A gently warm fan
In the subtropical night
almost refreshs sleep
Categories:
subtropical, allusion, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Senryu
subtropical night
gently oscillating fan
refreshing slumber
Categories:
subtropical, cool, sleep,
Form: Haiku
Unthinkable odds descriptive recounts,
The Venus Flytrap, U.S.A, amounts.
Unique to Carolina's, north and south,
triggers sensory hairs in its hinged mouth.
Small insect or arachnid alerts trap,
then leafy draws down close up tight till snap.
Carnivorous plants like soft and sober
subtropical wetlands southeast seaboard.
The Venus Flytrap is the most active
of such species. Sweet nectar's retractive
luring potential prey into its clout
closed-door policy, check-in don't check out.
Some Venus Flytraps make place most hostile
bug-free surroundings are most possible.
Categories:
subtropical, allusion, analogy, green, growth,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Nature goes on living with the ... neglects,
sprung the lands that I would say, Namaste,
stretched from lands that were Siam to Malay,
Golden Shower Tree spreads out its respects.
Stately endurance breadth branches outward,
it's somewhat outstanding ornamental,
from the tropics to the subtropical,
nicknamed the pudding piped purging showered.
Early part of the year sprays will flower,
and carpenter bees are pollinators.
People eat flowers, livestock leaf-eaters,
green leaves that yellow flowers will cover.
Medicinal and herbal properties,
Opulent indulgence amenities.
Categories:
subtropical, allusion, analogy, appreciation, flower,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Corpus Christi in the southern region of the United States
Named by a Spanish explorer, Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, and mates.
As he discovered the lush semitropical bay, an American city
on the Western Texas coast; Christian feast day of Corpus Christi.
The city’s name means, body of Christ; a place of my birth,
A coastal city in the biggest state of Texas on this earth.
Corpus Christi of North America, is known as the "Bird Capital,"
A city that has a humid subtropical climate, to some very unvital.
North America a country of the free and the brave;
Fifty states surrounded by an ocean coastal waves that voices rave.
Beaches almost paradise that brings joy, semblance of normalcy;
Just feels like one can breathe from all the abnormalcy.
In time for a very hot, very immunized summer rhythm,
Oceanside of much-needed thrilling escapism.
With cold drinks, toes scrunch in the sand;
In a beach day with a lot of laughter and getting tanned.
5/31/2023
'Glorifying your birthplace/country through poetry
If Your Birthplace-country was a poem Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Categories:
subtropical, america,
Form: Rhyme
MAGNOLIA IN MONGOLIA
Floral gem in a street market
Beautiful by any yardstick
Offered by flower vendor
In crowded street of Ulan Bator
I did a circuit of the market
Searching for another nugget
But only ever saw - one,
With such beauty to stun
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
NOTE Often thought of as semi-subtropical flowering plants, magnolias are actually native to central and east Asia, including Mongolia. Ulan Bator is the capital city of Mongolia.
29 August 2021
Categories:
subtropical, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Iriomote Cats are listed as, critically endangered
They are only found on, the Japanese island of Iriomote
and they inhabit, subtropical forests that cover the island
and they are a subspecies of, the Asian Leopard Cats
Iriomote Cats hunt, amphibians, fish, birds and reptiles
using the genes of their ancestors, to swim and climb trees
and they cannot retract their claws, but they do attract those flees
Their biggest threat is from vehicles, that cause a fatal impact
Categories:
subtropical, animal, beautiful, earth, education,
Form: Rhyme
Happy subtropical cyclone
Never forget semi tropical
Cyclones
Sub tropical tornado wild
Miles down
Down, down, down pitch
Darkness wall
Weather swamps
Squalls
Sails or gale streams screams
See the stormy areas
So does it flash at night
Bright lightning bolts
Such a jolt
Flashes spins
Squirrels skips and falters
Swatters wins
Torrent waves spring
4/22/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2020
Categories:
subtropical, analogy, storm, symbolism, weather,
Form: Free verse
The Capital Pretoria found in the Gauteng Province,
holds the Voortrekker Monument located on a hilltop-
Made of pure granite it was built in nineteen forty-nine,
all the tourists are intrigued to take a look and stop.
The most common language in South Africa is isiZulu,
it is spoken by most of the country’s population-
The warmth of the country can be overbearing,
bordered by the Atlantic, it’s a subtropical location.
Stellenbosch is a university town in Western Cape province,
surrounded by vineyards and a mountainous steeple-
Oak-shaded streets lined with café’s and boutiques,
there are art galleries and little shops for the town’s people.
The Western Cape is also the home of The Garden Route,
Paarl is the largest town in the Cape Winelands destination-
The Cape of Good Hope overlooks the majestic Dias Beach,
the chameleon waters flow from God’s wonderful creation.
South Africa’s beauty shines throughout the Earth,
making it a home to many, giving the world much worth.
May 1, 2017
Categories:
subtropical, africa, beauty, culture, ,
Form: Quatrain
on tree limbs jutting out over rivers
sleepy gators bask, absorbing summer’s heat
in fall, the sluggish reptiles do the same
temperatures exceed 100 in the Sunshine State
till November brings a brief reprieve
water lilies, oleanders, daisies
boast vibrant blooms until the first freeze
perhaps December
maybe January
some years not at all
as snowbirds fill beaches in fall
locals return from summer homes up north
when warm colors paint leaves
Florida’s dogwoods and Bradford Pear trees
are decked in crimson
Water Oaks sport amber coats
wild boar and deer enjoy the reprieve
romping through subtropical forests
in the welcome chill of autumn
as hikers take to nature trails
“Indian Summer” some call it
when refreshing breezes ruffle foliage
with only several weeks of autumn we’re blessed
Carpe diem, seize these moments(/center>
*Written August 31, 2014
Categories:
subtropical, autumn, summer,
Form: Free verse
Once the island was covered by beautiful broadleaf forest
Where subtropical birds sang their choirs
But it is now gone because of exploitation
Only place it still exists is imagination
There exotic grassland stretches towards the horizon
But even now we can see stone figures that on the island have risen
Once of hope for the natives they were beacon
But now the natives are gone their hopes drowned and them themselves beaten
No one knows how the stones were placed
For how could simple culture with lifting those problems have faced?
How they could carry such stones the distance by which they are spaced?
But no one knows because evidence of how it was done were erased
Some say powerful magic had to take place
Or Gods whose likeness is depicted by on the stone carved face
Others say it is beings from other space
That with their presents’ earth would grace
Whatever the reason the natives reached their goal
But later their civilization exploited so much it had to fall
Most say it was antigravity used to put the stone not magic at all
But maybe it was as strong as full continuum antigravities equivalent connected to the soul
Categories:
subtropical, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Two months past solstice
Subtropical climate sears
Just open the door
Step into oven
Midday sun chars skin and lawns
Sweat flows so freely
Water use rises
AC gives welcome relief
Scalding sand on beach
Take frequent showers
Florida lifestyle envied
Northerners don’t know
Blazing heat last months
Visits to the Sunshine State
Best planned in winter
*Entry for Francine’s contest, written August 22, 2011 by Carolyn Devonshire
Categories:
subtropical, angst, seasons,
Form: Senryu