Best Poinsettia Poems

I love to see you 
and only you this time…
as you spread all over your leaf-liked petals 
like the very bright numerous stars
you'd fallen down magically from the sky
your flaming red on top of green 
so alluring-
I am so mesmerized

all  lying down  on...

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red and evergreen
bushes proudly displayed, joy
marriage's first kiss 



**I got married in December and the church was full of poinsettias....it was so beautiful....

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My heart is poinsettia red,
You have filled it with Your own dear blood,
My love in return to all others spread,
None do You exclude, tho you could.


Our efforts to give wax so pitying,
Next to Your humble babe's crying,
Even so, tho some decry harried gift-giving,
It is in...

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Pink Poinsettia


my favorite color

            lifts my mood

                  with every holiday glance




.....For Andrea's Contest...

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So beautiful, yet poisonous is the poinsettia. 
Protecting herself from us with a vendetta.
We put it out as a center-piece decoration.
Withering away and weakening, during our celebration.

Its magnificent, bright red leaves a stern warning.
Ignored while we brazenly look adorning.  
We see her brilliance and...

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The poinsettia shape reminds us of the Star of Bethlehem
Which led the wise men to a manger with gifts for Him,
And the brilliant red of the Christmas flower symbolizes
The shed blood of Jesus Christ which every Christian prizes
Reminding us that Jesus the Messiah’s birth, is...

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Deep red star flower,

                                      scarlet life blood atonement.

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snow carpets hide greens
white hills and sky become one...
poinsettia peeks

midst gripping coldness
redeemed soul* seeks revival...
now fired-up by God**

December 9, 2022
1st place "Winter Nature Themed Haiku" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin; judged on 12/13/2022.

*Lamentations 3:58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul;...

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Pretty flowering plant
Often seen at Christmas,
Indigenous to Mexico
Now available at nurseries
Showy scarlet bracts,
Each surrounding yellow flowers
That require much attention
Throughout the season
In order to re-bloom
And delight next year.

Written December 2, 2022...

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The poinsettia is such a magnificent plant
With bright red fronds, yellow-colored centers
Poinsettia trees growing tall like blazing towers
In Tanzania, we saw these gorgeous flowers.

I mentioned we pay a fortune for one blossom
And, I have never been able to keep one alive,
My guide said, “Here they...

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The poinsettia is a rare plant, indeed,
Its vivid red leaves outperform its tiny flower,
In Africa, it achieves the height of an oak tree
Exploding in vivid red like a bedecked tower
Decorated for a special holiday occasion.
Our guide was astounded we paid for a frond
While here bouquets...

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red petals bloom wild
against replicated leaves
Christmas hue with pride
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a poinsettia
a voracious snail duo 
sheer desolation...

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Clever poinsettia
Green red pink blooming beauty
Festive unique bring...

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