Splitting one green stalk, then
threading through the next slim stem,
making a necklace, or a crown –
white petals tipped with pink, like shells,
or sunset clouds, or fingernails;
hot sun on my neck, legs stretched – grass tickling;
somewhere nearby a bird is singing.
Quadrille night! Our word is “crown” and the prompt is by De. Get over to dVerse to read the prompt and find more poems!
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Oh, I love this. I was SO ready for fall and winter, but this makes me crave the summers of my Ohio childhood.
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I think I’m missing my daughter!
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This makes me think of midsummer when every girl should have a crown of flower in their hair.
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A wonderful form to play with, to get such a visual description — though using words with such lovely sounds!
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Oh daisy chains! What special summer days you’ve recalled for me. Thank you!
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lovely, lovely, Sarah!
❤
David
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Such a lovely description of a summer day. It makes me want to be there.
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You slipped “crown” in there so seamlessly that I had to go back and find it! What;s nicer than a daisy-chain crown?
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Lovely
Much💜love
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Wonderful. My sister’s favorite summer pastime, waaaay back when. Thanks.
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A delightful summer day for making a crown!
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A perfect afternoon, in fact, and the birds for music.
Pax,
Dora
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Lovely memories for me! A wonderfully warm quadrille.
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This brought back summer memories. There are no flowers left around here. sigh…
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Yes.. fond memories of the same, Sarah.
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Oh this takes me back to lovely memories of childhood and flower crowns and summer.
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This reminds me of the time when I used to make little bow-like crowns from the branches of trees. They really were crowns to adore! Nicely penned 🙂
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This is so cleverly beautiful, the opening out from that tiny split in a daisy stem to a whole world of memories.
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What a lovely picture, expansive from such a tiny beginning.
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This is so beautiful Sarah! I love how you wove in rhyme as well!
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Ah, the lazy days of summer!
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What a wonderful description of summers past. Lovely Sarah.
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…like shells or sunset clouds….perfect descriptive phrase. I used to love making crowns of dandelions with my grandchildren! This reminds me of that. 🙂
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I remember sitting in the grass on a summer day making these! Brings back wonderful memories!
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Wonderful the way this evokes a summer’s day. I’m basking in it.
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