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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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0 posted 2014-08-07 09:24 PM





Sunflowers!
They grow glorious in Kansas!
Sunflowers come in many
shapes and sizes
You find them wild by the roadside
and cultivated by the acre
Their brown faces
follow the sun
as their flaming yellow petals
bob in the breeze
They grow just about anywhere you go
so you are always reminded of home
and the coming of autumn
Sunflowers have no need for fragrance
or delicate blossoms
They stir us
with their cheerful countenance
We are twice blessed to be here
Sunflowers!
They grow glorious in Kansas!

© Copyright 2014 Lori Grosser Rhoden - All Rights Reserved
Michael
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1 posted 2014-08-07 09:45 PM


We get a lot of marigolds here where I live.  I'm not really drawn to them like I was the wildflowers that grew all around when I lived in the mountains...  I really miss that.  One day I might just build me a cabin in the mountains and live like old Grizzly Adams.  If I disappear one day, look at your sunflowers and smile.  

Michael

JerryPat2
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2 posted 2014-08-07 10:02 PM


Sunflowers. Amazing growth in Kansas. Gives life to the watchers.

~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

EmmaRose
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3 posted 2014-08-08 07:43 AM


love them
they're glorious and mesmerizing, makes me smile when they grown tall over the lawns
that hold them

secondhanddreampoet
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4 posted 2014-08-08 08:59 AM


excellent 'colorful' write about those flowers of the Sun!
tracie66
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5 posted 2015-02-01 06:40 AM


this is gorgeous Lori, I have some sunflowers seeds drying, I'm going to try to grow them (fingers crossed)

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
                        — W. E. Channing

[This message has been edited by tracie66 (02-02-2015 05:29 AM).]

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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6 posted 2015-02-01 06:48 AM


tracie66,
Oh my what a surprise to see this at the top! I had forgotten all about it! I wrote it for a poetry reading I did at my parent's retirement ctr. I'm delighted you enjoyed it enough to comment. Thank you so much. ~L

EmmaRose
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7 posted 2015-02-01 08:28 AM


A long way off from the smile of a sunflower I'd say, given this cold Winter, but somehow you managed to conjure their sweet memory and remind me..Yes !!! there are flowers to come  
JamesMichael
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8 posted 2015-02-17 11:18 PM


nice...james
Marchmadness
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9 posted 2015-02-18 09:17 AM


I had some huge ones in my back yard a few years ago. I think I should plant some again
now that you've made me think of them.
                                  Ida

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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10 posted 2015-02-18 10:01 AM


Gosh, Spring and flowers seems so far off. I'm not sure where I would plant them this year Ida. Thanks for commenting!
ThisDiamond
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11 posted 2015-02-18 09:39 PM


joyous rendering of happiness on the breeze.
Thank you for this!

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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12 posted 2015-02-19 06:46 AM


You are more than welcome, it is my pleasure. Thank you for commenting! ~L
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