit kumquats
honeydew melon

gooseberry grapes, figs
Marion berry, lychee
Basket ball for me

12/01/18

Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.
Form: Haiku

Elderberry Flourish

Long summer days now memories

For leaves are turning now.

A tapestry of pastel hues,

Adorning twig and bough.

Still the elderberry though

Hangs ripe upon the bush,

A final flourish, a luscious gift,

Before winter's coming hush.






Entry for END SEPTEMBER STANDARD CONTEST any theme,any form, max of 25 lines - Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Brian Strand.
28/9/2017
© Gary Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Elderberry Flowers

The laced-head heads
Of the elderberry flowers
Curtsied in acknowledgement 
Of the sun arising east
The breakfast breeze
With the slightest ease 
Had the lemon-grass skirt
Dance provocatively

The fairy-lace heads
Of the elderberry flowers
Agreed with exquisite manners
That the life-giving powers
Of the Light’s regal banners
Held the promise
Of a new day

A new day has come
Filled with promises
Form: Ode


Premium Member Too Young to Have Fun

  	An elder berry said to one who was blue
           “My lad, is there something you rue’

	The youngster replied, “I haven’t a clue” 
           “Let us partake of this here rabbit stew 

         ‘Capital idea,’ thus Sir Elderberry, 
            ‘I hear tell it’s an excellent brew.’ 

        “That’s the whole problem,” replied ‘Mr. Blue’
           “I’m only 12, too young to drink, Elderberry ~ unlike you
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Kosher Wines

There are numerous kosher wines, and they are usually sweet. Without them, a Passover seder meal cannot be complete. Among the flavors of wines are blackberry. Another popular kind is made with elderberry. If you want a sweet red wine, choose cherry. Sweet cream concord comes as both dark and white. Anyone can make a selection that is right. As long as any rabbi considers them kosher, they can be served at any Passover seder.
Form: Rhyme

Grandmother's Hands

As a child I would place my closed eyes
in them
while she hummed Gaelic melodies.

Her smock, it was brown
like a butchers apron
but without a speck of blood,
just daubs of fruit dumplings
and the savor of elderberry flowers.

Grandmother had large hands
working hands,
when they closed
it was as if her story book
had closed
at the end of every day,

and that is how she goes away
always very quietly
at the end of every day.
© 2 days ago

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