Sweet Basil Poems | Examples

Mulberries and Monarchs

Each year I plant an herbal garden 
very near a stand of mulberry trees
and every Spring when they're in bloom
they attract butterflies and honey bees.

This morning, as I tended the sweet basil,
a young Monarch landed close to my hand.
Then, a cloud of them swirled around me,
and flew back to the mulberry trees to land.

For that moment I dared not move an inch,
mesmerized by the wooshing of their wings.
It was so memorable, that I'll never forget.
Their humming was like a song Nature sings.

I watched them flutter. Thirty, maybe more
before clinging on to leaves of vibrant green.
Their bold colors of black, orange and gold
looked just like petals as I watched them glean.

Gifted

Gifted.

A round clay grey chalice
just outside the kitchen door
filled to the brim
with dark brown nurture, 
 frothy feather greens trimmed.

She eats the fresh smells
with all her secret senses...
Even her ears hear subtle
strong notes as she chews the cud
breaking down her defenses.

Handed some leaves in a bag-
not big enough to contain
her gratitude and pleasure...
buries her face in notions
of growing her own treasures.

Coriander, sweet basil, dill-
lungs balloon with pungent perfume
caught, breath held until
heart gasps, thankful-exhumes
breath of life with CO2, awake
to symbiosis give and take.

Thank You, from the abyss of my heart...
It is a Pleasure to return!

Aqua Marine: 09/12/2024


Acts 20:35
Acts 17:28
James1:17
Ephesians 5:1
Proverbs 12:25
1 Thessalonians 2: 8








       Afterthought...

 The sandwich...
Red, white, green...

Tomatoe bright red
Sweet basil next green strong
Mozzarella cheese.

Mama Mia!

Witch Hazel

Witch Hazel

There once was a witch named Hazel
Mistook poison oak for sweet basil
She finally conceded
New glasses, she needed,
For Halloween spells reappraisal

The Ripe Olives and Red Wines of Florence

The Ripe Olives and Red Wines of Florence
David J Walker 

Austere is the way I remember 
The convent in Florence
 
Perfectly white walls 
And the small single bed fronted
 
By worn floors from daily 
kneeling in prayer

A simple soup 
will be served
At supper 

My native guide says 
Possiamo fare di meglio in città

Either way there will be 
Ripe olives and red wine served with

Artisan bread dipped in garlic 
Sweet basil and virgin olive oil

Sweet Love of Mine

Walking down the quaint city street entering the sweetshop,
Oh yes!  Hershey’s Almond Milk Chocolate tasty flavor
Sweetheart chooses sweet licorice and hot fudge brownie delight,
Sweetie pie and I flavor sweetmeat crystallized fruit.

Sweet tooth such a happy mouth vibrato to have;
Healthy sweet corn with sweet pepper and sweet-and-sour
Rest in front of my Dear Heart and I with a sweet pea,
Sweet cherry edible fruit on ice cream dessert, oh yum!

Sweet sultan annual herb varicolored flower in garden
Touches sweet acacia shrub fragrant flowers for perfumery,
Enjoying sweet basil on my sweet potato pie with my Sugar Love
Sweet nothings sound to wife trompe l’oeil painted photographic reality.

Sweet cicely herb white flowers brighten garden sipping
Sweet cider with cinnamon and raspberry shortbread warm
Soul with endearments, together speaking love honestly husband
Wife meshed together in all things sharing sweet clover; blessed.

Garden

I love farms and planting. We love green foliage. My small garden have grown. Taking care and work on it make me happy. I often water it. I really appreciated that several times of smooth rain in the last month. I like its followers. Today I saw Moringa, five years old. I looked at for a while. How beautiful is that  white cute flowers! in an unexpectedly lucky way.  The aroma of basil  and green mint bless my soul.  

scent of fresh green mint
aroma of sweet basil 
beauty of garden

Sweet,Sweet Love

2 cups of vanilla ice cream
2 cups materialized onions
3 cups of sauteed mushrooms
4 cups shredded roast pork
1\4 sauteed crushed onions
5 cups of egg noodles
2 cups of sauteed cabbage
2tablespoons of cayenne pepper
2tablespoons of thyme
2 tablespoons of sweet basil
1/3 cups of port
1/3 cup of Brown sugar 
1/4 cup of olive oil
1 cup of sliced red peppers
1 cup of diced apples
1 cup of raisians


In a sauce pan combine, port, sugar and ice cream, cook until sugar is dissolved
Remove from heat. In a pan, combine olive oil cabbage,apples,rasins,pork  red peppers sand seasonings, add, onions and mushrooms, mix well and add garlic, pour sauce over pork, remove from heat and add to noodles. Serve hot.

Dappled Things

Oh, thank you God for dappled things-
   For skies of bright clear azure blue;
      For singing birds with lovely wings;
Fresh cool secret forest springs;
   Landscapes beautiful- and morning dew;
      Thank you for a cliff with an ocean view.

Treasures found along twisted paths, strange;
   Fragrant flowers growing that dazzle;
      Colors only nature can arrange;
And oh, delight- this patch of sweet basil.

________________________
March 13, 2017

Poetry/Rhyme/Dappled Things
Copyright Protected, ID 17-884-165-0
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.

A Spicy Love

Rosemary Thyme fell in love with
a spicy character who was Sweet Basil.
Her parents didn't Extractly like him, 
because he Peppered them with Salty 
words. So they would meet secretly.
One day however, she Cinnamon Cumin.
Her Poppyseed her, Anise he mad!! 
To keep them apart, he put her on 
the overland Sage bound for Oregano.

Synergy

Sweet basil, bee delight 
Honey maker unknown
Synergy

A Seasoned Song Recited

A SEASONED SONG
rose,oh rosemary
sweet aroma to me,
fragrant,my thyme with thee;
lovely lemon balm
ope'd hand is my palm,
mark! love's finger print,
indelibl'd with mint;
hold sweet basil at bay,
hark! these sage words I say
my evening primrose,
see my ardour grows
aside the mistletoe.
Such is this feverfew
in my lovage for you

Listen to me read this poem on youtube under the name ichthyschiro

Green Plants

sun shines from above
to synthesize chlorophyll ...
green peas appear

my meal full of them
like herbivores and insects ...
sweet basil flavored

green snake hides
between the grass and creepers ...
bush rat approaches



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A Seasoned Song

rose,oh rosemary
sweet aroma to me,
fragrant,my thyme with thee;
lovely lemon balm
ope'd hand is my palm,
mark! love's finger print,
indelibl'd with mint;
hold sweet basil at bay,
hark! these sage words I say
my evening primrose,
see my ardour grows
aside the mistletoe.

Such is this feverfew
in my lovage for you

A Spicy Relationship

ROSEMARY THYME was walking down the street when she CINNAMON CUMIN,  who's name
was SWEET BASIL.  He was from OREGANO.
She fell in love with him ALUM the way, PARSLEY because of his good looks.

But her POPPYSEED her...ANISE mad!!  Her sister GINGER tried to intervene, but 
was PEPPERED with retorts and a big family RHUBARB ensued.

SALT was rubbed into the wounds when her boyfriend, PUNKIN SPICE, joined in and
the fray MUSHROOMED.  He, too, wanted to be with her in wedded ONION. 

POPPYSEED to it that they couldn't.  Some NUTMEG also got involved to make things 
difficult.

So, all four of them decided to elope...and  left on the SAGE for OREGANO.

My Room

I confide my self in a room
Large windows opening  to a  garden
Smell of honey suckles mixed with lavender and sweet basil
Venus  fountain drips  as birth  sings  winds dancing in leaves
The only wish I made a sound of my music to be a picture perfect

I confide myself in a happy loneliness nevertheless
Speak to every creature as my friend as we’d first met
Still feel incomplete till moon is full as seen in  window
Move to a another room with larger window overlooking many gardens

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