flowers – Carrie Birde

Flowery Speech — A Poem

“Peony” — C.Birde, 6/25

Peony speech arrives

perfumed in sunlight,

A profusion

of pink petticoats –

raindrop bruised –

bearing petal-tongued

poems to peace, love,

and beauty.

–C.Birde, 6/25

“Peony, Speaks…” — C.Birde, 6/25

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Dogwood — A Poem

A late afternoon photo of a flowering pink dogwood. — “Dogwood” — C.Birde, 5/25

Dogwood…

or wouldn’t (as it might),

each night arranging

patterned blooms in hues

best known by morning’s

light.

— C.Birde, 5/25

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Small Frills — A Poem

A photo of new cherry blossoms against a blue sky. — “Cherry Blossoms” — C.Birde, 4/25

Frilled

in pink blossoms,

my heart —

a flowering cherry —

invites bees &

kinglets &

nesting robins.

— C.Birde, 4/25

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Narcissus in Spring — A Poem

“Narcissus” — C.Birde, 4/25

Touched

by light & shadow,

the pattern repeats,

reveals our slow

surprise.

— C.Birde, 4/25

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Chains — A Poem

“Chains” — C.Birde, 3/25

If you must wear chains,

my dear,

about your neck,

your wrists,

let them be of spring Andromeda —

light, lipped, sweetly fragrant,

& tinkling with wind’s caress.

— C.Birde, 3/25

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Humm… — A Poem

“Bee Tongue” — C.Birde, 9/24

Humm of a hundred

bees…

My garden is a mess…

Contentment lives

here.

— C.Birde, 10/24

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Eyes — A Poem

“Dragonfly-Eyed Coneflower” — C.Birde, 7/24

Eyes

dragonfly wide

peering

asking:

why stand idly by

when with hearts

hands

minds unified

in kindness &

compassion

our world

we might entirely

redefine?

— C.Birde, 7/24

Duck — A Poem

“Arch” — C.Birde, 5/24

Duck the arch,

the vined curtain blooming

red

seen

only from the farther side…

Enter softly,

keep

the secret of your approach

in your pocket

lest the idyll vanish wholly

with an eager, errant

footfall.

— C.Birde, 5/24

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Lilac Dream — A Poem

“Lilacs” — C.Birde, 5/24

Lilac dream –

each branch’s whole,

flowers within flowers unfolding

as dream within dream

recalled

forgotten

yet entirely dreamed,

perfumed, &

growing.

— C.Birde, 5/24

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Chains — A Poem

An artfully altered photo of Andromeda Japonica, in bloom. — “Andromeda” — C.Birde, 3/23

Chains…

of Andromeda,

broken

into bloom.

— C.Birde, 3/23

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