Solid Gray
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Solid gray skies
Over daylilies trying to bloom
Several different species so colorful
Open only a day, live life to the fullest
What have I done with my nearly 29,151 d...
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Categories:
spirea, thanks,
Form: Free verse
lovely
...lovely spirea
birds dropped poison ivy seeds....
full sunshine warms earth ...
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Categories:
spirea, nature,
Form: Haiku
Gogyohka Brown Thrasher
...Spirea stirs
From gusts of wind 10 MPH
Calm, stillness, stirring from down under
Brown thrasher
Hops out, flies ...
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Categories:
spirea, bird,
Form: Other
Unusual
...One goldfinch rest upon a weed
Eats a few seeds from the spirea
Lands on birdbath's rim, drinks his fill
Across my vision, black butterfly unreal
two unusual
sightings in a few mi...
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Categories:
spirea, nature,
Form: Haibun
Obsidian the Midnight Cat
...I’m a midnight cat, by the name of Obsidian,
eyes golden by candlelight; by day they’re viridian.
As I lay here among my Mistress’s great books,
I am wondering what, for my supper, she’...
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Categories:
spirea, animal, cat, fantasy, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Winter's Garden
...Does my spirea still bloom?
No! It has turned black and crumbles
Where are the tiger lilies with their spots?
Hidden beneath the cold, wet earth until....
Did I not have peonies in two col...
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Categories:
spirea, age, feelings, love,
Form: Free verse
Mid-Summer
...SUMMER CHRONICLE
reflections
ever changing
ever changing
reflections
I think,
day dream I suppose..
thoughts drift in as images...
In this quiet
asleep,dreaming
imagination take...
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Categories:
spirea, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Sprung
...Its ardor grew like the sprouts being verdant green,
As the lowliness of a meadow's reach for sun.
Their whispered breaths trails farewell to a doting Spring,
Neath the grassy spreads of life, s...
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Categories:
spirea, animal, flower, nature, spring,
Form: Terza Rima
Summer Chronicle
...DOWN BY THE RIVER
reflections
ever changing
ever changing
reflections
IN MY GARDEN
I think,
day dream I suppose..
thoughts drift in as images...
In this quiet
I am so alone ...
....then...
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Categories:
spirea, summer, words,
Form: Verse
- Au Revoir - Goodbye -
...- 2016 -
- JANUARY -
A freezing cold evening
Where the stars shining bright
With frost blade flanks
From mouth and nose steam
In the clear silence
White untrodden snows
Nature...
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Categories:
spirea, remember,
Form: Free verse
- May -
...May show us how beautiful you are
A Spirea blooms like a beautiful and white cloud in the garden
Beautiful spring bride
Dressed with creation she herself had designed
A golden ring of eternal hap...
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Categories:
spirea, beautiful, celebration, may,
Form: Free verse
Spring Flowers
...After winter’s cold, Apple Blossoms unfold.
Bright, fresh spring brings Bluebells to behold.
Cheery Blossoms burst then dance to ground.
Delightful Dahlias bloom spring...
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Categories:
spirea, flower, spring,
Form: Abecedarian
Flowering of Spring
...Amassed in flamboyant Azalea blooms when my garden is free of the cold.
Bird of Paradise, dressed in purple and orange, wear their colors so bold.
Crocus bloom when the mounds of snow finally ...
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Categories:
spirea, beauty, flower, spring, daffodils,
Form: Abecedarian
Battle of the Seasons
...From the north he came nimbly in the night
Softly silently bombing blanketing buds
Saturating each single stem
Snowy sneak attack barraging bombarding bark
Wracking white war-like wonder
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Categories:
spirea, seasons
Form: Alliteration