Bright Bluets have four
But Forget-Me-Nots have five
Petals are the tell.
…
Quaker Ladies form
a tight cross shape and wink. They
are native stars now.
…
Both have yellow hearts
One bright bloom will eye you up
one will lure you in.
…
The Native Starlet
is a cousin of coffee.
They love sunny lawns.
…
The foreigner is
bound to moist and shady banks
Changing color now.
…
The dreamy Icon
lush, wild, and packed with folklore
sweeps suitors away.
…
Published by
C. S. De Dona
Author, Poet, Photographer, domestic violence survivor, and naturalized immigrant, Cornelia is currently an Arts and Letters member of The Southwest Florida Branch of The National League Of American Pen Women.
Cornelia lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii, for thirty-six years. Also, seven years in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. She now resides in North Fort Myers, Florida.
Her poems and photography are published in print, online, and in Rain Bird, a literary and art journal of the University of Hawaii's Windward Community College (2008-2013).
In 2013, Cornelia received Rain Bird's Kolokolea Poetry Prize for her poem, "Speaking French."
In 2016, her chapbook "Hawaiian Time," entered in the National League of American Pen Women's Vinnie Ream contest, was awarded third place in their inaugural multi-discipline category.
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