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For The Love Of Dead Flowers...
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For The Love Of Dead Flowers... |
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Ticklefingers Senior Member Posts 710 Louisiana 
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Were your stems not strong enough to hold your gentle petals? Was your earthen residence not a comfort to you? Have you now found peace where a fairy's wings might flutter? Do you still think of me? She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast". |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
This is precious! It is as soft and gentle as a butterfly kiss. The whimsy is wonderful. Yet...it is powerful as the scent of lilacs.  ~L |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Masterful! ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Love this.It is so timely as I have been cleaning out the garden of tired or "retired" flower stalks. They have put up a good life span, but some are tired looking.I have been gathering thousands of seeds from these plants and come spring they will pop up again.I have already scattered a lot of them in different places. Thanks for posting this. JO |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
enjoyed...james |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
You touch my heart with this one ... I always get melancholic when I witness the withering of flowers. Just today I had such a sad experience ... this morning I went out on my balcony and spotted a rosebud ready to bloom. I confess that I kissed it and thanked it for blooming in November. Hours later I went out again and had a shock vision ... all the rose plants had been pruned by my husband! I was close to tears and searched for the bud, found it and put it in a vase ...He said he had not seen the bud and he was sorry. But oh! This is great work, dear Ticklefingers, and shows your sensitivity. Margherita |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
lol - Thought I had commented on this ... well, comment, comment, comment - There!! Very well done, my friend - enjoyed. j. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Methinks she gave you breakfast for this. It is beautiful, soft, and reverent. Thank you for sharing a personal moment. |
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rainyday Member Posts 304 Heartland USA |
"Do you still think of me?" wonderfully clever close. Enjoyed the read, made me smile. rainyday J |
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Constance Member
since 2001-07-28
Posts 393Ohio |
This makes me think of a sigh that escapes during a private moment- perhaps while doing dishes and gazing out the window or after reading a particular passage, word or phrase. Much can be said in a sigh... smiles, Constance |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Reading this melancholic write of yours again, I suddenly remember the moment someone called me "a withered flower" (it hit me then because I was still young - 30 - compared to now!!!). So I look now at your poem from this different angle ... a love can well be seen as a flower and when it withers and dies it's oh so painful! Margherita |
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Ticklefingers Senior Member Posts 710 Louisiana |
Thank you one and all! Many 88's your way! She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast". |
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