Short Privet Poems

heart remains privet until the mind becomes old...

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Is
the
privet
cutting hedge-
or way off the wall !...

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Down where the privet hedge's buds are white
There are green blueberries upon verdant bushes
They are all chilled by low temperatures at night
While amaryllis' buds through earth pushes...

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Down where the Privet Hedge blossoms
And the burgundy running rose
We're not living in high cotton

Down where the Privet Hedge blossoms
There are many wild O'Possums
Secrets hidden in closets undisclosed

Down where the Privet Hedge Blossoms
And the burgundy running rose  

Friday, May 09, 2014
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In a garden, where light dances ‘pon the trees 

Privet hedge’s blossoms perfume the cool damp air 

A secret room inside holds lovers’ decree 

Whispers of promises, love beyond compare 

Emerald leaves kissed by the sun’s gold strikes me 

Revealing lovers embraced without a care 

In this hidden haven, a new tale unfolds 

Hearts entwined, bound by God’s love and grace that holds...

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I am running the Sconset bluff path.
I go past darkened houses,
black out curtains hanging,
past Linda Thomas and Jolene Baer
who are chasing rabbits into the privet hedges.
Their fathers call out to them-
“Careful girls!”-
drinks sloshing, ice tinkling
as I go by invisible,
yet sensed.
A summer later,
I will be gone.
Starched, ironed khakis
in a trunk wait ahead in my room.
The beginning and end 
of a life never started....

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Dutchman's pipe,trumpet vine
Virgin bower,shrubs divine;
Beauty bush,bright blue bean,
Climbers high to set the scene.

Bamboo,broom,laurel bay,
Lavender scent lasts all day;
Bush clover,russian sage,
Azalea taking centre stage.

Elder,myrtle,bittersweet,
Perfumes the hazy heat;
Privet,peony,prickly heath,
Ivy,holly in seasonal wreath.

Jasmine & jews mallow,
By a trickling stream, so shallow;
Sea buckthorn to screen
Ceanothus high ,shaded green....

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Dutchman's pipe,trumpet vine
Virgin bower,shrubs divine;
Beauty bush,bright blue bean,
Climbers high to set the scene.

Bamboo,broom,laurel bay,
Lavender scent lasts all day;
Bush clover,russian sage,
Azalea taking centre stage.

Elder,myrtle,bittersweet,
Perfumes the hazy heat;
Privet,peony,prickly heath,
Ivy,holly in seasonal wreath.

Jasmine & jews mallow,
By a trickling stream, so shallow;
Sea buckthorn to screen
Ceanothus high ,shaded green....

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