The earth laughs in flowers. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today’s poem is a triolet, inspired by Barb Edler’s post yesterday. Before Barb’s mother died, she planted daffodils, and these are Barb’s favorite flowers. I, too, lost my mother (December 2015) and miss her very much – my mother’ s favorites were wild petunias and yellow roses. When I need to count blessings and decompress, I take my keys off the hook by the door and start up my little blue Caribbean RAV4 and go riding the country roads. I look for the blooms, the rolling hills, the hawks on wires, the cows in the meadows. It puts the world back in perspective for me – – I am here but for a blink of an eye, and whatever is worrying me, too, shall pass.
Today, let’s remember our mothers who have gone before us but who still wave to us in flowers! We still see you, Moms! #flowerhugs
Daffodil Swing Choir Triolet
countryside daffodils dance and smile
their friendly welcoming rural hellos
across hills and meadows, mile after mile
countryside daffodils dance and smile
swaying in their swing choir style
robed in greens and sunshine yellows
countryside daffodils dance and smile
their friendly welcoming rural hellos
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This line -their friendly welcoming rural hellos- I love. It brings me to my drives through upstate NY and all the wild flowers growing here and there in wide open fields. #flowerhugs!
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Thank you! Flowers make drives and travel so much more colorful!
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I love “countryside daffodils dance and smile.” What a lovely image of #flowerhugs.
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Thank you, Margaret! I think of a swing choir every time I see them – they bloom when the March winds blow.
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So sweet, Kim. Your triolet is a perfect wave to our sweet mothers!
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Thank you for the inspiration, Barb! Nothing like a fragrant flower hug!
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Kim,
This is such a beautiful tribute to Barb. Your poem and photos are exquisite. Love the Emerson quote. My father loved yellow roses. They covered his casket. This is something I have not thought about since his death, but your post triggered that memory.
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Glenda, thank you! Yellow roses cascaded my mom’s casket, too. The funeral company had placed them on the grave, and I was so worried that the deer would eat them that I went back that afternoon and gathered the petals into a metal tin, thinking I’d make potpourri – which I never did, but I still have them. I have heard lately of people putting actual petals in epoxy to make tables and jewelry to carry the flowers through the ages. Flowers do carry a lot of memories and emotions in their sweet fragrances!
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We are on the same wave length, Kim! I wrote about daffodils too. I am always amazed when I see them growing wild in bright golden groups. It make me feel like spring is surely on its way.
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Kim, what a sweet poem and thoughts about our mothers. I think Barb’s mom is up out of her chair:
“countryside daffodils dance and smile / swaying in their swing choir style”
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Beautiful rhyme and imagery…yesterday on my way to church, I slowed down by the place where my son and his bride will be living after they’re married. It’s close by, so my heart rejoices about it…the house is set back off the road and is bordered on all sides by a fenced rolling pasture. It’s so scenic and peaceful. I noticed daffodils blooming by the driveway. The week before when I drove by this spot, a red-tailed hawk flew across the road, right in front of me, at car level; it landed in the yard where the boy will live. It all seems like a sign of divine blessing and provision to me.
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Fran, the ancestors are showering their blessings and nodding their approval. How wonderful to have a rural house with a rolling pasture. Oh, this calls to my heart that they will enjoy the beauty of nature in their home. Yes – a sign of divine blessing and so much more!
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Flowers are such a special way to remember someone. Daffodils are among my favourites, they are unique in so many ways.
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