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Mahdi Meshkatee's avatar

Takes a certain refined palette to grasp this. But flowers bloom, and so does this poem.

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Annie Hendrix's avatar

Thanks Mahdi <3

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daisy cashin's avatar

‘best to tend the substrate’ sheesh!

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

…neighbors bloom…a horse joke whinnies…

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Brandon  Murphy's avatar

It seems the temperature outside rose a few degrees! Fantastic as always Annie, your interplay with words and phrases. A dance to inspire and titillate.

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Jim Sanders's avatar

An interesting relationship poem.

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C. Lee McKenzie's avatar

So beautiful.

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Charles's avatar

Deft. Sent me to Marvell’s Garden: Stumbling on melons as I pass, Ensnared by flowers I fall on grass.

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Ted Holzman's avatar

“The flower's leaves … serve as bridal beds which the creator has so gloriously arranged … and perfumed with so many soft scents that the bridegroom with his bride might there celebrate their nuptials with so much greater solemnity.” —Linnaeus

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