Monday, March 29, 2010

Mag 7


the daffodil

swaying dancers nimble
with wind timed movement
bowing low, springing back
swirl about the garden
in a sunny Conga line.

harbingers of summer's approach
hot days of fecund growth
flowers dirty dancing
in unrestricted abandon...
daffodils herald it all.


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  1. LisaMarch 29, 2010 at 9:08 PM

    simply beautiful. I can see. I experienced it. Bravo!

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  2. Enchanted OakMarch 29, 2010 at 9:23 PM

    I adore that "sunny Conga line"!!!

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  3. CatalystMarch 29, 2010 at 11:24 PM

    "...flowers dirty dancing..."

    Ho, ho, Stevie, you've got a gift!

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  4. ArtPropelledMarch 30, 2010 at 12:16 AM

    Lovely! Stevie, you write so well.

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  5. Angie MuresanMarch 30, 2010 at 2:15 AM

    Yes, daffodils do herald it all. Beautifully written.

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  6. christineMarch 30, 2010 at 2:59 AM

    Thats just how they look how clever of you.

    Christine

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  7. ZuzanaMarch 30, 2010 at 3:02 AM

    You are a talented a writer and a poet as well.;)
    I love daffodils, we call them "Easter Lilies".
    xo
    Zuzana

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  8. Lisa at GreenbowMarch 30, 2010 at 6:53 AM

    This is fablous Stevie. I love the line of the "sunny Conga line". Those lines are quite visible here now. You can see where the old farmsteads were in and around the plowed fields. You wonder what stories these lines could tell about the changes in their area.

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  9. amyMarch 30, 2010 at 8:35 AM

    "Sunny Conga line" ~ what an appropriate description =-)

    well done!

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  10. Tess KincaidMarch 30, 2010 at 8:44 AM

    Oh, I love the notion of a Daffy Conga line!

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  11. BethMarch 30, 2010 at 8:55 AM

    Lovely...the poem and the flower...

    And I always found the Gardens to be such a retreat, a refuge...glad you got some good spring-time there!

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  12. toriMarch 30, 2010 at 9:46 AM

    THIS IS SO GOOD! I can't choose a favorite line because I love every word (ok maybe the sunny Conga line :)! ) Great job!

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  13. LynMarch 30, 2010 at 11:31 AM

    So visual..I think these daffodils can teach me to dance! Terrific..

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  14. DarylMarch 30, 2010 at 11:59 AM

    "...hot days of fecund growth..."

    .. a co-worker was just saying 'it snowed way more than usual, its raining way more than usual .. does this mean its going to be way hotter than usual?'

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  15. Vicki LaneMarch 30, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    Aha! Someone else who sees what these flowers are up to! Love it!

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  16. JenniferMarch 30, 2010 at 1:37 PM

    My favourite lines of Mag7: "swirl about the garden in a sunny Conga line..."

    Oh and the dirty dancing... your poem makes me want to run home and paint them in my journal.

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  17. spacedlawMarch 30, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    i am having fun imagining the conga line.

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  18. JessieMarch 30, 2010 at 2:31 PM

    that's a wonderful way to think of daffodils dirty dancing in a conga line!

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  19. Reading Tea LeavesMarch 30, 2010 at 3:22 PM

    "...flowers dirty dancing
    in unrestricted abandon ..." - I love it!

    Jeanne x

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  20. The BugMarch 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM

    Excellent visual images - harbingers of summer's approach - I'm ready!

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  21. Peter GouldingMarch 30, 2010 at 4:53 PM

    Doing the Conga and dirty dancing, Stevie! Yes, there is a lot to be said about the rhythmic pulse of Spring!

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  23. joannaMarch 30, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    You have been watching your blooms -- love that line
    hot days of 'fecund growth'
    I can see them reproducing rapidly --it conjurers up the visual image of Walt Disneys - Fantasia -and the scene from Mickey The Sorcerer's Apprentice when the brooms start to divide and keep on with its 'fecund growth' and start marching in a line like your conga dancing.
    Oh to think with such creativity-- really nice writing,
    Joanny

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  24. Joan TuckerMarch 30, 2010 at 5:29 PM

    Like this, Joan T

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  25. relMarch 30, 2010 at 5:48 PM

    perfectamundo!!!

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  26. Steve CapelinMarch 31, 2010 at 6:26 AM

    I'm with Peter G 'doing the conga and dirty dancing'. Love those images.

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  27. Jan of Thousand AcresMarch 31, 2010 at 1:26 PM

    Conga line, love it, what a marvelous poem, well done!

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  28. Brian MillerMarch 31, 2010 at 5:46 PM

    marvelous...i love unrestricted abandon....

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  29. Pat @ Mille Fiori FavoritiMarch 31, 2010 at 7:21 PM

    I love daffodil, and "a sunny Conga line" was a perfect description for them!

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  30. Aoife.TroxelApril 1, 2010 at 6:52 AM

    haha :)

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