April 5, 2018
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Flowers
This is my third entry for the NPM Scavenger Hunt. I'll have to go back and look at the rules to see if I cheated. This is an original poem, but I wrote it several years ago and I've posted it a couple of times over the years. This poem uses prompt #3: Your favorite flower.
DITCH FLOWERS
If life is a garden and we are the flowers,
I want to be a ditch flower.
I have no pretensions to superior breeding,
no delusions of delicate beauty.
I am common.
I hope that, like the flowers that spring up behind the guard rail,
I am tough,
tenacious,
resilient;
Able to flourish wherever the wind takes me.
I want to be that splash of vibrant color around the curve
that causes people to pause on their journey
and marvel at the unexpectedness of me.
Comments (4)
I checked and it's not cheating. Whew!
Glad you have started writing again. Love the poem. Love you!
You are like the ditch flower; tough. tenacious, and resilient. May you continue to flourish.
I like this. Just before coming to read your blog I had actually just finished posting my blog which included a shot of purple wildflowers from my yard. Yes, these little gems are wild, strong and beautiful.
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