Betrayal
Like a phoenix
Except
I’m rising from the water
Taking flame when I touch air
Redemption
Like a hero
Except
I’m no better
Than the enemy now
Fire
In my eyes
Except
The flames of my hatred
Will last for eternity
Loathing
Can change you
Except
I don’t feel changed
I feel free
Betrayal
Can only get you so far
Redemption
Will only give you so much
Fire
Can only get you destruction
Loathing
Will only give you a death wish
I have a death wish
Of
Betrayal
Redemption
Fire
Loathing
Categories:
waterlily, betrayal, fire, repetition,
Form: Free verse
murky waters
barren sludge and grunge
until waterlilies rise
AP: 1st place 2025
Categories:
waterlily, water,
Form: Haiku
lily pad floats 'pon
shallow pond, roots deep....
spot before disemboguement
baby fish touch roots, nibble
enjoy safety, shade
shad shows silver sides
waterlily sends
a flower up to praise sun....
dragonfly above
5-5-7
7-5-5
7-5-7
2nd of new form
Not an ordinary Haiku
Written: 12-16-22
Categories:
waterlily, fish, nature, summer,
Form: Haiku
waterlily bud
confident rises with hope
from muddy waters
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
Posted on October 6, 2022
Categories:
waterlily, beauty, confidence, hope, uplifting,
Form: Haiku
with the coming of dawn
grace stretches upward
to the heavens in prayer
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
Posted on September 2, 2022
Categories:
waterlily, peace, prayer,
Form: Free verse
murky pond water
carpeted by waterlily~
lotus explosion
Categories:
waterlily, flower, nature,
Form: Haiku
Dragonflies practice their ballet
Tendering aflutter their cordial invites
To a world of whimsy and frivolity
A playful shimmer of glistening ripples
Mirrors of gilded sunlight enchantment
In a universe of magic and serenity
A microcosm of enticing fantasy
A hint of underwater wonderland
Looking on at wavelets quivering
Where nymphs and faeries play
As graceful baby mermaids clone
Under waterlilies that float adrift
Open unfurled soaking up sunrays
Idle with zenlike inspiration
Revelling with flair finesse
Inducing a meditative state
A replica of eden’s garden
Where freedom is a gift
Offered on a ray of sunshine
Published in my photo/poetry book ~WATERLILY GARDEN~ 2019
AP: 2nd place 2025, 2nd place 2020, 3rd place 2025
Submitted on September 5, 2019 for N/A THE DAY AWAY sponsored by LU LOO - RANKED 2ND
Categories:
waterlily, fantasy, flower, garden, magic,
Form: Free verse
gentle ripples lapping the shore
in a moonlit waterlily garden
bathing under the stars
while faeries’ luminescent wings
flutter against the black velvet sky
dreams do come true
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Submitted on March 11, 2019 for contest MARCH 19 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 1ST
Originally posted on October 11, 2018
Categories:
waterlily, dream, fairy, garden, moon,
Form: Free verse
waterlily petals
skirting the flame
of enlightenment
AP: 1st place 2021
Posted on September 23, 2018
Categories:
waterlily, flower, peace, spiritual, wisdom,
Form: Haiku
Gliding through mini luscious everglades
Waterlily pads ahead, to the right
Then to the left, careful not to disturb
Swooshing gently through calm serene stillness
Stealthily paddling a ten-foot canoe
Splendour before us, reverence and awe
Silence broken by a loon’s lonely call
Hushed chitter chatter of nymphs and fairies
Hid underworld microcosm fairyland
Withheld veiled from all prying human eyes
Concealed bubbling teeming effervescence
Within the grassy edges between rocks
Playfully laughing in the warm sunshine
Soul bared, all senses sweetly awakened
Enchanted like in a magical dream
Truly a blessing to be invited
Cordially through waterlily alley
AP: 1st place 2020, 3rd place 2022
Submitted for STANDARD CONTEST NO.65 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND on January 24, 2018 - RANKED 3RD
Categories:
waterlily, fantasy, imagination, river,
Form: Verse
Weeping willows betray the water
Blending too deeply, too green
You say lily, add water before
Methinks you painted a dream
Dare you dream
In a world of green
When white stark posts refuse to gleam?
Dare a foot trod upon the arch
So blissfully green as the shrubs
(Or should I say trees), and these
Cat tails that the wind rubs
Much softer though, than the trees
Categories:
waterlily, dream, growth, nature,
Form: Rhyme