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| Colour Plate: The Book of Wild Flowers |
sketch
screen
march
snowberry
elder
tawny
bergamot
meadow
ivy
stout-stemmed
cluster
zigzag
shunning
shallow
thorns
sapling
leave
twisted
indigo
adaptations
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| Colour Plate: The Book of Wild Flowers |
In addition, De has provided several phrases from the same source as further fodder for our pens.
sight-seeing in a daisy
the silent roar of the vast
stealing the sun
the story of the grasses
a strong, bent contrivance
flowers that will not wait for the snow
employ the wind
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| Colour Plate: The Book of Wild Flowers |
Please make your selection from the words given. Feel free to play around with them - any derivation or meaning is permissible. The number of words you choose is not set, but any poem that is linked to this prompt must contain at least one of the words provided.
Source of all images displayed: ebay.com.
This is my kind of post! So glad to be home after a week on the other side of this vast country. And now I get to play with pen and the botanical. Life is good!
ReplyDeleteToads, this has cheered up soooo much.
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@kerry
I haven't had the courage to open your reply yet, expecting the wind in my face :-)
Hope I am not totally persona non grata.
This is a great list, De. I'm not writing atm, but there are some great inspirations here for those who are. Excellent challenge.
ReplyDeleteNever fear, Aprille. Your feedback was appreciated.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me long for sun and heat ... remind me not to complain come summer!
ReplyDeleteoooh, this should sow some lovely poems! I love flowers and this challenge~
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Beautiful colour images such as these cannot help but inspire poets, and there are some wonderful words in the list, too. An interesting challenge, De. Thanks!
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Thank you for word challenge De ~
ReplyDeleteHappy Wednesday to everyone ~
hi De, I've loved this challenge. I've used one of.the images, all the words (I think) and one of the.phrases. oh and the subject are my gorgeous saplings :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome word lists. Very inspirational. Thanks girl. I had lots of fun playing with them. :)
ReplyDeletei love this list. am distracted and unable to cope, but i am SO responding to this, late. i promise! xo
ReplyDelete“A Sketch of Holiness”
ReplyDeleteDid you see indigo glory puncture
The sky, dropping daisy petals
over praying stout-stemmed heads
of glory-heavy wheat-fields?
Each blanched glitterati rupture
Shown the face of God staring beauty
Through the eyes of March
While I, a sapling psalm, kneeled.
Wow, a chance to comment (!) on the snows of Wisconsin! Thanks, De, for also making this challenge your post for today on your own blog. I linked Whimsygizmo up in my post.
ReplyDeleteLoved the list. The poem loved it too; it seemed to devour all but three words! Thanks, honey. Amy
Such a beautiful post and inspiration. I struggled with this one...family drama is never helpful when trying to create.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, gang!
ReplyDeleteI am absolutely DELIGHTED at where this list took you all. I've just been around to read everybody, and I can't thank you enough for your gorgeous words. So many different directions, and such beautiful phrasing. You all ROCK!
Many thanks to Kerry for adding the visuals to this post. I do own the book (picked up for an outlandish $4 at a Goodwill bookstore), but wasn't sure how this list hosting thing worked, and neglected to offer to take any photos or scan anything. She's a resourceful one, and I'm thankful. :)
The book is just full of stunning language, and I'm so pleased some of it has inspired such wonderful writers. Thank you.
de
whimsygizmo.wordpress.com
As my old dad would say, I'm a day late and a dollar short! Sorry about that!
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