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Trillium
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0 posted 2002-07-05 06:18 PM






Reflections

Pale blossoms droop their fragile heads
And blink their dew-jewelled eyes.
Upon the water's placid face
Their shadowed beauty lies.

Bright butterflies around them flit
And frolic in the sun,
But they must gaze into the lake
Until their life is done.

How brief their bloom and sad to think
That they have never known,
The wonder of the world around,
Or faces, but their own!



Betty Lou Hebert

Published by Rhyme Time Magazine, 1984

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1 posted 2002-07-05 06:41 PM


Such a pretty well done poem, Betty.  Love, Joyce
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2 posted 2002-07-05 10:07 PM


Thanks Joyce.  It's an old one but I've always liked it.

Betty Lou Hebert

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3 posted 2002-07-06 09:40 AM


oh my! This is a great piece. It flows like honey. Bravo!

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost



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4 posted 2002-07-06 01:49 PM


pegasus111:  Thank you kind sir!

Betty Lou Hebert

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5 posted 2002-07-06 02:29 PM


Lovely, delicate imagery, Betty Lou....it brings to mind people who are like this, too!

Lary


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6 posted 2002-07-06 10:19 PM


lary:  Very perceptive of you1  That was my thinking when I wrote this.  Glad you liked it.

Betty Lou Hebert

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