Unfurling Winter Rose

A sweet glad
maddening tinge of
thin happy sadness,
the unfurling winter rose.

Jazz Diva

  

The jazz diva,
looking for
long smooth notes
somewhere between
her heart and the starlight.

Red Canna Flowers

  

A bright
noon sun whispering
you’ll need
thicker blankets tonight,
red canna flowers.

Overripe Persimmon

  

A splat landed
overripe persimmon!
Autumn has been
flattened out of itself.

Midnight Moonflowers

  

Dulcet soprano choirs
lip-whispering
prayer hymns,
moonflower vines
at midnight.

Hurricane Lily (Cluster Amaryllis)

  

The blood of
retreating summer
shed among the environs:
hurricane lilies.

  

Far cluster amaryllis clumps,
the passion in
that glance cast half
a room away!

  

Warmth off
a now untouched
breast moved half a yard away!
A cluster amaryllis.

A hurricane lily:
the halted
spent whirl
of the scarlet
heat hurl of passion.

After the scarlet rush
almost absolutely
nothing:
cluster amaryllis.

Snow in Summer Jasmine

  
Gazing from afar,
my love
grows like pink
snow in summer jasmine
over a wall.

Did the wall absorb
her winsome essence?
The snow in summer
jasmine has gone pink!

Beauty and desire
dashed and perfectly mixed!
White and pink
snow in summer jasmine.

  

Snow in summer jasmine:
the pink my ache
and her unpretentious wide
smirk the white.

Let me prove constancy:
a love ballad streamed
word by word
all on pink jasmine leaves.

Morning morning glories

  
Bessie Smith pouring
low notes into
a round sliver mic,
morning morning glories.

Multicolored Hollyhocks

 
 

Multicolored hollyhocks:
a warm mid-day breeze
blown so
demonstratively tall!

Looking through the
glass just like
Alice had thought:
this multicolored hollyhock plot.

The seeds of good deeds
that did with speed
bloom when in need:
multicolored hollyhocks.

Beautiful lies….

  
Where she resorted to
a beautiful lie
to say
good bye:
pink Inca lillies.