Short Frond Poems

Steams the gushing palm
Idle paints each docile frond
October dog day...

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Tulsi Gabbard shocked the whole town
When she claimed that Jesus was brown
Trump squealed, "That can't be!
He looks just like me!"
Orange hair looks like thorny crown?...

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Everything is faint tonight.
By dint of a gloomy room
or a crescent moon...?
My heart is sad and tired.
Like a dew drop on a frond,
Will you be disappearing soon...?

Tayaw...

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QUEEN-SIZE LEAF


leaf
    blue-green
              palm-allure 
                          Cleopatra’s
                                        frond

4/6/2017
Broken Wings Form L
Lanterne Poetry Contest...

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Hung o'er for falls' sounding rush
Fern frond on frond's, soft, slow;
Skied for rain, or shoulder-high
Downpoured, harem girl by.

Of all a cool, fresh liquid
Offering, last, sighed for
Blessed, he, who takes his fill.
If caught dreaming, found still!...

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Growing new feathers
stiff bones and frond wisps
Plumes iridescent
Flaming bronze and gold
to snatch ripe currents

Blown on the wind
me and these wings
full of new hope
and soft landings

Take the sky
Test your wings
Fly with me

We'll soar
alive!

Free!

....

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When gusts starts to shiver,
And pearl covers the river.
None frond is left in place,
Season just leaving trace.
Wrinkles within frozen tale,
Still life at the verge of hail.
Sky carrying grey umbrage,
Mortals going back to cage
as warmth getting old,
This sun now turning cold....

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Be it a hut of bamboo and palm frond roof
maybe a hut made of straw and mud,
or a stone dwelling with unglazed windows.

It is not what a home is made of that counts
but about what resides inside.
A spirit of happiness is what
truly makes a house a home.

written 01/26/2015

contest: Home Sweet Home...

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As I ambled around the village pond

I skimmed a stone through reed and frond,

In distress, ducks took flight

Guilty I, to cause them fright.

Protesting loudly in their quacking

My common sense seemed sadly lacking,

I never thought that stone I chucked

Would cause such grief, to little ducks....

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Rendered seed concealed in Love's nest
Tendered sapling fondling mother's breast
Adolescent twig fluttering with pubescent zest
Immature leaves on mating quest
Maturing frond passing coupling test
Cherished branches sprout; hearth's bough dressed
In due time, seasoned fruit; perpetuity's crest
Stale, desiccate limbs; vitality's inquest...

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deep within the dimly lit bush  
totara trees, tall and straight 
envelop the tangled undergrowth 
            roots and leaf mold 
                    cool damp earth
 
ahead 
caught in a patch of sunlight 
the bright green fern frond 
unfolding 



8 November 2022 
'Unburden a U word' poetry contest 
Sponsor Constance La France...

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Among the seagrass, slow they canter

Darling steeds of the sea,

Days spent anchored to a frond

Or currents shape their destiny.

Gentle creatures, captivating

Hypnotic in their motion.

Seahorses, they hold us rapt

Little jewels, of the ocean.









Entry for
SEAHORSES - Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Julia Ward.
24/4/20158...

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The joy of a blue vagabond, had dawned
When she became fond of the mystic bond
Smoke from her wand and a chair by the pond,
On a night that conned the morning sun, blonde!
Shimmers through the frond, twinkle to respond
The recluse, donned with verses from beyond.


Entry for : Rhymers delight-internal monorhyme-2 - Poetry Contest

~ Thank You~ ...

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Calabash cracks
On the frond chair
Splinters

Black sash, then sparks
Tooth, bone and hair
Whispers

Patter-patter
Footfalls on stone
Midnight

Blood-moon and fog
Shadows haunting
Mist-white

White dress, bare feet
Root, foot… slipped
Whimpers

Neck and wrist slit
Wine of soul, spilled
Sputters

Dawn and duskblade
Spell rites fulfilled
Hunters....

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I
A few days ago, I misplaced cooking oil
Not as in "spills." LORD, may we avoid oil-spills
Just the Liter ended up in a spare bedroom
Don't ask how! Mind seems good, as God Wills

II
I was so happy, encouraged, relieved,
Washed the bottle, sprinkled hands over plant
(In a pot). Felt it was wrong, so I believed:
So I kissed each frond with, "I love thee Friend"...

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Death Awaits 
Walking down the streets of Hell
Seeing hurt, betrayed that has been cats to hell
Stepping in heads as a sidewalk trying not to fall in to deep
Standing in frond of Death himself awaiting my trial 
but death replies that it ain't my time so I was cast out of hell 
to serve time on this earth a second time looking for a soul 
before I can go back 
Death awaits...

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buttercup daisy 
   &
 cowslip

swaying pelts 
   of grasses 
bask in Spring 

purple vetch
      ribwort plaintain
lush clover
       in English rain
scalious burnets 
                 protude

hawthorn 
      dense and tough
 sweet scented woodruff
hearts tongue
       divided    frond
circle &stop
   spined point

rambled briar 
sprawl
   prickly &
      wandering tall....

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Giant green hands on  thin frond arms
Fingers spread to catch each drop
Of promised rain
Reflected  shades of yellowed sheen
Waltz with shadowed hues of green
Lighter fingers wave in wind
Leaf end tips like witches nails
Curl and close all clasped and pinned 
Rivulets to guide each drip
Down to waiting root ball
So life water flowing down 
Is caught to feed another crown
Of waiting hands...

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I heard the 
rustle of 
the wind
I heard the 
laughter of 
the frond
I felt the 
calm of the 
night
I smelt the 
fragrance 
of the 
flower
They 
worked on 
my heart 
in gentle 
promptings: 
love muses 
of the night

they 
worked on 
her as on 
me
And in the 
harmony 
of things
I saw 
desire rose 
in her eyes
I saw her 
lips 
trembling
And I 
moved on:
I lay my 
first kiss...

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Sitting on the hill,
nestled against the moon,
talking to stars.

You love a woodpecker.
What a stupid thing.
A panther dies of thirst.

A tall fern unfurls
the frond, to catch
a crested iguana.

In deep blue water
seventeen summers 
drowned, in one go.

A sapsucker goes
on, making holes,
in my psyche.

A tree will wait
for the summer to end.
Then it will tow the rain.


Satish Verma...

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Poetry soup will be down
Was the message sent to me
Letting me know not to log in
And just to let it be

To work on the maintenance
And try to build it up
By doing all that they can
But to always do enough

While cleaning out the trash
Or taking a look inside
With a very careful hand
In which they must abide

So when I got this message
I didn't put on a frond
It was made well to me
Poetry soup will be down....

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on brink of summer
an eager Painted Lady
first to the party

drifting pollen swathes
golden contours round wood’s edge 
fox cubs exploring 

festooned with blossom 
blackbird trills in paradise 
serenades his world 

ladybird in rain 
slides down slippery palm frond
tiny splash in pool

nature varied in its forms
a wonderful world adorns


3rdMay2023
Haiku Sonnet poetry contest
sponsored by Joanna Daniel...

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Summer's Fog
Morning is not here yet
I cannot see
The sleeping town in front of me.
A refreshing air comes from the west
Palm trees stand in the fog
While contemplating
On what is left of the night
I hear sounds of birds.
 
Bare feet
And the house's roof is cold
A little bird
Comes flying and lands
On the long palm's frond.
It gazes toward me
I feel it is asking
What happened?
Why didn't you sleep last night?...

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Tall fair Raymond,
And taller fairer Desmond,
Of each other heartily fond,
And of a deepening bond,
Soon this did a violence for a blonde,
By name Gladys Frond:
A human copy of Luxuriant Palm Frond,
To Raymond “Pure Gold” and to Desmond “Sparkling Diamond”.

One to the other ceases to respond,
For if Ray grabs her,
Des is ending in a pond,
And Des with her goes far,
Ray channeling his swell fund,
Into the purse of a dirty James Bond!...

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Ripples in stagnant pond
as circles of light 
is absorbed by fern and frond
and as wave-lets are put to flight.

Ripples in stagnant pond
no escaping the boundaries set
as radiance reflects upon
where creation entrapment walls are met.

Ripples in stagnant pond
as thoughts enmeshed
 and extending beyond
to it's outer wall to be dashed.

Ripples in stagnant pond
wanting itself to free
from it's murky bond
to stream and river in glee....

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