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Dahlia in the Window
 
  Pale and translucent as pink lemonade,
the morning sun filtered its petals
to pure lightness;

a saffron haze
near the stem, pallid fuchsia at its tips,
it yawns, unfurling its petals into
the summer air laden with mist
and amber seed.

The leaves cluster around its stem,
as though protecting its emerald heart
from the gardener’s shears;
every day an excruciating uncertainty;

the bees burrow deep
into its fuzzy heart
the way the pestle enters
the mortar; their famished
mouths can decimate
the life from this fragile bloom.

Every day the gardener
parks his rusty wheelbarrow
by the garden gate,
green with leaves and ivy,
and considers
plucking the precious blossom
from the sill;

Caroline Misner






10 posted on 08/01/2009 8:06:00 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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To: Lady Jag
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13 posted on 08/01/2009 8:12:44 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Lady Jag

The poet is an artist with words. Beautiful poem and graphic., Lady.


14 posted on 08/01/2009 8:16:03 AM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military Men And Women)
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To: Lady Jag

LJ, I just love your dahlia poem and graphic! Thank you SO much for sharing it with us!

When I lived in TX, I grew dahlias with flowers as big as serving platters. They were so perfect, they looked sureal.

I have tried growing them up here in the High Desert, but no luck. :(


39 posted on 08/01/2009 9:12:26 AM PDT by yorkie
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To: Lady Jag
Pale and translucent as pink lemonade, 
the morning sun filtered its petals
to pure lightness;

Perfectly describes your beautiful Dahlia. :)

78 posted on 08/01/2009 3:01:01 PM PDT by Billie
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