Peonies come up every year by the back gate on a green strip between the building that I live in and the building across that yard. I get to watch the peonies branch out, bud, bloom and die off. The flowers are huge, lacy and lovely in shades of white, pink and red. Haiku consist of three lines consisting of 5-7-5 syllables, Tonkas are five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables. They are called Japanese form poems and traditionally include some aspect of nature.
No peonies are
On the walk path this
Year by the Lupine.
Long for peonies
To unfurl thier ruffled blossoms
And dance in the air….
Waiting for flowers,
Peonies unfurling in
The warmer sunshine,
Undressing like modest virgins
Promising more than they give….
Peonies are now
Beginning to bloom in the
Yard. It’s summertime!
Peonies, lacy
Ladies of the garden, bud
At the end of stalks.
Peonies suffer
From acrophobia. Stake
Them in your garden!
The irresolute
Peonies inundate the
Gardens and bowers.
Consult pimped-out
Pink and red peonies on
Bushes in the yard.
Peonies, baroque
Flowers, belie blossoms of
Uncommon beauty.
Amorphous flowers,
Aficinados of
Peony allegory,
Alleviate the beauty
Of ambience in bloom.
Fire opals light the
Floral dressing in the garden
Of bright peonies.
Peonies rival
A cacophany iof colors
In sunlit stations.
Peonies dance in
The breeze, unfurling in brash
Bombasts of color.
Peonies, chanteuse
of summer’s crescendo
In spatial sunshine….
Peonies are the
Apposite blossoms – the bold
Archetypes of grace.
Winning accolades,
Peonies in every form
Gracing the garden.
Peonies are like
Antebellum ambience
In southern gardens.
Accentuate the
Beauty of peonies in the
Acme of the sun.
Peonies are the
Baccalaureate of any
Prolific display.
Peonies rival
A lotus’s comtemplation;
A rose’s caress.
Peonies are an
Antagonist anecdote
Of garden’s distress.
Peonies are an
Addendum to a garden’s
Overall showings.
I love watching the
Peonies bloom each year in
The yard by the gate.