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Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

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Idaho, USA

0 posted 2001-10-29 11:49 PM

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).]

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2001-10-30 10:50 AM

Your poem is as lovely as your bouquet. Joyce

ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10

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King of Prussia, PA USA

2 posted 2001-10-30 05:58 PM

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.

Marge Tindal

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3 posted 2001-10-31 09:43 PM

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

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

4 posted 2001-11-01 01:00 AM

Thanks Joyce. That's one of the pleasures of the fall, gathering dried materials and cattails for a bouquet.

Betty Lou Hebert

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

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Idaho, USA

5 posted 2001-11-01 01:02 AM

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

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

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Idaho, USA

6 posted 2001-11-01 01:03 AM

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

Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26

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7 posted 2001-11-01 01:15 PM

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...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

Denise

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8 posted 2001-11-01 08:53 PM

Very beautiful, Betty Lou! Lovely arrangement indeed!

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

9 posted 2001-11-01 10:25 PM

Melissa: Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm happy you enjoyed the poem.

Betty Lou Hebert

Trillium

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Idaho, USA

10 posted 2001-11-01 10:26 PM

Thank you Denise! Appreciate your reading and commenting.

Betty Lou Hebert

Soaringeagle
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11 posted 2001-11-02 04:03 PM

LOVELY WRITE BETTY
A BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENT
SUCH A PRETTY PICTURE

you might add some
sweet grass for flavour
hugs

Solstice Son
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since 2000-09-19

Posts 469

12 posted 2001-11-02 04:22 PM

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? "

Leonard Nimoy

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

13 posted 2001-11-02 04:35 PM

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

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

14 posted 2001-11-02 04:41 PM

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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