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Klassy Lassy
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0 posted 2006-03-14 03:36 AM


blue sky touched down
distant kisses soft
on green mountains

billowing thoughts climbed
against the cloud pillows
promising afternoon rain

the highway hummed
beneath hubs spinning
over anxious rubber

and me, perplexed
peering for a wedding hour
nearing, I wanted flowers

white blooms to stay
his Perseus gaze
upon her blush of cheek

her glory crowning
pink promises to
smile their mornings...

rain spatter, a smattering
good for the garden,
worried at my windshield

to threaten outdoor vows
but, for pleading prayers
an omen, please God, now

heaven knows to stem
the tides of raging sea
bless lives abundantly

a distant kiss in
cerulean blue, grew tender
over the mountains' hue...
          
outlined glows, silver spent
budding petals luminous
bent...a cumulus rose


~ Klassy Lassy ~
March 14, 2006  




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Klassy Lassy
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1 posted 2006-03-14 03:45 AM


I was looking for rose buds two hours before my niece married this last Saturday.  I found exquisitely blushed white mini roses, which we put in her hair at the last minute.  

Since the ceremony was outside, I prayed it would not rain.  Hopeless romantic that I am, I couldn't help noticing the billowing clouds illumined by the sun, but what stunned me was a towering cumulous cloud sculpted and shadowed like a rose bud directly in front of me as I drove down the highway to a nearby town in search of the flowers I wanted.  

Sometimes we get more than we ask for!   

desert-spike
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2 posted 2006-03-14 04:22 AM


That's very beautiful, KL
Klassy Lassy
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3 posted 2006-03-14 04:26 AM


Awww!  thank you... I don't think I could do that rose justice or the delicate beauty of my niece on her wedding day!

Karen

StevenS
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4 posted 2006-03-14 04:28 AM


Somebody up there loves you Klassy! :-)
Klassy Lassy
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5 posted 2006-03-14 04:32 AM


Steven, I sure hope so.  It seemed like a lovely omen to me...thank you for the sweet comment!  


Karen

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El_Campeador
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6 posted 2006-03-14 07:54 AM


Very beautiful, Klassy. Thank you for sharing.

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” –Robert Louis Stevenson

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7 posted 2006-03-14 09:03 AM


Karen, this is SO beautiful..
as is the story behind it.
I'm so happy your niece had a beautiful wedding.
Be sure to send her a copy of this piece.
Hugs~Nancy

~ Trace my body with your words,
  in doing so, you touch my heart ~

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8 posted 2006-03-14 11:50 AM


Klassy

As I was a florist for many years, I understand the problems of an outdoor wedding.  The thing to remember is that flowers like the rain, it's the people that don't.  I enjoyed the beautiful picture you sent with your poem.  

LeeJ
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9 posted 2006-03-14 12:02 PM


and what fine, opulent poetry grew from that moment...loved this...
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10 posted 2006-03-14 12:06 PM


Karen~
The soft 'worried' beauty of your thoughts seemed to flow so effortlessly~

But this -

'rain spatter, a smattering
good for the garden,
worried at my windshield'


- just drew it complete for me~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
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icebox
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11 posted 2006-03-14 12:06 PM




Very touching, without being "squishy."  

...but this verse:

"the highway hummed
beneath hubs spinning
over anxious rubber"

took me to a place far removed from weddings and the joy found in the illusions of love.

The mind is a funny thing; thanks.

Klassy Lassy
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12 posted 2006-03-14 09:38 PM


El Campeador, thank you... it's nice to meet you!

Enchantress, her wedding was a day of firsts, her first time ever to dance with her husband, the first time she ever took her dads' arms--both of them, the first time she's ever had a family welcome her openly.  It was beautiful.

Martie, thank you for your addition to "the picture".  Flowers do love rain.  Most Oregonians don't mind it, either.  Being winter here yet, we were happy to see that sun! The white mini roses were perfect.

Marge, I'm so pleased you liked this poem.  I hope my niece likes it, too.  Hugs!  

Lee J, opulent moments made a poetic afternoon and I hope they share many more. You, too, dear heart!  

Icebox,  Thank you for stopping by.  Now that you mention it, those words take me other places besides weddings, too.  You comment is very astute...You are welcome, anytime.

iliana
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13 posted 2006-03-14 10:30 PM


Outstanding write, Klassy.  The "cumulus rose" was icing on this cake!   ...jo
Klassy Lassy
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14 posted 2006-03-14 10:33 PM


Awww!  thanks for the hug!  It certainly was the icing!  

Karen

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15 posted 2006-03-18 07:15 PM


good read
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16 posted 2006-03-18 11:53 PM




"white blooms to stay
his Perseus gaze
upon her blush of cheek"

A delicate beauty of a poem that swept me
away Klassy Lassy. I loved your story too. Thank you for sharing it.
  

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