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AnnaLIFT 7/23/16 - 7/29/16 - Peony
Tamsin

AnnaLIFT 7/23/16 - 7/29/16 - Peony

Thank you for all the inspiration that came with this challenge.

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Poem is Peonies by Mary Oliver
This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready
to break my heart
as the sun rises,
as the sun strokes them with his old, buttery fingers
and they open
pools of lace,
white and pink
and all day the black ants climb over them,
boring their deep and mysterious holes
into the curls,
craving the sweet sap,
taking it away
to their dark, underground cities
and all day
under the shifty wind,
as in a dance to the great wedding,
the flowers bend their bright bodies,
and tip their fragrance to the air,
and rise,
their red stems holding
all that dampness and recklessness
gladly and lightly,
and there it is again
beauty the brave, the exemplary,
blazing open.
Do you love this world?
Do you cherish your humble and silky life?
Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath?
Do you also hurry, half-dressed and barefoot, into the garden,
and softly,
and exclaiming of their dearness,
fill your arms with the white and pink flowers,
with their honeyed heaviness, their lush trembling,
their eagerness
to be wild and perfect for a moment, before they are
nothing, forever?
What a beautiful softness, the blended flowers are beautiful, I love the background you've created and the beautiful colors!
 
Beautiful soft page and colors! Don't forget to ad it to the Challenge forum!
 
OMG - the poem; black ants/tight fists/and what a beautiful crescendo : such a hidden secret I am happy you took the time to give us this beautiful treasure. I need to copy this .
 

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