Snapdragons (edit)
One is a serpent on the wing, the other a butterfly.
Each belongs to species created from
tissue paper, water, and light.
When half-awake I can hear the droning
of their nocturnal flights,
amber engines rattle cut-glass hangers
as they lift off to carpet bomb our dreams.
Some are more wolf than dragon,
they form packs of loup-garou,
and snap at the heavy-handed
and too fleshy fingered florists.
Those not employed in directing
disbelievers toward dragon lore
retire to flower as urban myths,
their chiffon wings and origami faces
masking many a peppery passion.
Categories:
snapdragons, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Delicate petals on stately stalks sway in the breeze,
sweet, scented nectar attracts hummingbirds and bees.
I watch them while sipping iced tea in my lawn chair,
Snapdragons adorn my garden with a decorative flair.
They're not fire-breathing blooms, standing in sunlight,
proudly displaying a variety of colors, bold and bright.
They grace my walkways in the seasons, spring and fall
as floral sentinels they greet me, standing lordly and tall.
August 27, 2002
Eight Lines of Ryme - Your Favorite Flower contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin
Categories:
snapdragons, beautiful, flower,
Form: Rhyme
snapdragons dancing
stirred by the gentle zephyr...
grooving side to side
Writing Challenge 2, March 2019 - Haiku- Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Dear Heart (Winner: 2nd Place)
Date written and posted: 03/15/2019
Categories:
snapdragons, flower, imagery, nature, wind,
Form: Haiku
Snapdragons Crackle
Snapdragons crackle
in the air for Maura
and her flowing gait,
a swagger neither Nora
nor Maureen would ever
let a suitor savor.
Maura knows
that in her wake
men with scythes
and burlap sacks,
creep like gators,
eyes afire, jaws agape.
Nora and Maureen
can smell these men.
Unlike Maura
and her flowing gait,
Nora and Maureen will smile,
take their time and wait.
Donal Mahoney
Categories:
snapdragons, girlfriend-boyfriend
Form: Free verse