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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2014-06-26 11:22 AM





During a dry spell
of my emotions
when tenderly tended things
slip out of my attention
A green winter refugee
succumbed to a brown dry death
on the doorstep of spring
Consolation is little more
than a few black seeds
from withered pods
remorsefully buried
in remoistened soil
Distracted from diligence
to undisturbed dirt
by other blooming things
thirsting for attention
My wait and see seeds
are all but forgotten
again
My rains came for me
upon the porch
and I did flourish then
as my green tender things
I began to tend
My heart was blessed
by what my eyes beheld
Not one but seven seeds survived
to send tendrils vining
up to see the sun
Fine fern like foliage grace
a winding vine
that will soon be adorned
with fairy sized crimson trumpets
Flowers that only last a day or two
but blooms and blooms and blooms
Now there are seven where there was just one
Both life and spirit have been restored
So it would seem we both survived
that dry spell
and are all the better for it




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JerryPat2
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1 posted 2014-06-26 11:33 AM


Congratulations to both you and the seeds, Lori. Your metaphor stands in good stead concerning you own "dry" spell. Good to know both you and the seeds are stretching toward the sun.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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2 posted 2014-06-26 12:01 PM


Thank you my friend,
You have no idea the feeling of redemption I got from seeing those little vines!

Lori

JL
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since 2004-04-01
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3 posted 2014-06-26 01:38 PM


Oh so descriptive and picturesque in your struggling little vines.
Very nice write...Lori

JL


Lori Grosser Rhoden
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4 posted 2014-06-26 06:07 PM


Thanks JL
I don't even know what it is called. It is unique stuff if you can get a good stand of it going up something. I saw it and admired it and was given several (now deceased) small plants...gawd I hope the killing spree is over!
Now, if they make it through August!

Lori

latearrival
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5 posted 2014-06-26 07:26 PM


Lori , Loved the poem and read with  understanding and a smile. Five seeds were given to me a few years ago and the giver said they were Egyptian  Bean Seeds. Black with a white spot.  I planted them and soon a vine of green  leaves and red  bean pods appeared among the small lavender and white flowers. I found them in the charts as  Hyacinth bean vine when I looked for them on the internet. Beans are not to be eaten but saved and passed on to others as they are not fit to be eaten.  Very attractive , can be potted or placed outside.  Best to you, and thanks for post, Jo
Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere
6 posted 2014-06-26 11:32 PM


Hi Jo!
I'll be putting mine in the ground soon,keep your fingers crossed!

Lori

latearrival
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7 posted 2014-06-27 01:53 AM


Lori, I feel gardening takes the place of nurturing kids or animals and much more
peaceful.  Jo

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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8 posted 2014-06-27 07:42 AM


Yes, plants are very quiet...too quiet for their own good around here sometimes LOL!

Lori

OwlSA
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9 posted 2014-06-27 07:22 PM


I love this, Lori!

Owl

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere
10 posted 2014-06-28 08:25 AM


Thanks Owl!
I'm pleased it touched your heart.

Lori

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