Long Spirea Poems

- 2016 -

- JANUARY -

A freezing cold evening

Where the stars shining bright

With frost blade flanks

From mouth and nose steam

In the clear silence

White untrodden snows

Nature's frozen pulse

Sleep like a little baby

One gracious moon

After the night the...

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Amassed in flamboyant Azalea blooms when my garden is free of the cold.
Bird of Paradise, dressed in purple and orange,  wear their colors so bold.
Crocus bloom when the mounds of snow finally melt and...

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Solid gray skies
   Over daylilies trying to bloom
    Several different species so colorful
      Open only a day, live life to the fullest
   ...

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Its ardor grew like the sprouts being verdant green,
As the lowliness of a meadow's reach for sun.
Their whispered breaths trails farewell to a doting Spring,

Neath the grassy spreads of life, seeks a saffron sky.
Enters the...

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After winter’s cold, Apple Blossoms unfold.
Bright, fresh spring brings Bluebells to behold.
Cheery Cherry Blossoms burst then dance to ground.
Delightful Dahlias bloom spring all around.
Eastern Redbuds warm cold winter emotion and
Fresh Freesia compliments each spring notion.
Gardenias...

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I’m a midnight cat, by the name of Obsidian,
eyes golden by candlelight; by day they’re viridian.
As I lay here among my Mistress’s great books,
I am wondering what, for my supper, she’ll cook?

Mistress is a Seer,...

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From the north he came nimbly in the night
	Softly silently bombing blanketing buds

Saturating each single stem
	Snowy sneak attack barraging bombarding bark

Wracking white war-like wonder
	With relentless wrath and rage

Cardinal calling watching in wonder
	Bright crimson claret buried...

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DOWN BY THE RIVER
reflections
ever changing 
ever changing
reflections
IN MY GARDEN
I think, 
day dream I suppose..
thoughts drift in as images...
In this quiet 
I am so alone ...
....then I pick up a pen
MID SUMMER DAY
asleep,dreaming 
imagination takes hold
its...

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May show us how beautiful you are
A Spirea blooms like a beautiful and white cloud in the garden
Beautiful spring bride
Dressed with creation she herself had designed
A golden ring of eternal happiness
The veil thin and beautiful...

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SUMMER CHRONICLE

reflections
ever changing 
ever changing
reflections

I think, 
day dream I suppose..
thoughts drift in as images...

In this quiet 

asleep,dreaming 
imagination takes hold
its wings await...

a caterpillar on the Spirea...
...later
a chrysalis becomes a butterfly

Today has been fair 
tonight still...

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