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This Week's Photo: Blooms and Death

  • Oct. 2nd, 2008 at 5:32 AM
chair, sleeping
 



I've mentioned before that I've got a black thumb. Even when I buy gorgeous, pre-potted plants, I can't really keep them alive all summer. The pots on the deck are now a gothic mixture of beauty and death. Still some lovely blooms despite a high of 57 yesterday, but plenty of neglected, brown stems and dead flowers, too. 

What does this image make you think of? A fancy dance at a nursing home? An experiment in science class? A Mother's Day bouquet you gave or got? Take whatever thought comes to you and write a quick 15 Words or Less poem. Share it in the comments, with your name as you'd like your byline to be after it, and I'll post it tomorrow. Check out the guidelines by clicking on the 15 Words or Less button in the sidebar. Have fun!
  • Mood: tired
  • Music:The Wall (Pink Floyd)

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(Anonymous) wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 11:10 am (UTC)
Never too late
She smiled
her wrinkled smile,
outlined in
ruby red.
Seventy years-
and still livin'.
-Penny McGinnis
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 10:49 am (UTC)
Re: Never too late
Love lines 3 and 4. That "outlined" is so specific and draws a picture in my mind!
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[info]booksareadrug wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 11:34 am (UTC)
by Lydia
Pink flowers
Seem to float
Above the grass.
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 10:49 am (UTC)
Re: by Lydia
This makes an impressionist painting in my head.
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[info]booksareadrug wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 12:08 pm (UTC)
Re: by Lydia
That sounds cool.
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[info]patschmatz wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 12:11 pm (UTC)
Death Dance
I'll rage all the way out
In fierce screaming technicolor
---Pat Schmatz
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 10:50 am (UTC)
Re: Death Dance
Glorious, Pat! Love the strong word choices.
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[info]dmayr wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 12:21 pm (UTC)
AMERICA 2008

Like flowers
we flare
with heavenly
hues
briefly concealing
the evidence
of our
decay.

--Diane Mayr
(Can you tell what kind of mood I'm in?)
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 10:52 am (UTC)
Ooh...excellent (but scary) simile.
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[info]robin_pensieve wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 12:46 pm (UTC)
From a mutual brown-thumb sistah :)
Hey Laura,

I mind-sifted through a few thoughts before landing on this; I'm satisfied with the direction it went :).

Fragrant aroma, intrinsic beauty,
Postured Godward--
A single-bloom reminder
Worship
Is not about me.

Robin @ PENSIEVE
http://pensieve.typepad.com/pensieve/
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 10:52 am (UTC)
Re: From a mutual brown-thumb sistah :)
Lovely, Robin! That second line is unusual and memorable for me.
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[info]wordsrmylife wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 01:43 pm (UTC)
Rosy geranium petals
glow defiance--
a summer of survival
leaves no fear of frost.

Kathy Quimby
wordsrmylife
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 10:53 am (UTC)
What a great mix of detail in the first two lines and then abstraction in the last two.

Glow defiance--love that.
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[info]wordsrmylife wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 01:45 pm (UTC)
By the way, Laura, all geraniums do that. You're supposed to break off the dead flower stalks (in all your free time. yeah, right!).
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 01:52 pm (UTC)
Thanks:>) I do know that minimal amount, though I'm not good at keeping up with it. In these pots, they were mixes of 5-7 different plants. Some thrived, others were dead pretty much all summer. Bought them at a nice nursery, but don't know if they didn't have matching sun/shade/water requirements, or what.

Anyway, thanks for the tip!
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 04:02 pm (UTC)
Death's seed within life's beauty.
Quick!
Pluck it, dye it, cover it,
Deny it.

Dorothy at http://fieldstonecottage.blogspot.com/
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 10:54 am (UTC)
Love the voice here, Dorothy. And the way you used "death's seed." Such an unusual way to use seed. Perfect for this poem.
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[info]dianemdavis wrote:
Oct. 2nd, 2008 05:00 pm (UTC)
On-Line Marketing
Let your hair down
Mary Belle
You don't need
to display your parade
every day.

diane m davis
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 10:55 am (UTC)
Re: On-Line Marketing
Snorting pineapple orange juice! Perfect name choice, somehow, too!
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(Anonymous) wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 12:49 pm (UTC)
Re: On-Line Marketing
I was hoping for that reaction. :)
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[info]mariannenielsen wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 02:02 am (UTC)
Butterfly wings,
Poised,
Waiting,
For a sprinkle
Of hope.

Marianne Nielsen
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[info]laurasalas wrote:
Oct. 3rd, 2008 10:55 am (UTC)
Hi Marianne--good to see you! Love the simplicity of your words and lines here. No waste. Lovely.
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