Flowers beauty contest...

For OLN I am contributing my poem written for Thursday's Poetics as I was too late to post by the deadline.

Gay had us writing about quarrels today, but not the obvious kind. They are poems

derived from the diamond shaped window quarrels of old.  They are 'falling diamonds' that alternate different points of view.   If you are interested, hop over to dversepoets.com and take a peek at what others are writing.

                                       by klr

                                        

Dahlia's face

glows with passion 

mimicking architecture

of the sun; her golden heart

centered, beaming, surrounded by
a layered choir of many petals,
the colors of untold shades
of orange, each with

 it's own 

voice

Held up 

by a sturdy stem

with large blue-green

leaves, she feels blessed to

herald fall's beginning in shadows

and sunshine, making her mark;

flaunting her claim for end  

of summer fame, her

  glorious face, first
 choice

                                         by klr  
 Nearby
 in the garden,
 almost arriving late for the
 year, the quiet hydrangea then
 appears, not as a fierce contender but
  rather a fine compliment, with friendship
  in mind, as they make their debut
  Svelte in her blue and white,

hydrangea smiles and
both flowers
together

rejoice