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The Narcissus in a New Way

Today’s prompt at dVerse felt like a continuation of my poem from Tuesday. How can I say more about those daffodils? But then I read the example poem: NARCISSUS AND ECHO by Fred Chappell, and heard myself say “How beautiful,” and thought, now I’m seeing in a different way. Narcissus in Shade Bloomed too early,Continue reading “The Narcissus in a New Way”

Day Nine: How Hope Breaks Through

Hope Hope is “the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best; a feeling of desire for something and confidence in the possibility of its fulfillment; a thing, situation, or event that is desired.” For today’s images I thought of hope as a bud opening, orContinue reading “Day Nine: How Hope Breaks Through”

Nemesia: looks like a baby snapdragon to me

Flower-a-day #9 Pensitivity 101’s Three Things Challenge inspired me this morning. The three things to include in my post were: CREASE, BLEND, FRONT. I recently started doing daily inkblots again. Writing about faces in the clouds in my Nephelococcygia post the other day got me thinking about drawing faces over inkblots. However, I like theContinue reading “Nemesia: looks like a baby snapdragon to me”

Pretty Potato in the Wind

The Sunday poetry prompt #348 from Poetic Bloomings is Weather or Not. This prompt feels very timely since I took my flower pictures in the wind this morning. That little purple potato flower did not want to stop dancing to pose for my camera. Flower-a-day #8 And yesterday–the first time one of my closest friendsContinue reading “Pretty Potato in the Wind”

Ode to a red rose #SoCS

The Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt is “Ode.” Last week I was inspired to start my daily flower drawing practice and it made me draw every day which is amazing to me, and I love the black and whites photographs that I never would have thought to try before seeing zombie flamingos’ post last Saturday.Continue reading “Ode to a red rose #SoCS”