Thursday, November 7, 2013

A flower is up to you




a flower is sinless
a flower is a blossom that contains brilliant
a flower is easy to make into a cartoon

a flower is chosen
a flower is given its scent by nature
a flower is born

a flower is an evocation to silence through the mask of language
a flower is the story of a disturbed little girl who sacrifices everything 
to preserve the only life she's ever  known
a flower is a lonesome thing

~Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - Googlism - Selected from this word list ~

a flower is a thing of loveliness
the illumination of all the life that has preceded it

hold up a mirror to your soul to see your life more clearly; for in its shape-
a flower

is not just a flower
it's healing, also formed in garlic & chicken soup-

a beautiful thing:
a flower blooming
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56 comments:

  1. brudbergNovember 7, 2013 at 9:16 AM

    wow.. this is real poetry.. especially like the little girl.. Lovely

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    1. GraceNovember 7, 2013 at 10:30 AM

      That's a mystery to me, smiles ~ Thanks Bjorn ~

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  2. MaryNovember 7, 2013 at 12:52 PM

    Very nice, Grace! I agree that a flower is a blossom that contains brilliant. Smiles!

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    1. GraceNovember 7, 2013 at 1:59 PM

      I like that verse too when I read it Mary ~ Thanks ~

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  3. Brian MillerNovember 7, 2013 at 1:29 PM

    an evocation of silence through mask of language...and the little girl line right after...omg....i need a better seed word than my name...ha....very cool....and a great pic too...

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  4. GabriellaNovember 7, 2013 at 2:50 PM

    Well-done, Grace! I also like the line about the little girl.

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  5. Susan DanielsNovember 7, 2013 at 3:25 PM

    Beautiful, Grace. I am ashamed of my pasta monster now ;)

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  6. Janine BolléeNovember 7, 2013 at 3:54 PM

    Very special lines woven into something deeper than it seems at first glance.

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  7. Glenn ButtkusNovember 7, 2013 at 3:55 PM

    I got lazy, Grace; just googled myself, and flew off in 30 directions; really liked what you did with this prompt; really rocked it, lady. Makes me want to pick another "subject" and google up another verse; smiles.

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  8. UnknownNovember 7, 2013 at 4:08 PM

    Love how each stanza seems to have it own overarching theme even though the phrases are so different. Great piece!

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  9. ClaudiaNovember 7, 2013 at 4:18 PM

    a flower formed in garlic & chicken soup...this is cool.. you surely find them everywhere if you look with open eyes... nice...

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  10. AnonymousNovember 7, 2013 at 4:26 PM

    A flower is a lonesome thing ... that's sad - and why I prefer to leave them in the ground with their friends ... smiles

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  11. AnonymousNovember 7, 2013 at 4:31 PM

    Fascinating. Makes me want to run back over and start entering nouns. The contrast of the two poems [mirroring?] is a bonus for us. Thank goodness for G-Man.

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  12. JeffNovember 7, 2013 at 4:40 PM

    Leave it to you to find something immensely beautiful in a simple word search. Just lovely.

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  13. revelationsNovember 7, 2013 at 4:53 PM

    a beautiful poem with a another layer written into the words....

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  14. Sherry Blue SkyNovember 7, 2013 at 5:20 PM

    So wonderful!

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  15. Kathryn DycheNovember 7, 2013 at 5:43 PM

    Love the layers in this.

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  16. alan1704November 7, 2013 at 5:49 PM

    a flower is the heart of love and you have captured this wonderfully. Really beautiful

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  17. AnonymousNovember 7, 2013 at 5:52 PM

    like steps that lead back on themselves ~

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  18. SusanNovember 7, 2013 at 5:58 PM

    I like the "seed word" idea that everything else balloons out of, each a tiny parachute of its own. In the first I was surprised to end with loneliness, a little girl, but I liked it very much as a flower bridges some lonelinesses.

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  19. EllaNovember 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM

    This makes me happy~ Thank you Grace *smiles*

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  20. AnonymousNovember 7, 2013 at 7:00 PM

    This is lovely, Grace. I half-expected you to do Grace or Amazing Grace. I bet there's a long, long list for that.

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    1. GraceNovember 7, 2013 at 7:11 PM

      Well I never thought of that ~ I will check it out ~ Thanks Victoria ~

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  21. AnonymousNovember 7, 2013 at 7:15 PM

    Lovely selection of words and phrases--you'd never guess they had their geneses in Googlism.

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  22. MargaretNovember 7, 2013 at 7:42 PM

    Whether lonesome or illumination - a flower is a powerful symbol. Love this!

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  23. Laurie KolpNovember 7, 2013 at 8:03 PM

    Wow... I never knew flowers as such...

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  24. Pat HattNovember 7, 2013 at 8:46 PM

    Took to seed with your flowers indeed, bloomed away at your bay

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  25. Kate SoloNovember 7, 2013 at 8:59 PM

    Wonderful!! I love the dark twist this takes with the line "a flower is the story of a disturbed little girl who sacrifices everything"! :-)

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  26. TruedessaNovember 7, 2013 at 9:16 PM

    Flowers are amazing..the second line really does a flower justice..

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  27. G-ManNovember 7, 2013 at 9:35 PM

    Grace...
    Just when you thought all the floral imagery has already been written
    You take it to another level. I just LOVE it when you play....WoW!
    Loved your Floral 55
    Thanks for another classic...You Rock from Guelph to Timmins
    Have a Kick Ass Week-End

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  28. humbirdNovember 7, 2013 at 10:38 PM

    Very elegantly penned flower poem...

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  29. TALONNovember 7, 2013 at 11:12 PM

    If the world was flower-less, I'd be so sad. I loved this. Interesting stuff shows up on these random google searches, but it takes a poet to craft something special out of it. :)

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  30. Vandana SharmaNovember 8, 2013 at 12:07 AM

    :) flowery words:)

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  31. SemaphoreNovember 8, 2013 at 12:35 AM

    This is wonderful! I love that you included the original word list, so you can see how much of this progression is your careful editing and craftsmanship. Bravo!

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  32. AnonymousNovember 8, 2013 at 3:15 AM

    That last line... So sad.

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  33. AnonymousNovember 8, 2013 at 4:10 AM

    the flowers would be proud Grace ~ smiles ~ have a lovely weekend

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  34. AnonymousNovember 8, 2013 at 4:29 AM

    "a flower is a lonesome thing"

    killer line, Grace! have a good weekend!
    ♥

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  35. Write Now, aka MAry McDonough-ClarkNovember 8, 2013 at 5:29 AM

    A beautiful list, and a beautiful way to define something that could have been saccharine and cliched.I like the idea of a flower being sinless, too.

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  36. Yvonne OsborneNovember 8, 2013 at 5:47 AM

    And there is no flower lovelier than a rose. I like the surprising reference to garlic and chicken soup. I picked a bouquet for my mother yesterday from the mums by her door and the lavender by the house, protected from the weather and the yarrow still in bloom under a bed of fallen leaves. It was the best thing I could do for her. Your poem made me think of that. Thanks.

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  37. Optimistic ExistentialistNovember 8, 2013 at 8:23 AM

    I love where this word search took you. A flower is so many things...

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  38. Marcoantonio Arellano (Nene)November 8, 2013 at 8:44 AM

    beautiful and 'graceful'

    Gracias

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  39. BubbaNovember 8, 2013 at 9:39 AM

    I'm prone to contemplate flowers too.

    http://thisisbubbasplace.blogspot.com/2010/06/consider-flower.html

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  40. AnonymousNovember 8, 2013 at 10:13 AM

    You've certainly packed a lot of meaning into these few words. Both are beautiful.

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  41. hedgewitchNovember 8, 2013 at 10:18 AM

    One of my instant favorites of yours, Heaven. I especially like the ending on the first segment, but the entire thing is lovely, in bud, bloom and seed.

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  42. AnonymousNovember 8, 2013 at 10:29 AM

    Completely wonderful.

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  43. AnonymousNovember 8, 2013 at 1:12 PM

    That's beautiful!

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  44. Other MaryNovember 8, 2013 at 3:09 PM

    Quite profound Grace.

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  45. ruthNovember 8, 2013 at 4:00 PM

    a flower is all that, & more - wonderful 55

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  46. AnonymousNovember 8, 2013 at 5:08 PM

    beautifully done, in layering and form. You've inspired me!

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  47. Jennifer WagnerNovember 8, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    This is beautiful and the tugs at my heart too. Love this Grace.

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  48. MaryNovember 8, 2013 at 7:54 PM

    This is stunning Grace, all of it.

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  49. Lady In ReadNovember 9, 2013 at 2:21 AM

    your poetry is as beautiful as the flowers you write about..

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  50. AnonymousNovember 9, 2013 at 1:57 PM

    Great.
    "a flower is an evocation to silence through the mask of language"- I came back to it again and again. You have done a splendid job. :-)
    -HA

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  51. AnonymousNovember 16, 2013 at 2:20 PM

    Truly beautiful...
    xo

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