Carved from a branch from our village olive tree, stained with the flora of our fields, gilt with the gold from our mountain streams, and blessed by crones who live in our caves, I pledge these to you, as symbol of all that I am. My love, sprung from nature, will reside With you,…
Category: flora
Under the orchid’s spell
Orchidaceae — Chloraea disoides Lindl Fandango’s FOWC is lethargic, the Word of the Day Challenge is envision, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are: cousin, folder, iguana As lethargic as Daria was feeling this morning, she did not envision having a very fun time at botanical gardens with her cousin today. Romo, a photographer, had…
MLMM — Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, February 13th 2019, cherry blossom
Chèvrefeuille is our host of Heeding Haiku. Chèvrefeuille says: This week I read the first cherry blossom forecast of Japan and the first cherry blossoms have started to bloom in Japan. The cherry blossom forecast stays on until end of May 2019 by the way. This week’s theme / prompt is therefore CHERRY BLOSSOM…
Weeping Willow
Winter’s ice cubes cling, infesting willow branches that twist, snap, and fall. A picture can’t do this justice. The tree is massive and so is the limb that fell. Below are a couple photos of the pine tree also in the yard. Other parts of the country are used to ice storms, but we aren’t. …
#MLMM Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, January 16th 2019, First Day of Spring
Mind Loves Misery Menagerie has asked that we write haiku on the first day of spring. Hopefully more than one is ok. Calendar: says Spring Ground: still frozen with heaped snow Winter: your time’s done. * March’s beginning, daffodils are still sleeping under white blankets. * March’s twenty first, daffodils and crocus push…
d’Verse — Haibun Monday: January
Today’s offering is a haibun written for hostess of the evening’s d’Verse, Kim’s, prompt of January. Waking up at eleven, looking out at another repetition of anemic feebleness that washes the life out everything. Invisible beyond grey, clouds prevent any instance of ROYGBIV. Eyes strain to delineate blah from blah. To say it is preferable…
Beads and how the world turns
image link The Word of the Day Challenge is traditions. Fandango’s FOWC is revenge. Today’s offering is in the form of a villanelle. As an introduction, I wanted to talk about how I was inspired to write this. On Saturday, I went to Hobby Lobby to take an art print that my older son got…
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