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Trillium 
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA 
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My Dried Bouquet Along the lake the cattails grow In shallow water and they show Brown, velvet flowers, dense and thick, Upon a tall and woody stick That is the stem. The green leaves rise Like long swords pointing at the skies. I have a milk can by my door. I like to gather three or four With other drying plants to make A fall display. I always take Some teasels too and spikes of wheat. Some sprays of rosehips then complete My dried bouquet and it will last Long after winter storms are passed. Sometimes I keep it through the year Until another autumn's here.t size> Betty Lou Hebert Will be published in "Along the Path" 2001 [This message has been edited by Trillium (edited 10-29-2001).] |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Your poem is as lovely as your bouquet. Joyce |
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ellie LeJeune Member Elite
since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156King of Prussia, PA USA |
This has such a warm homey feel ....Lovely, Betty.. A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
BettyLou~ Ohhhhhh, I LIKE this~ Very nice arrangement~ *Hugs* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Thanks Joyce. That's one of the pleasures of the fall, gathering dried materials and cattails for a bouquet. Betty Lou Hebert |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Thanks ellie: I really do have a milk can by my front door with this bouquet in it. It draws lots of comments by people who visit. Betty Lou Hebert |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Marge: Glad you liked the poem. I do enjoy the gathering trips in the fall. There's beauty in the dried plants too! Betty Lou Hebert |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
This really is so lovely with delicate thoughts and imagery, and it flows wonderfully  It's a keeper Take care, Melissa~ "Poetry is not an opinion expressed... |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Very beautiful, Betty Lou! Lovely arrangement indeed! |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Melissa: Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm happy you enjoyed the poem. Betty Lou Hebert |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Thank you Denise! Appreciate your reading and commenting. Betty Lou Hebert |
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Soaringeagle Member
since 2000-12-06
Posts 156CANADA |
LOVELY WRITE BETTY A BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENT SUCH A PRETTY PICTURE you might add some sweet grass for flavour hugs |
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Solstice Son Member
since 2000-09-19
Posts 469 |
Oooooooooohhhh! I like it I like it I like it!!!...HONEST I have one small question though....what's a ' teasel ' ??? Sol " The question shouldn't be...'Why are we here?' but rather 'ARE we here? " |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Soaring Eagle: Good to see your remarks! Thanks. I don't know where I would find any sweet grass around here! Maybe I need to delve into that. Betty Lou Hebert |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Sol: I'm glad you liked the poem, Thanks. Teasels are a twll plant that's found in moist places. They love ditches and boggy areas. The can grow as high as 7', but are usually 1-1/2 to 4' tall. There are prickles on the stem and also on the oval heads at the top. The heads are around 2" in diameter. Very prickly and in the flowering season have small purple flowers all over them. There are usually about four or five bracts with a flower head on each plant. When they dry they are an amber color all over and make a handsome addition to a dry bouquet. Just wear gloves when you handle them I know they grow in the Cascade and Sierra mountains and environs but not sure if they grow anywhere else. How's that for a botany lesson?? Betty Lou Hebert |
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