Eves' Tears

Gold cherry
Poem of the week

By lenchenelf

Fri, 20 May 2022
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12 comments
 

 

 

A tumble of clustered bells silently sway

in the tempo of this soft May breeze,

each a seasons bonny stiffwhite bonnet

for a bee, ever puritanical in their innate industry;

live, and make more.

A subtle poison carried in a woodland tale.

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Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I had not thought about this lovely flower for a long time, and I think i thought of it as only growing in gardens..It seems that many plants have poisons that sometimes can have medicinal properties when researched and altered in certain ways, but I'm not sure whether that has been done for the lily-of-the-valley in a reliable and safely scientific way.. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Beautiful - I never heard it called by that name before

 

Submitted by onemorething on

This gorgeous poem is our Pick of the Day. So lovely, lenchenelf. Love the idea of puritanical bees. And all especially appropriate since it is World Bee Day. And I'm going to use 'industry' as this week's Inspiration Point. Hope the painting I've added is ok. It's from here: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lilies_of_the_Valley_-_Albert_...

 

Submitted by onemorething on

This is our Poem of the Week! Congratulations! 

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

That is really lovely lenchen. I'd never heard it called Eve's Tears either. I love the name Eve, and Lilly of the Valley is a favourite flower and scent of mine so I will be calling it that name from now on. I have a tiny cluster of it from an old gardening client. Thank you for sharing.

 

Submitted by lenchenelf on

Overcome by all of your generous and kind thoughts for this bitter-sweet little poesy.

Inspired by many layers of thought on role of feminine and acceptance within folklore and religion.

Coo blimey!

Best to all of you lovely folk 

Lena xx

 

Submitted by celticman on

yes, indeed can be poisonous, Beauty often is. 

 

Submitted by lenchenelf on

it's all in the given name and man-made myth :)

best as ever

Lena xx

 

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

So much you've taught me about the lilly of the valley in this poem.  Like Jane I'd never heard it called Eve's Tears. Such a pretty flower that I have'nt seen around for quite a while, so it was great to be reminded in your significant poem.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by lenchenelf on

Flowers are so often symbolic throughout history and varied cultures, often contextual and carry multiple meanings sometimes lost in translation down twistytime to fetch up in other stories :)

Best wishes

Lena xx

 

Submitted by marandina on

You have a talent for making relatively few words work so hard. Long live, all bees. Paul :) 

 

Submitted by lenchenelf on

Bees, so essental for our being, don't trouble themselves with existential angst as far as we know, they just "do" , while we are their undoing  frown

Best to you

Lena x