There are grey days
cloud descendant misty days
loud angry thunder days
torturously grueling tortoise days
furiously frenetic days
and there are flowers.
Petals for the gathering.
Sunflower fields
heady lilacs, sweet moss rose
shasta daisies, brown-eyed susans
and anytime-of-day four o’clocks.
All ye readers, come flower with me.
Close your eyes and just imagine
a world in bloom, not aflame,
an every hour morning glory.
Written for dVerse Tuesday Poetics where Mish asks us to make a wish today. All photos taken from various vacations, walks around Boston and Provincetown.
lillian the home poet 
Lovely!
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Thank you!
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I do love how you turned this to a metaphor… every hour morning glory… what a wonderful wish.
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Thank you, Bjorn! 🙂 Would that it could all come true!
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I love this entire poem but the last two lines are amazing. Lovely work, lovely words, lovely pics. A world in bloom and not aflame. Just gorgeous.
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Smiling I am. So very very happy you enjoyed! Have a perfectly blooming rest of your day, my friend!
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Thank you!
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Life blooms with
wishes of Fearless
Hopeful Love.. Life
Leaves
in FaLL
of doubt
and illusory
fears growing
to hate.. Wishes
dream with never
doubt.. fear.. and hate..
FloWers Rose kNowS and
FeeLs onLy liGht oF Tidal Wave..:)
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May all your wishes come true, Katie!
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You too..
FriEnd.. Lillian..:)!!
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OH, all those days…
and then THIS:
“and there are flowers.”
Perfect.
As E.E. Cummings said, “Lady, I swear by all flowers…”
I.LOVE.THIS.
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Smiling I am….so very glad you enjoyed!
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I really like your first stanza: the surprise of “flowers” after all the other lines ending with “days.”
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Thank you! Yes….the flowers are seen as beautiful calm nature….juxtaposed to our frenetic day-to-day life.
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Your closing stanza was killer good. A strong poetic–I guess your time off recharged your system. I love the line /torturously grueling tortoise days/–though oddly at first I read “tortoise” as “turquoise”, which also seemed to work.
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So glad you enjoyed, Glenn. Always appreciate your thoughtful read! Many thanks!
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I love the word play in the lines:
‘torturously grueling tortoise days
furiously frenetic days’
and the way the poem ends with flowers!
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Thank you, Kim. So glad you enjoyed! It was a wonderful prompt!
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I adore this! The contrast, the repetition of days in the first stanza, the use of flower as a verb…yes!! This is truly wishful thinking but a wish that should come true. Stunning photos as well, Lillian! 🙂
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Ah Mish….thank you so much. I really really loved the prompt!!
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You can feel the pressure in the first stanza and then it lifts so suddenly I actually felt myself relax. Beautifully written.
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You understood my meaning exactly! Hurrah! Thank you so much for your thoughtful read.
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Thank you for providing the wonderful reading material. 🙂
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What a gorgeous wish! ❤ I can feel the passion reigning in ‘a world in bloom, not aflame, an every hour morning glory.’ Beautifully executed.
Lots of love,
Sanaa
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Do you know the flower, the morning glory? It truly is a gorgeously beautiful flower!
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How I love the direction you took this, the powerful metaphoric quality of the poem and, of course, the flowers–one of my greatest delights.
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Glad you enjoyed, Victoria. I really loved the prompt! And yes, I too adore flowers! 🙂 As you can tell by all my photo taking!
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Beautiful transition:
“Petals for the gathering.
Sunflower fields
heady lilacs, sweet moss rose
shasta daisies”
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Ah yes. Would that the world could pivot, transition, and gather the beautiful petals instead of the hatred that is sown by so many.
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I’d love to come flowering with you, Lilian 🙂 lovely poem and photos ❤
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It’s a fun verb, right? 🙂
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i see a paradise. really nice poetry.
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Would that our world could be a paradise for all…..
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“All ye readers, come flower with me.” we definitely will….
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Wouldn’t it be a wonderful verb for all to follow??? 🙂
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I love every single line!
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Oh, smiling I am. What a wonderful compliment!!! MANY thanks! 🙂
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bouquet of daily bounty beautifully tied – I like the comparison between the types of days and flowers – very original
p.s. love that plumeria pic
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Plumeria — beautiful and such a sweet scent!
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“come flower with me” – I love that! Thank you, Lillian! 🙂
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I do enjoy “making” verbs! 🙂
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I adore this! What a wonderful way of wishful thinking. And your photos are gorgeous.
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Smiling I am…..so glad you enjoyed it. I do love taking photos of flowers 🙂
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Lovely flowers 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂
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Lovely flowers and poem. 🙂
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Thank you, Imelda! So nice to see you here this morning! 🙂
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Welcome, Lilian. 🙂 I had a little lull in my motherly duties. 🙂
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Gorgeous words and photos! Really a wonderful and moving read.
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I want that kind of world too. The closing stanza was just perfect.
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Ah, so glad you enjoyed!
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