Short Poinsettia Poems

a poinsettia
a voracious snail duo 
sheer desolation...

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Clever poinsettia
Green red pink blooming beauty
Festive unique bring...

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red petals bloom wild
against replicated leaves
Christmas hue with pride
...

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Outside with my water pail
stands a guilty looking snail,
and a half-eaten poinsettia.
You know, dear snail,
I'm going to get ya. ...

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Poinsettia faerie with her glistening purple pink turquoise wings
sits unseen in the Christmas flower, spreading joy
in the spirit of Christmas...

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Pink Poinsettia


my favorite color

            lifts my mood

                  with every holiday glance




.....For Andrea's Contest...

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Deep red star flower,

                                      scarlet life blood atonement.

                                           We beseech your heal....

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red and evergreen
bushes proudly displayed, joy
marriage's first kiss 



**I got married in December and the church was full of poinsettias....it was so beautiful....

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Zen 
Melting snow
 After rain 
Hope begins 

Haiku 
Yule time a worry
Time short and little money  
Poinsettia  

Haiku
Chrysanthemum 
A flower for the restless
And the river flows...

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In
the dark-
a Christmas star


Note:Poinsettia - such a Christmas delight-A tribute to the American of the same name who 
ontroduced it to the US and from there to Europe.What an epitaph to have...

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                                                Pink, red, creamy white
                                         Choices displayed when exposed
                                                To the great white light...

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Holiday Joy

          
               Poinsettia, manger.
               Lights our glowing souls that last,
               After Christmas passed!


                     English Haiku

                  December 26,2019...

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I faced the dilemma of a pure vendetta,
      I felt the retraction of sudden satisfaction-
           Like the poisonous blade of a crimson poinsettia,
                Please believe me… darkness holds attraction,
                      But nothing compares to your malignant reaction. 


January 11, 2017...

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                                            Poinsettia plant
                                      Flower of the Holy Night
                                          Star of Bethlehem
                              The leaves symbolize Christ's blood
                                    - gorgeous in the windowsill...

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Pretty flowering plant
Often seen at Christmas,
Indigenous to Mexico
Now available at nurseries
Showy scarlet bracts,
Each surrounding yellow flowers
That require much attention
Throughout the season
In order to re-bloom
And delight next year.

Written December 2, 2022...

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And when the candles are lighted
And the balmy breeze blows
And when the stars are sighted
Where the river gently flows

And the red poinsettia kiss the eyes
And the holy carols are heard
As if angels were still in the skies
And shepherds still kept the herd

And when the season of Christmas 
Come trolling from pagan lore
Loneliness make the heart sad, alas
And I miss you more and more....

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The poinsettia shape reminds us of the Star of Bethlehem
Which led the wise men to a manger with gifts for Him,
And the brilliant red of the Christmas flower symbolizes
The shed blood of Jesus Christ which every Christian prizes
Reminding us that Jesus the Messiah’s birth, is the reason,
The red and green come to us during the Christmas season.

Written December 27, 2021...

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snow carpets hide greens
white hills and sky become one...
poinsettia peeks

midst gripping coldness
redeemed soul* seeks revival...
now fired-up by God**

December 9, 2022
1st place "Winter Nature Themed Haiku" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin; judged on 12/13/2022.

*Lamentations 3:58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
**Second stanza added on December 14, 2022...

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As we finish dressing the table, the room is dizzy with aromas
and the turkey teases with a golden, honey-like translucence.

Candles, nestled in poinsettia settings, provide a flickering, golden,
almost magical light that’s refracted in windows, crystal and white tablecloth.

I hear Leeza nearby, swinging the living room with laughter. Everyone is
giddy from drink, mouth watering hunger and near impossible expectations.

I wish you all a safe, Happy, Thanksgiving....

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The poinsettia is such a magnificent plant
With bright red fronds, yellow-colored centers
Poinsettia trees growing tall like blazing towers
In Tanzania, we saw these gorgeous flowers.

I mentioned we pay a fortune for one blossom
And, I have never been able to keep one alive,
My guide said, “Here they are free! There, go
pick enough of them to fill a room, they thrive!”

written December 24, 2021
[Thinking of my translator
Clement, who had such a
wonderful sense of humor.]...

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