Short Juniper Poems

juniper berry
	spirited gentian blue seed ~
		purple finch flickers...

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joplar jovial juniper jasmines
aspirations astounding answers attack
zany zealous zippy zoos
zachary's zodiac zips zarnia

By Susan Mills...

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Juniper June
You know, your berries are showing
Juniper you might not see what everyone else seems to know
here
Let me help you out June
Man July came to soon
You were beautiful June...

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MOUNT UBU
                                         the algae stones blue
                                           juniper you Isabel
                                           cold shade of Ubu...

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should I fear my autumn
when Juniper wilts with me
and the sagging stars above
edge closer to the sea

should I fear my autumn
with winter still to show
my days hasten their step
for night engulfs me so


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tre three penny das ta do
 juniper juniper the opened mass
 turn over your yarn
 to the tormentors
 stir the pot
 breach of peace

 the ancients taught
 a silo bent through an accord
 the time has come
 all for one...

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Alluring
bulbous
curves
Deciduous
eyes
feudal
green
Harvesting
insatiable
juniper
king
Languid
morning
nymph
Opulent
pedestrian
queen
Regal
seeds
toiling
under
vanquished
winter
Xanadu’s
youthful
zeal...

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At a local restaurant, the chicken fingers were so huge
For these big birds, eating at the trough they were screwed
So they started eating leaves
From local juniper trees
Ended up surviving the recent popularity of chicken soup...

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Cerulean soft shallows glide
like lotic lullabies; gentle,
hushed.  Juniper hills undulate
breezy slopes, tucked tender Autumn,
where turgid pastels drift perpetual
atop the sleepless river - surface deep.

2/26/2017
Submitted for: The River Line
28 Words...

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We languished near the cascading water
Lush forests of birch, aspen and juniper grow
A bridge spans across the stream, me and my daughter.	
Natural beauty I'm sure you'll easily recognize and know,
A panoramic view, though in winter beware of the snow.
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"eat, drink, but be wary"


i should begin 
when i opened 

that bottle of jinn
an evil genie within 

with breath
of juniper

stranded on
a ship built in
an empty bottle

the evil is not 
the jinn tempting 

me to let him 
out but for 

me to 
come 

in...

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Juniper Purple
fabulous Kind,
Beautiful, blue, existing
Feelings such of happiness
Blossoming

Flowers
Fragrant, amazing smells
Maturing, flourishing, showing
purple so blushing
Flush



3334/6/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©...

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("Juniper in Lost Forest", 2022, orignal pen and ink)

Lost and Found

To simply sit is enough
rain or shine, bright or dull
it doesn’t matter.

To simply sit
in this moment just as it is
nothing is gained
but everything lost.

And when you’re done?
Why, everything is right 
where you left it.

(8/20/23)...

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Spring has come early,
cherry trees are in full bloom,
Juniper Street resembles
a country orchard;
what's really missing are sweet songbirds...
who longs for their harmonious sounds:
when loneliness abounds?



Entered in Russell Sivey's contest,
" A  Mesh Of Forms "
Written by Andrew Crisci
Forms used: Dodoitsu& Kimo...

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Juniper berries are a brilliant bright blue,
Prettier, not as dark as blueberry’s hue
While growing, prefer warm sunny spaces
Live on several continents, many good places

Add flavor to liquors are a diuretic too
Also, a stimulant, but what can you do?
If you come across one, don’t dive right in
They are bitter off the vine said my cousin Jin....

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The everlasting evergreen,
the most beautiful tree I have ever seen.
Lives through the seasons of hot and cold,
deep in the forests big and bold.
Spruce, fir, juniper, and pine,
the shades of green that never die.
Lime, oleander, magnolia, and mistletoe,
are forever prepared to withstand the cold.
The everlasting evergreen,
trees that outlive everything....

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Upon birth, Juniper loved her name; no one else had it.
But then others heard it.
Now there are sixteen Junipers in the same class - her class.
The teacher wants to number them.
Juniper one, Juniper two, Juniper three.
The parents sign a petition they do not want their children numbered.
They should have thought of that before they stole Juniper’s middle name too....

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Genial waves of warmth 
speak through gentle rays 
 
Awaken my senses 
the marigold sings her joy 
painted steps are born 
 
Fragrant juniper fill the horizon 
gusts of innocence flush my cheeks 
first wiffs grab my being 
as soft touches trace her core 
 
Welcome into my sunlight 
white wishes still endure 
supplanted suppliant kisses 
you've entered through my door...

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We unveiled her as the juniper tree
bowed down low to the ground 
From the balcony, kids threw cranberries
which got stuck in her apple sprig crown
A humming bird swept past her shoulder
and graced her with jasper and jade
The elm tree showed her his virtue
as she quivered under his shade
And in the evening we peeled the rind
right off of the luscious moon
to slather her thick and gracious
on the headstone of her tomb....

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After gold leafing my sighs
and helium pumping them
thin skinned and flying
you will find me
stinging juniper breath
from popping wine soaked
juniper berries between my front teeth.
Don't ask questions.
Don't laugh giggles in your gut
uncontrollable and imagination squashing
Just pull up a chair,
get your hands dirty with gold leaf
Give up your sighs to the heavens
and snap me a juniper promise.
Then we'll both be smiling....

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It pulls at me
Like a memory 
Bend, sway 
Lightning cracks 
Over the watercolor horizon 
I stand, moon-eyed 
To watch as the vitality of the sun
Slips beneath the inky surface 

She wore a crown of mercury 
Falling below forty degrees 
A new fire, lost in the juniper spring

Murky mire, ivory, onyx, and grey
Today's Ophelia, temples florid rose  
Her many layers swell with drink  
Lazy river, great brown god 
I was up to my chin
And now I wade...

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The smell of my own death
revisited tonight
Of lavender and wet snow
and juniper in flight
It took me back in mourning
to sadness on the run
And left the days remaining
indentured on the come

Its fragrance changed to lilies
wafting row to row
In tribute to a history
last chapter yet to know
Waiting left to wonder
the hour and the day
Each breath of late and step I take
—reminds me once again

(The New Room: December, 2023)
 
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Abundant apples
Bountiful berries
Cool Cucumbers
Dainty dandelions
Energetic egrets
Fragrant flowers
Gratifying greens
Harvested hay
Infinite iguanas
Jumping juniper
Kicking kernels
Lovely lavender
Marvelous maples
Never-ending Nectarines
Opulent opals
Patient penguins
Quaint quail
Rambunctious Ravens
Sanctimonious Swallows
Tenacious Turtles
Unique Unicorns
Voracious Vermin
Wacky Walruses
Xenobiotic Xylem
Yammering Yak
Zippy Zebra...

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As the green-blue spread kissed horizon,
The sun died spilled on the rock,
So the crumbling salt-stained towers,
Of marble cracked rigid in shock.
Pointed fingers to clouds on Olympus,
To the old gods now centuries dead,
And their prayers and their desolate ceilings
Decayed as the heavens turned red.
The sweet juniper scents and then honey,
Flamed and bloomed dreams in the brain,
In the aniseed searing of midnight
I sat drunk at the bar once again......

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I remember Cleopatra's moon,
as triangles of time 
unveiled pyramids embalmed in
juniper, incensing golden dreams.

While in desolate dunes 
of the sunrise Sahara,
I've engraved your initials 
with pearls and diamonds.

For in lunar silence 
when cylinders of stars 
embellish skies with hieroglyphics, 
destined twin flames ascend.

You’ll remain a musical~
maestro, choreographing our pilgrimage 
to attain heaven beneath  
henna herbs of love....

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