plump pokeberries hanging
wait for purple stained fingers
to pluck them from vine
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berries used for dye
or food for birds who get drunk
and fly into windows
By susi (Texaswishr@aol.com)
can you picture the
birds stuffing their beaks full of
purple pokeberries?
By Mikey (Norma1223@aol.com)
photographic gem
like mother nature's earring
purple luster shine
Phyllis Ann (Starbird55@comcast.net)
purple berry vines
entwining and hanging down
oh my how divine
By Amy (Fabulousfilly@aol.com)
nature’s own ink wells
royal purple pokeberries
turkey quill a pen!
By Evelyn (Evenccw@aol.com)
White blooms turn purple
The birds await their turning
For their winter food
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But mammals beware
Toxins find an opening
To spread the poison
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Purple juice makes ink
Birds ingesting the berries
Paint the patio
By Joy (JOY3032@aol.com)
Clustered on their stalks
Looking much like ripened grapes
Birds enjoy the fruit.
By Doris (Toto38@aol.com)
Berries for the birds
Restaurant for the Blue Jays
Maybe for the Wrens
Open all night long
Stop by for a tasty treat
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Hanging in the air
such a beautiful color
Feast for the birds
By Cara (Cara617@aol.com)
sunshine has a way
of bringing luster to plain
and ordinary
By Marilyn (LaraOct7@aol.com)
ONE DAY ON A WALK
AN EMPTY FIELD WAS NEARBY
SAW SOMETHING DANGLING
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LOOKED LIKE BLUEBERRIES
UP CLOSE BROWN LEAVES ON DRIED STICK
YEA,POKEBERRY WEED
By Lilly (Lilprincessitali@aol.com)
Mother Nature's trick
Make up for all occasions
Purple for winter.
By Swampetta (SWAMPETTA@aol.com)
no, no not fox grapes
black and staining each berry
yuck if you eat it
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Pokeweed's poke berries
Indian ink so they say
oh so deep staining
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fall when leaves turn brown
children play their little games
Dark blue, staining deep
By Tom (tomWYO@aol.com)
Deep and purple
There's life in the old stalk yet
Squirt for every beak.
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Berry profusion,
Late bursting destiny,
Birds' own Thanksgiving
By Norma (Twi1ite@sbcglobal.net)
Sign should read
pokeberry clusters
lovely but deadly!
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So sad the fact that
animals just can't read
all that's lovely isn't GOOD!
By Mary (MusingByMary@aol.com)
IT'S A
BERRY BERRY
BEARY PATCH
By Sharon (Sunyskys1943@aol.com)
Wild and growing free
Provides food for hungry birds
Bears to eat their share
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Swallowing the seeds
Help replenish the cold earth
Benefiting all.
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Water streams nearby
To fulfill their growing thirst
Wonders of our world
By Connie (CSThomas@aol.com)
Poke berries or ink berries
Poke weed to cook in the spring
The pretty deep colored berries.
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Once, my boys picked them
And ate them by the fist fulls
Panicky called them for help. 911.
By Barbara (Brierhillbarbara@aol.com)