Sulfur cosmos, bright constellationed
suns, call to bees’, butterflies’,
hums’ of hunger to slake on
pollenous, nectared sums.
They give, even
through rainstorms, until their
now-husked offers have no more.
Spent, sparse, dark brown spikes call
me, beg to be jarred until spring church.
De Jackson (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De wants us to write a quadrille form poem (exactly 44 words, not including the title) using the word jar.
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Oh, Lisa. This simply hums. And sings. So wonderful.
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Thanks, De!
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A lovely use of colour, Lisa, and I love the ‘bright constellationed suns’.
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Kim, thanks much.
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You’re welcome, Lisa.
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Love the glorious color of a flower. And love the idea of nature’s cycle- jarred until spring church.
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Grace thank you <3
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Wonderful imagery! Ah, the waning of summer’s bounty…
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<3
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I like it, I like it!
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:) x 2
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Great use of jarred. Your imagery is always rich. The flowers here are already dry and withering. The summer weather has not been kind.
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Thanks much, Truedessa. This bed is close to the house, the hose, and the birdbath, so it gets extra. This cosmos seems to thrive on the heat. I planted a variety of seeds in that bed, but it took over.
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I never heard of that kind of poem…but that is nothing new for me…this is quite good Lisa…I had to look up pollenous but now I know! I like the last line the best.
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Max, the form is just 44 words. I didn’t even know pollenous was a word! Thanks for taking a closer look at the poem and glad you enjoyed the last line :)
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Good, I don’t feel alone about pollenous!
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A beautiful transition, even in the dying.
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I appreciate your insight here, Melissa <3
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A lovely poem Li. 😍💕
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thanks! <3 :)
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You’re most welcome 🙏🏼
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This is lovely, Lisa 🌼
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Please that you like it, Robbie :)
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Beg to be jarred ….. wonderful 💞
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:) Thanks, Suzanne!
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I don’t know how you do it, but you do it with panache!
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Mon ami, merci <3 I love the word panache and haven't seen it in a long time and may have never used it before. You have your own panache as well, homey!
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Mon plaisir ma chère amie! I love that word, too. I love that you love. And you are so sweet. I am too busy at work to cheat and write! But I do take a little break now and again… which I shouldn’t!! 💞
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So neat to read in comments that this is your garden! It’s true, the flowers give and give in terms of their nectar….and then at the end of summer, they are waifs, skeletal selves… “Spent, sparse, dark brown spikes” Love this poem!
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Lillian, thank you. Glad you enjoyed the poem.
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Giving colour, nectar, joy and then gone! Wonderful, Li.
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Thank you, Punam. Your comment inspired a haiku:
cycle of life
in a flower
turning with seasons
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Brilliant! 👏🏼👏🏼
I am honoured. ❤️
You are so welcome. 🙂
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:) <3
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After those sulfur [sic] suns, I am mystiied by the brown spikes that “beg to be jarred until spring church”.
Is this a reference to sharing the seeds at a “bring and buy” fundraiser at your “church” in spring? A fairly “broad church” for Li, methinks???
Tao for now, golden friend!
Kathy
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Here’s some more info on the sulfur (spelled correctly) cosmos:
https://plantcaretoday.com/cosmos-sulphureus.html
Did you see the pic at the bottom of the page? It shows what the seeds look like. I gather these seeds and place them in a small jar until spring planting. I was trying to liken spring to the church of planting seeds. Just as the blooming flowers call out to pollinators, the dried seeds call out to me to gather them and jar them. Hope this clears up my obliquity. Sometimes I get a little too oblique for my own good :)
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Ah not obliquity, my friend, just “telling it slant” a la Emily Dickinson. Thank you for your delightful clarification of the glass of the seed collecting jar. Transparent now! x
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Kathy, you’re most welcome. xo
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They are indeed “bright constellated sun,” gorgeous flowers well-described in your verse.
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Thanks much, Merril.
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You’re welcome, Li!
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I want to be jarred but in October. I don’t want to miss Fall. 😆 your poetry is beautiful Lisa. Xo
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lol Selma. Thanks so much <3
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The beautiful flower makes me want an orange bouquet right now. 😊🏵️
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I can understand why, Gia.
orange bouquet
outside my window
suns facing suns
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‘Suns facing suns’ I love that! 😀
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Lovely image. I have a flower photo from when I was in NM… with a bee in the middle too!
Spent flowers provide seeds… :)
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Thanks, Jules. I usually deadhead these cosmos as soon as they are done blooming in order to generate more blooms, but this time I’m letting them go straight to seed on the stems. There’s going to be a huge # to donate to the library seed bank. If you want some of these seeds, let me know.
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They are a lovely looking flower – sure…
Would you like some more colombine for your library share? They have all gone to seed – but I might yet be able to harvest some.
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OK will send some once seed has been gathered. Yes please on columbine. I tried sprinkling the seed you sent in with the cosmos but the cosmos are too dominant to share a bed with other plants from what I’ve seen. I will start them inside so they have a good start.
I am watching a video now I got from the library about “saving native seeds.” It’s set out in the western states but it is really interesting. It also talks about native bees and how important they are.
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Got the seeds from the last to bloom. I think they will be white.
I think I mentioned I put up a couple of solitary bee houses… Not sure if any bees took up residency though ;)
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