Magic of the wildflowers
...Engrossing sunbirds,
bees and butterflies
Smirks subtly
a cluster of wildflowers
Dispersing seeds
Through wind and rain
A barren monotonous plain
the wildflowers pervade
Si...
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Categories:
sunbirds, beautiful, butterfly, earth, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Sun, Sand and Flowers
...The sunny pleasures of cactus blooms,
brighten aged gold, and sunset rooms,
Like sunbirds flitting in purple plumes,
once dusk has known many perfumes.
Prickly cactus blooms, orange sun gift,
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Categories:
sunbirds, appreciation, beautiful, flower, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Sunbirds
...Sunbirds
Build strong nest
Nest falls in storm,
They build thrice, don't give up...
Preaching
May 13 2019
For Writing Challenge 1, May 2019 - Cinqku- ' Poetry Contest
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Categories:
sunbirds, appreciation, bird,
Form: Cinqku
Paradise In a Garden
...Chorus of birds
deafening the city traffic.
Babblers with fluttering wings
hop about in nonstop chatter.
Little sunbirds with jewel like wings
hunt their prey, who hang down
from silvery silk ...
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Categories:
sunbirds, beauty, garden, nature,
Form: Free verse
Dreams Are Angels Kisses
...Dreams are Angels kisses
A wet mist in the morning as the sun comes up
The leaves of the plants shimmering with anticipation of the sun
Dew drops magnifying the beauty of each single petal of ...
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Categories:
sunbirds, dream,
Form: Narrative
Where a Magnolia Blooms
...Coffee bean scent still fills the air
with each new sunrise in our log cabin.
My arms around me embrace the winds of winters gone
On every sky-night glass-panes glow in silent mist
Lun...
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Categories:
sunbirds, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Beneath Friendly Hills
...Sat silent, beneath friendly hills,
I absorb the peacefulness and relax.
Observe sunbirds’ hovering skills,
The green shimmer of their malachite backs.
In my mind the scene I capture.
Blue sha...
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Categories:
sunbirds, africa, beauty, imagery, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
When First Magnolia Blooms
...Coffee bean scent still fills the air
with each new sunrise in our log cabin
My arms around me embrace the winds of winters gone.
Every sky-night the glass-pane glows in silent mist...
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Categories:
sunbirds, absence,
Form: Free verse
Allamanda, Our Trumpeters
...Opening my eyes after a night long rest
I cuddled in my soft cushiony bed
And looked outside my sunny arched windows.
The glorious king was lazily greeting
My cottage garden laden with white gard...
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Categories:
sunbirds, bird, flower, garden,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
My Grandson, Tommy
...TOMMY
Blessed are the souls that sing;
A smile their song, laughter their words,
Whose hearts, though burdened, still take wing
Like radiant sunbirds.
Though Life could sink them with its w...
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Categories:
sunbirds, appreciation, beauty, grandson, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Coffee Bean Scent
...Coffee bean scent still fills the air
with each new sunrise in our log cabin
My arms around me embrace the winds of winters gone
Every sky-night the glass -pane glows in silent mist
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Categories:
sunbirds, absence,
Form: Free verse
Till Last Magnolia Blooms
...Coffee bean scent still fills the air
with each new sunrise in our log cabin
My arms around me
embrace the winds of Winter gone
Every sky-night windowpanes glow
in silent mist
Lunar limbs st...
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Categories:
sunbirds, absence, farewell, love, song,
Form: Free verse
Mystic Spring
...MYSTIC SPRING
A Methusalean warp,
In-and-out of body time,
When renewal seems to split.
Soul conceives a mystic pair,
One, atop, with fresh tulips
One neath a burial wreath
This dichotomy cries ou...
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Categories:
sunbirds, seasons,
Form: Free verse
The Pastel Blue Sky
...Crimson sunbirds
Flying, in phase with
The sun and
Carving out
Their space
Bringing this
Pastel blue sky...
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Categories:
sunbirds, imagination
Form: Free verse