Short Nosegay Poems

Delight us in your special way 

 fill our lives and fill our days 

 Bring us a happy month of May 
 
 and a bunch of sweet nosegay...

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Passions Flower
Edward Clay
March 2008

Hibiscus
no wall-flower you.
Nor Nosegay laurel.
Not wormwood at virgin’s-bower.
So sweet William 
seeing Venus’s looking-glass
discovers a Passion-flower....

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Lilac bush came to life today
It’s nowhere near the month of May
Delicate buds a passion play
Perfect purple on this fair 

Succulent fragrance from the fey
Wafting from this merry nosegay
April dance a pretty sashay
Coaxing summer along the way...

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Cape Jasmine
One last white blossom
Memories
Of our youth
You brought three green stems with buds
Fragrance filled the room

Long ago
When you desired love
Memories
Flood my mind
Now you bring me muscadines
From your garden, love     ...

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the multifariousness of my junk drawer
holds secrets, stories, gadgets, humor, and much more
bungee cords, cameras, pliers, tape and string
a rubber chicken leg, buzzer bell with an ominous ring
hard cinnamon roll, which fell in yesterday
blue yoyo, ketchup packet, a tiny nosegay
such a variety of goodies I have to admit
if my mother saw it, she would have a fit....

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once upon a time
a wedding day handkerchief
with lovely white lace

an old garter belt
borrowed and fastened on thigh
a groom with blue eyes

a nosegay bouquet
tucked in baby’s breath
fastened with ribbon

the bride’s train so long
ring bearer, flower girls ride
for a couple hours

then into the wind
with the groomsman by her side —
the unbridled bride

12/28/2018...

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I harvested a small handful
of beautiful dandelions
arranged them in a special way
that their mini-globe candelas
illumined a yellow aura
surrounding the nosegay cluster.
Their subtle, invisible breaths
exhale a perfumed atmosphere
that becomes irresistible.
And she who shall hold this bouquet
is impelled to whiff its essence;
to discover its true purpose;
and accept this prosaic gift
of my undying love for her....

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Duplex

Dead End

I loved
each day
the sun
shone on
this world.

I was
the one
that you
chose for
your girl.

I wore
your ring
upon
a string
of gold
around
my neck.

Nosegay
roses
pressed in
pages
keepsakes
young girls
collect.

Until
one day
you asked
if you
could take
out my
best friend.

So, with
these words
my love
for you
came to
a quick
dead end.

12/7/16

Duplex  
Jan Allison...

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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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