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Delilah's Dahlias
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Flowers Sunspun FOUR FLOWERS
The Sun Arose
in Morning Glory
with His Goldenrod
Wanding Violet
to Rose
(to C and R Davis
of Maryland)
BLUEMS
When chicory
and periwinkle
.. catching blue
star twinkle
bloom
... they're bluems
NO PRUNING
His plum tree
he did not violently
prune
and therefore
he had
many times more prunes
NO ADIEU
The bees need not
bid the blooms adieu
for the morn brings
new nectar and dew
DELILAH'S DAHLIAS
No longer need
Samson fear
Delilah's shears.
Reborn is
Delilah
..
.. safe are the curly heads
of dahlias
IN THE PRIDED WOOD
In the prided wood
the Lord of Luminescence
gives each fruit
a dewy tumescence
and with light each
lemon limns
and with love
each lime he lines.
2 ROSES DWELT ABOVE
Two roses dwelt
above
.. the meanest sharpest
thorns
So high they
swayed
in morning light
their petaled fleece
was never shorn
DANDELION DIASPORA
The rain, weed-wed,
has
multiplied
these
gray haired flakeheads
and now
dandelion seeds float in the air..
by the Bubble Blower sent aloft..
which ones will mystically touchdown..
to root in our hearts?
Not in chaotic shards
do dandelion seeds
burst from their ball.
Each part as perfect
as the whole.
Each each contains
the all.
BEETLE BITTEN BEE BIBBED BLOOMS
The beetle bitten blooms
are now beautiful of lace
The bees have bibbed
all the nectar
and the emptied bloom chalice
will now hold new dew.
BY LOVE'S POWER
He was a great healer
He had taken on so
many of others' burdens
that
His pain was intense
.. His body sick
His mind agony
great
People's hearts wanted
to grow wings with
which to blanket
him.. and him to shield
as their great love
touched his own
by his love's return power
was he healed
BUTTERNUT AND BUTTERCUP
Held the dew
the concave buttercup
better than
the convex butternut
as listening ears
have healing
in their cups
with what
chalice'd joy
does the buttercup
hold
the liquid sunup
(to J Miller, to L Yost and to others)
DAFFODIL CHALICE
Father winter
.. he did fill
the hopeful cup of
wee daffodil
with the cold
sorbet
of chill
the icing of
snowspill.
But it melted
quickly..
and soon to
the touch of
the sun
the daffodil
did thrill.
**
Al Couch, a Biblical scholar and farmer, took Genesis literally..
that there were no brutal weather patterns on earth when it was
covered with trees.. it is humankind, not God, he thought, who have
created the violence of freezing.
DO FLOWERS CHASE BEES?
Do flowers chase bees?
Does Mother Earth bite?
Do rivers run backwards?
Do
butterflies get speeding tickets? It is to the meditater at the
tree's base and not to the hunter that the gentle deer come.
***
(to bee attracting C Nevada
who juggles 3 careers)
PHLOX UNFURL THEIR FLAGS
The phlox unfold
their bee flagons
that busy bees
not be flaggin
The phlox unfurl
their flags of joy..
made of the caught
flames of the sun..
with hues
unique to no nation..
As the world warms
in the flux of love
there will be less need
for foxes' gloves
or phlox gloves
OLIVES OF WRATH
There are olives of wrath
as well... bulldozed
from their mother trees
in the groves of Palestine...
May God
Who is Nonharming
Who is Peace
change all ways
so that always
peace will be theirs and thine
peace will be for all .. for mine
MAXWELL PERIWINKLE BLUE
Stars
above & their twinkles
are mirrored by
ground periwinkle
.. they do not sparkle
as much as J's smile
breaking through
her cheek crinkles
to JMB
PICKPOCKET KUDZU
Kudzu pickpocket
crawling along
the pickets
and up the trunks
looking for caches
and caves of squirrel
seeds..
as Love climbs over
the heart.. looking
for chinks which will
let Him in
DANDELION BLOOD
Dandelions' blood
is green..
Dandy lions' blood
is red
Because they hurt
They have bled
THISTLE BLOWS
Tangent to the mistle toe
Near where the harbor whistle crows
she the dearest epistle knows
is watching down of thistle blow
Her favorite sermon
.. Jack In the Pulpit
surrounded by his
bee disciples
her favorite shrine
woods of pine
her favorite church
groves of birch
her favorite chapel
orchards appled
by sunlight dappled
the best synagogue
a cranberry bog
the most sacred mosque
vine covered kiosk
(to her favorite
temple..
N and E Kempel)
SLIPSHOD
Cut down that tree!
the lumbermen cried!
She's so ugly and
so slipshod!
With her flaky head
lost in the clouds
and her feet in the filthy sod..
But all who loved her
encircled her
and kept her from the axe and
the blade
and in the spring with
new roots she was shod
and clad in a
laceleafslip from God.
SEEK THE HIGHEST
All fruits are equal and
yet and yet
oranges are better
than cherries
.. purple grapes
surpass blueberries..
for the higher the hue
of the jade of the blue
.. the higher the frequency
.. the more divine we see.
OVERGROWN
Overgrown..
an oxymoron..
when God is growing
the green
what can be overgrown?
JACK IN THE PULPIT
Jack in the Pulpit
preached to Peach Pit
.. so sunny were his words
she greenforked into
Spirit
from her confining cage
LILAC SOURCE
Like lilac scents
smelled far away
carried by the galloping
SouthWindHorse..
..when we know not
their home
source..
are the anonymous
messages
of angels
as they continue
on their course.
A lilac
says it is a
lie to think lack
for supply is everflowing
LUPINS BELIEVE
Night the prosecutor
displayed his cruel hand.. showed
experience passed through his black
prism. Light became dark
through his eyeglass..
and turned into damning evidence.
But the falsely accused
awoke in the morning
to a meadow as far as the
eye could see.. miracled
with April..
one by one each bursting
lupin.. stood up and took
a stand
..other blooms followed
.. until the army of
the night was completely
vanquished
I BELIEVE IN SPRING
I BELIEVE IN SPRING
I BELIEVE IN SPRING ETERNAL
LADY BIRD LOVES COWSLIPS
Painters love flowers for their hues.
Perfumers love blossoms for their smells.
Bees other bees of bloom nectar tell.
Lady Bird loves cowslips for themselves.
Wherever she has trod in the dell
flowertrails to Mother Earth befell
.. daffodils and larkspur and bluebells
daisies and trilliums and cockleshells
**************
to Lady Bird Johnson, a woman gracious in suffering, a defender of
the underdog (See Lyndon Johnson tapes re her defense of Walter
Jenkins)
GOLDSMITHED ROSE
All life is sacred
but one day he chose
that the Japanese beetle
was greater than rose.
Crawling in his greenmail armour
over the Goldsmithed rose..
ready to turn gold petal fire
into pure insect flight.
He found when he chose
the bug oer the
bud of rose
God gave him back
infinite blooms of rose.
(to the employees of Goodyear who fought Sir James Goldsmith and his
greenmail takeover attempt.. Goodyear lost 95 million dollars. Atty
General Switzer of NY is building a coalition of AG's to fight Wall
St. abuse Greenmail is a takeover tactic but now it has a better
meaning: the promise of campaigns against Mother Earth abusers by
environmentalists Some have said capitalism is inheently
antidemocratic since the accumulation of power leads to bribery,
fraud.
HONEYSUCKLE
God needs no
chain or buckle
to link
the roots
of honeysuckle.
Her herald
fragrance runs ahead
as her seamless
threads
delve into new
beds.
TOMATO VINE
The tomato stake
was proud that
he was stable
.. upright disciplined
and able
.. but it was the
weak spineless tomato vine
who provided
all the food for the table
A VINE NAMED JOSEPH
Invest in
a grape vine named Joseph
with fruit is explosive
olive groves
are treasure troves
apple orchards
give more $ than Borgias
nut trees,
nut infinity
pumpkin patches
numberless batches
QUINCE PRINTS
In every quince
In all quints
are footprints
of the Prince
.. of Peace
WAITING CANVASES
Interspersed with Indian Paint
Brushes.. many blank waiting
canvases of
Queen Anne's Lace..
What colors
will overlay the newcloudhue
.. after the Artist
returns from her break?
We cannot say.. but She
has decided that the elderberry
portraits.. will be pointilist
deep purple orbs
(to EDW)
ANEMONE
Beauty gives her
hegemony...
the pink bush of anemone
.. a flock of settled
butterflies..
...with nary an enemy
to Sr. Mary Ellen, OP
who fosters them
DELILAH'S DAHLIAS
No longer need
Samson fear
Delilah's shears.
Reborn is
Delilah
..
.. safe are the curly heads
of dahlias
2 ROSES DWELT ABOVE
Two roses dwelt
above
.. the meanest sharpest
thorns
So high they
swayed
in morning light
their petaled fleece
was never shorn
DANDELION DIASPORA
The rain, weed-wed,
has
multiplied
these
gray haired flakeheads
and now
dandelion seeds float in the air..
by the Bubble Blower sent aloft..
which ones will mystically touchdown..
to root in our hearts?
Not in chaotic shards
do dandelion seeds
burst from their ball.
Each part as perfect
as the whole.
Each each contains
the all.
BEETLE BITTEN BEE BIBBED BLOOMS
The beetle bitten blooms
are now beautiful of lace
The bees have bibbed
all the nectar
and the emptied bloom chalice
will now hold new dew.
4 Flowers
The Sun Arose
in Morning Glory
with His Goldenrod
Wanding Violet
to Rose
(to C and R Davis
of Maryland)
BY LOVE'S POWER
He was a great healer
He had taken on so
many of others' burdens
that
His pain was intense
.. His body sick
His mind agony
great
People's hearts wanted
to grow wings with
which to blanket
him.. and him to shield
as their great love
touched his own
by his love's return power
was he healed
BUTTERNUT AND BUTTERCUP
Held the dew
the concave buttercup
better than
the convex butternut
as listening ears
have healing
in their cups
with what
chalice'd joy
does the buttercup
hold
the liquid sunup
(to J Miller, to L Yost and to others)
DAFFODIL CHALICE
Father winter
.. he did fill
the hopeful cup of
wee daffodil
with the cold
sorbet
of chill
the icing of
snowspill.
But it melted
quickly..
and soon to
the touch of
the sun
the daffodil
did thrill.
**
Al Couch, a Biblical scholar and farmer, took Genesis literally..
that there were no brutal weather patterns on earth when it was
covered with trees.. it is humankind, not God, he thought, who have
created the violence of freezing.
DO FLOWERS CHASE BEES?
Do flowers chase bees?
Does Mother Earth bite?
Do rivers run backwards?
Do
butterflies get speeding tickets? It is to the meditater at the
tree's base and not to the hunter that the gentle deer come.
***
(to bee attracting C Nevada who juggles 3 careers)
PHLOX UNFURL THEIR FLAGS
The phlox unfold
their bee flagons
that busy bees
not be flaggin
The phlox unfurl
their flags of joy..
made of the caught
flames of the sun..
with hues
unique to no nation..
As the world warms
in the flux of love
there will be less need
for foxes' gloves
or phlox gloves
MAXWELL PERIWINKLE BLUE
Stars
above & their twinkles
are mirrored by
ground periwinkle
.. they do not sparkle
as much as J's smile
breaking through
her cheek crinkles
to JMB
PICKPOCKET KUDZU
Kudzu pickpocket
crawling along
the pickets
and up the trunks
looking for caches
and caves of squirrel
seeds..
as Love climbs over
the heart.. looking
for chinks which will
let Him in
DANDELION BLOOD
Dandelions' blood
is green..
Dandy lions' blood
is red
Because they hurt
They have bled
HOLLY HOCKS
Never will holly hock
the seeds of her
precious holly hocks
Their standards of cheer
are receivers of joy
GOLDENROD DUST
Dorothy has grown
since her trip to Oz..
she now prefers
a goldenrod powdered
wild trail..
to the yellow brick road
**
WATER LILY PADS
Water lilies
offer landing pads to
dragonfly helicopters
..
PURPLE GENTIAN
She has no tension
about her pension
She doesn't vy for
the sun's attention
she cares not whether
they mention
how beautiful is she:
the
purple gentian
(thank you to Garrison
Kielor for rhyming
gentian and mention)
