Cosmos

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Tue, 23 Oct 2018
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Certificate U
Poem
Nature
Nature

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Submitted by hilary west on

Nice picture of blooms which are fading fast as we descend into winter. Your poem held us in a bit of summer!

Hilary    smiley

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, yes, Hilary. We haven't much in our garden especially at the moment, but these, after a late start have done wonderfully, and yes, just beginning to fade I suppose, but they have survived a few cold nights. I was pleased to find success in seeing if I could put the second picture in! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I'm not surprised you wrote about these, they are so luxuriant!

each
pink petal, hued around
the golden centre.

they look like they don't have a care in the world, happy in their perfect pinkness.

All that's in my garden is one shivering shivering hydrangea flower and some cowering lamium :0)

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Di. That's why I went for 'each singing blossom'!

We are a few degrees south I suppose, but these wont be long in bloom, but they have lasted a long time, and still giving a lovely show. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

I must admit they aren't my favourite flowers, but I love the delicate spidery foliage, and I enjoyed this poem too!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks. They've certainly given us a lovely show this year – once they got flowering, were just tall pleasant leafage for a long time. But so striking now, that I was drawn to the delicacy of each bloom. Rhiannon

[They probably show up well as we haven't a tremendous amount of other garden flowers on display!]

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

thanks for cherries! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by forest_for_ever on

I love short poems that speak so much. 'Not even Solomon in all his glory...'

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Indeed! Thank you, Graham, it is so good to have our attention drawn to the delicacy and detail of the design, beauty and 'engineering' in such as a small petal. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

'To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower' -Blake

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Yes, thanks, eyes to see, and be amazed, and wonder, and learn of the skill of the Creator. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

They do sort of sing don't they and dance too or wave their feathery leaves. It's been a funny season some plants flowering early and some delayed and looking their best now like your Cosmos. Lovely photograph, they almost look good enough to eat.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks. smiley Yes, they have been a lovely sight from where we sit to eat, very bright, very cheering. Well worth the wait we had for flowering to come!

Rhiannon