Flower Thanks Poems

High on remote cliffs,
wildflowers huddle
between 
wind scalped boulders,
heads kept down,
their roots weaved 
into crevices
where a little soil has been
won from rain wash
and wear. They grow
surrounded...

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Today once again I’m thankful for flowers 
and the diversity they show….
because if every flower was a red rose…
think of all the beauty we’d never...

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The heavens can’t admire themselves
The spotted clouds, and the opaque wavered clouds
Like a light glide of a brush.
Our Lord gifted us with round eyes
That reflect...

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Man and Woman

You are  Woman, I am a Man
For our child, I am the father, you are the mother.

Your heart is as soft as...

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Laughing sun glinting through the skies
Raining hope and faith to baptize
Promises of dreams come to life
Reviving joy while ending strife

Choicest blooms, vibrantly smiling
Shows of wonder,...

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Fanm, fanm, o fanm rapadou
Boubout mwen, bèsom, kòmansmanm
Nan kaye jounalye mwen chak jou
Chak jou se pou ou, se jou pa ou
Ou se nanm mwen, poto...

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Woman, woman, oh sweet woman
My love, my crib, my token
In my daily diary
Every day is your journey
You are my soul, my pillar
I cherish you everyday
And...

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Spring is sprung.
Clouds of maple.
Skies of pine.

Red in green.
Serviceberry understory.
Spring is sprung.

Skunk cabbage spathe.
Black birch sap.
Poplar flowers.

Opossum tires.
Spring is sprung.
Blackbird wing.

Wasps won’t sting.
My father died.
Town...

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Life is so ironic, it takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence and absence to value presence. ~ Anonymous


I’m thankful for...

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Brilliant red roses
  across the way
lit up by the sun
  make my day

I've thanked the grower
  many a time
I've yet to thank...

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...give thanks
IN ALL circumstances,
for this is God’s will for you
in Christ Jesus

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV)

GRACE

resplendent yellow
overwhelms the daffodils
the sunflowers stretch
pursuing the light of life
giving thanks...

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I stand in the garden
Sunlight streaming down
Warming my bare shoulders
Caressing cheeks and neck
~
I stand in the garden
Roses drenched in dew
Soft petals whispering to me
Blinding my...

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Four walls closed in fear
  and a window with a view,
is that me in here
  without you?

Outside a spring flower scene
  with...

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Nine months of gestational pain 
But for me you bore it with a smile
When it hurts me even a little 
Your heart beat stop for...

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THANKFUL FOR A NEW DAY

Days and nights stacked layer upon layer,
the span of destined time opens like petals
as the essence of existence gradually unfurls
the beauty...

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