Sensual Orchids

An orchid Villanelle.

Forget the roses, they just don’t compare;
there is a flower that brings out the want.
Sensual orchids exotic and rare.

Flamboyant flora and so debonair;
fancied by folks from L.A. to Vermont.
Forget the rose, they just don’t compare.

They can confuse botanists everywhere;
that’s because growing them can really daunt.
Sensual orchids exotic and rare.

Yet when they do bloom they do have a flair;
as flowers go they possess bon vivant.
Forget the roses, they just don’t compare.

Even photographers shutter and stare;
this is a flower with power to haunt.
Sensual orchids exotic and rare.

So grow some orchids and date if you dare;
you may find extra desire to flaunt.
Forget the roses, they just don’t compare;
sensual orchids exotic and rare.


19 Lines (Villanelle)
Writer’s Cramp
July 7, 2014