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furstenberg park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – june 2020
what a beautiful welcome
the magnolia trees gave me
their path of petals
leading me back
into my quiet town
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“you are welcome as the flowers in may.”
-charles macklin
even in the midst of the most challenging of times
the flowers never cease to bloom.
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“can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers?”
~ maurice maeterlinck
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nectarine tree on a sunny day in sierra vista, arizona, usa
never
in spite of all efforts
have i been able
to keep an orchid alive
somehow
in spite of a pot cracked
on the very first day
and
fingers crossed
trying to care for it
this tiny orchid
has survived
even thrived.
a surprise new flower emerges.
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“patience is the art of hoping.”
-luc de clapiers
kinder collects pretty flowers
picked from the garden
with fairies hiding within
to give to her mom
mom will be so happy
and the fairies will too.
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“the fleeting flowers-
which mostly bloom for only a couple weeks-
have long served as spiritual metaphors,
and a reminder to live in the present moment.”
-National Geographic magazine
“bees do have a smell, you know,
and if they don’t they should,
for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.”
-ray bradbury – dandelion wine
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summer 2018, ann arbor
I didn't have my glasses on.... 