Saturday, May 18, 2013

Pink blooms

Grace @ Everyday Amazing


pink blooms
bursting like waves
upon the cold spring breeze
garlands weave, casting aside leaves
 and modesty, like sassy show troupers-   
painting the sky iridescent- 
i drink in your beauty
-swift as sunset-
pink blooms



Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - Sunday Mini-challenge - Rictameter
This is 9 line poem with the following rhyme scheme - 2-4-6-8-10-8-6-4-2 and the first and last lines are the same.   

36 comments:

  1. What a beautiful photo and accompanying poem, Grace!! Love those pink blooms.

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    1. Thank you Mary ~ I always see them in my afternoon walks ~

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  2. Pink blooms..always so beautiful to the senses. Lovely picture takes me in the moment.

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  3. sassy show troupers...ha...yes, drink it in while it last....beauty is so very fleeting....so are they in your yard?

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    1. Yes, they are around our parks, within our community ~ They are beautiful, aren't they ~

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  4. like sassy show troupers-

    Beautiful words to fit the gorgeous image, Grace.

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  5. absolutely beautiful make me dream:)

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  6. That's beautiful, well done, I was carried away on the accents

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  7. It is SO like drinking...so quenching the beauty. Grace your image and words are heavenly! Thank you for bringing us your gift and this challenge!

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  8. Nice one Grace. I assumed you had written the one about the tree in the challenge as well.

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    1. Thank you Peggy but the tree example is not from me ~ Smiles ~

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  9. Bringing the beauty to life and yeah stupid cold breeze here too.

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  10. Very pretty. I took pictures the other morning of flowers. So fun to do. Then today we got some at Home Depot. More pictures. More fun.

    Have a wonderful read of your weekend :-)

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  11. Beautiful! I love the photo as well!

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  12. those pink blooms are so sassy, i expect them to start a kick line any minute.

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  13. A sunday sherbet for us this morning. Or do I mean sundae?

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  14. Beautiful, Grace, and perfect with that lovely photo!
    I just posted mine. I wrote it at midnight, so thought I'd let it sit overnight while my brain caught up with the rest of me.
    K

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  15. Pink blooms and so does your words ... this is beautiful :-)

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  16. Sassy show troupers ~~~ love the thought.

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  17. Grace, you must have done this form before... perfect. The internal rhyme was lovely, and I admired the truth of the phrase, "swift as sunset," well, don't you wish they stayed longer? I do! Thanks, Amy

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  18. I drink in the beauty of the photo and poem.

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  19. Gorgeous Grace I love your view...
    Off to post mine...
    I love your challenge!

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  20. The verses fit in so well for the pic! the beginning and close with the same lines makes it so complete!

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  21. brilliant....the look of the verse, the words themselves....everything

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  22. You caught a meaningful moment reflected in the poem and shot. The first three lines are stunning.
    Blessings...
    Rita

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  23. Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous =)

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