Shrubby Poems


Premium MemberA Short Vacation On the Prairie

Now the twilight was gone 
As we arrived at little Utah inn.
At the edge of the vast prairie.

We rested well savouring the bliss
Of a quiet night away from the city.

Yet early in the morning we woke
To the sound of hooves pounding 
Of the dust covered bison which ran 
Across the shrubby prairie,
Leaving a large cloud of dust.

Time for breakfast, delicious and tasty.
From our window we could admire
The evergreen red cedars and admired
The tall forest of American Arborvitae. 
But my love was fascinated by
The cultivated Saucer Magnolia.

We decided to hire a guide and leave for a park.
We were sure to see birds  flying.
Colorful and warbling to our delight.
The Reddish Egret caught our fancy
Though the Sapsucker could compete its song.

But now twilight was descending again
So back to a delicious evening fest.
How we’ll rue the time when 
We had to turn back to noisy city unrest.
Categories: shrubby, adventure, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHairy Carrots

The gleaners undirt 
these profane candy morphs 

as they sift through the fields 
in springs and falls.

Apiaceous, mud beige
burrowed beasties, them

bow legged, cowboy pulps; 
others with flipped  birds

sprung up from their hairy
carrot fists, bronxing to the sun.

You would think they 
would be tough, those

mutter udders, those gangsta roots, 
but they slice nicely into sticks,

lunch box size, far sweeter 
than the common orange of their ilk,

far sweeter than their own
shrubby beards would veil.

Perhaps it’s the extra time 
under muck that honeys them up,

dirt balls matriculating, 
steeped in their element. 

On weekends at the soup kitchen, 
late May through long past Labor Day,

we pack the sweet gleaned under-chips
into sack lunches with smoked ham hero’s 

and Frito's downtown behind the Kroger 
where a sunny civil riot takes

place on Saturdays, and everyone
shows up out of their bag

to pick up the sticks, hungry stomachs, 
all blood color-red in the gut

all ready to sit their hells
down…and eat.
Categories: shrubby, family, food, fruit, giving,
Form: Free verse


You For Me

You Shine of the sun like delighting the senses,
Me the flowing water,beauty enhances.

You twinkling of the stars making darkness glittering,
Me the silent seacoast,waves do flirting.

You the sparking firefly making shrubby cage beautiful,
Me the attracted bug,scenario looks cheerfull.

You beauty of the horizon rising new hopes,
Me the arising thoughts,releasing misery ropes.

You the blowing wind refresing all over,
Me the blooming flowers,turns into spring  flavor.

You the tempting rain makes the crust pleasantly smelling,
Mee the dancing peacock, deals with delight feeling.

You the flowing river beautifying the greenry,
Mee the riverbank ,glad to be the part of scenery.

You the soft snow cooling the nature glow.
Me the firm hill on which u gently flow.

You the chilling ocean immense on this sphere..
Mee the static island,compliment becomes rare and fair.!!
Categories: shrubby, beautiful, crush, cute love,
Form: ABC

Norfolk

I love to march along the Icknield way:
Bretton Heath, Brickklin Covert and Caistor;
Fring Cross, Sedgeford and Swaffham still hold sway.
The sea sings with Terns and Oystercatcher

As we descend to the cold distant shore.
The air is perfumed with sea lavender
And Norfolk’s rich and abundant secret store:
Shrubby sea-blite, sea aster and rock rose.

Rome, come and unleash my manly desire! 
Now take away my Icini motherhood
And bring destruction through blood and fire.
Look upon the Torc, a twisted beauty,

Tortured out of gold, silver and art;
And with unbridled terror, our land depart.
Categories: shrubby, history,
Form: Sonnet

My Path Paved By Pedals

shrubby hills 
to right
a world of ocean
to left 
cranking pedals
smooth my trail,

can't hear anything,

not even conscious. 
wind surfaces to the drum

pedals push
and push while the 
ocean rocks and rolls

blue is my serenity,
wind is my savior,
pedals are angelic
Categories: shrubby, devotion, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Free verse


Rose Hips

The banks of the stream are filled with rose hips,
a blossom with tiny delicate tips.
Shrubby, probably a rose of Sharon,
white blossoms fill the bushy bank thereon.

After cutting the lawn, I trim the brush,
culling weeds and vines away from the bush.
Yielding fragrant flowers and testy bees.
In the evening deer nose around the trees.

The treasured petals form a thoroughfare
grown on prickly stems designed to ensnare.
Each budding blossom, like a cherubim,
with pollen nectar for a diadem.
Categories: shrubby, naturerose,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
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