gorse

Gold cherry
Pick of the Month

By Di_Hard

Fri, 22 Mar 2019
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13 comments
 

wild yellow, bold, bee-full, gladsome glory

yellow glowing gifts grow, spirit lifting

sweet, small yellow flames, lip-soft, scented, bright

tip dull green furze billows. Always yellow

flower kisses - light distilled,  yellow, clear

strong, dearer than gold, yellow, flaunting joy

cold undaunted, jaunty power, yellow

grace. If you seek Heaven, gorse yellow's close

Certificate PG
Poem

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Some wonderful lines in this joyful poem Di, (and you've just given me an idea for the new IP so thank you!)

is 'grren' a typo?

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Insert :0) And thankyou for the cherry and noticing the typo!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Oh, I enjoyed this too, Di! There is something so bright about gorse's yellow, if you bother to get close. And almost always has some flowers, and sometimes a great mass shining in the sun. You even bring out the scent and softness (such a contrast to the dull green spikey billows that they tip!). Thanks, Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou so much Rhiannon, I think your post is more gorsey than my poem! We do not have a great mass yet, though definitely more than when I started trying to write this. It is the most amazingly HAPPY  colour, isn't it?

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!

Please share/retweet if you enjoyed it as much as I did.

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Submitted by Di_Hard on

wow, THANKYOU

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Wonderful tribute to a prickly beauty. Bee-full I love. One of the best smells I've ever experienced was on a coastal path in Pembrokeshire in May, the sun was out and the gorse scented the air, to me it was not unlike Pina Colada. Generally the farther West you go the more gorse there is.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Jane for your lovely comment! We are quite far west. I did not know about it not growing so well in the east as never been to the east coast. It's interesting what you say about the scent, too. Talking to someone here, they said it can range from pineapply to yeasty, and we didn't know if that was time of day/sunshine, variety or time of year? The best smell I've known was very sunny and still air, and that was sweet pineapple, like with you. It's wonderful to me that so much intensity of colour and scent comes from a wild plant that's so tough!

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Nature has a wonderful way of playing with our senses, your poem brings the reader so much closer to the tantalizing colour of gorse.

A Poem you should be proud of.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou Jenny! I hope you are well and getting out to see Spring springing. Is your hip any better?

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Good morning Di,

yes my hip is a little better and I'm managing to walk a little easier.

Thank you for asking.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is our Poem of the Month - Congratulations!

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

gosh! Thankyou so much!!!