May 30, 2025 · 12:02 am
Bespeckled
Bespeckled by rain, /
bright asiatic lilies /
shine like yellow suns.
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June 19, 2024 · 2:02 am
Wisdom
Smell the lilies bloom. /
Hear the wisdom of no words. /
See and touch and be.
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June 8, 2024 · 11:59 pm
Interdependent
Interdependent: /
beauty, life, respect as one /
in lilies and you.
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May 31, 2024 · 11:58 pm
Grasp
Grasp impermanence: /
lilies bloom and then are gone. /
Then the grasp leaves.
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July 5, 2023 · 6:31 pm
Lilies
The fireworks spent. /
The promises unfulfilled. /
The day lilies bloomed.
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June 23, 2023 · 1:12 am
No return
It feels good, Beth said. /
She snapped off dead lily heads, /
dropped them to the ground. /
This evening, I did the same, /
but she did not return.
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June 13, 2021 · 4:47 pm
Deadheads
I deadhead lilies, /
snapping old petals so new /
flowers don’t suffer.
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