/lit/ - Literature

>>18697384
Talk about the flower like you would talk about a woman

>>18697394
>I want to fuck flowers

>>18697384
start with the greeks

>>18697403
>I want to romance nature's bounty
>I desire a love affair with my local oak tree
>oh what passion the seas of colour that are fields of flowers summon within me
unironically yes

>>18697403
Yes, but told subtly.

bump

>>18697384

The Flower and the Fly

Her fleshy petals blooming soft and pink
Compel my longing eyes to stop and gape
As hummingbirds enjoy their morning drink
And bumblebees buzz up against her nape.

How open and inviting she appears!
How wantonly she welcomes every tryst!
So long as they approach her free of fears,
Her many suitors know, she won't resist.

If only I were coloured like a bee,
Or charming as the lovely birds that float,
She'd open up her petals, just for me,
And I would gulp her nectar down my throat.

But I'm a fly, on nature's lowest rung,
Condemned to curse her while I feed on dung.

>>18697627
This is really good, anon. I'm going to use some of it.

>>18697627
there you go, OP. this guy did your homework for ya

>>18697627
>gape
lol

>>18697627
did you actually write this? not bad

>>18697627
I'd jack off to this poem. That flower is such a slut.

I knew an op who was gay
Because he could think of nothing to say.
So he asked us for help,
The pitiful welp
While his dad ate my asshole all day.

>>18697843
>I knew an op who was gay
>While his dad ate my asshole all day.
I don't think I'm the fag here

>>18697627

The Hummingbird's Idea

I hardly understand the fly's complaint.
A hummingbird gets thirsty, so he drinks.
He doesn't need the nectar of a saint,
Nor does he care what any flower thinks.

The point is to float up and wet your beak,
Not drown yourself in fantasies of flings
Until your throat becomes too dry to speak.
A flower wants a bird who boasts and sings!

Perhaps I'll have a taste of every kind
And make the green-eyed fly observe my course
To show him that the problem's in his mind,
Not in some cruel deterministic force.

He claims he's fated to eat horrid food.
If only he would change his attitude!

>>18698056

How Wonderful it Is to Be a Flower

How wonderful it is to be a flower
Admired by the warm and watchful sun
And taking twenty lovers every hour!
It isn't shameless if you're having fun.

I'm worshipped by the hummingbirds at dawn.
I've kissed a hundred bumblebees by noon.
It used to sting, to watch them moving on,
But I got over that by middle June.

The ancient maple likes to groan and sigh.
He envies me and all my pretty friends
And so, at night, he chants a horrid lie:
"How soon the season of your beauty ends!"

He's far too old for any girl's desire.
I hope they chop him down for a campfire.

>>18698426
>He's far too old for any girl's desire.
>I hope they chop him down for a campfire
lol, nice one.

>>18698444
hehe thanks fren nice trips

>>18697627
>>18698056
>>18698426

Are all of these by the same person?

Great work

>>18698486
Yes they are all me. Thanks :)

>>18698596
did you write them specifically for this thread or were they already done prior to it

>>18698618
Wrote them for this thread lol. And have since edited them a bit compared to the ones I posted. But not much.

>>18698623
You are quite the poet. Judging by the time elapsed between your posts, you have internalized the sonnet form deeply, your creativity and wit are quick and rich and your ears finely attuned to the music of the English language.

I wish you everything the best in your future endeavors and hope you use your talents to produce a great work.

>>18698659
Really appreciate that, friend. I pretty well never write poetry (I mostly write short fiction) but I read a lot of Shakespeare, so iambic pentameter is not too difficult to jump into. Though it was fun writing these three sonnets. I may have to try my hand at some more!

>>18698623
Hey, it's OP. Thank you for the help. I don't know if I could have done the assignment without it. I took a lot of inspiration from your first sonnet. I wrote a sonnet based on yours. Basically, I changed the words up and moved some things around because I wasn't sure if this was something that you had ever published before. It was really good.

>>18698693
No problem! And don't worry it's not published lol I literally wrote it because you were talking about a flower sonnet and someone said compare a flower to a girl. Thanks for prompting it. I need someone else to throw ideas out in order to write anything, and I quite like these three sonnets. Hope the assignment goes well!

>>18698693
>>18698712
very cute and wholesome

>>18697384
you are truly gayer than a flower
your mom likes to milk my penis hard
your sister my ass loves to devour
too bad you are a smelly retard
jk