“Flowers,” Wrote Henry Ward Beecher, “have a subtle mysterious influence on the feelings.” Indeed, flowers have the power to calm and excite, to stimulate the imagination and to awaken memories.
Natures Passion Flower
In earths brown bosom bare
A wild wind blows its seed
And leaves its tiny imprint there
Blushing like no other weed!
A gypsy with a sultry kiss
Opens wide the poppy flower
It blooms to flame its fiery bliss
Till the frailty of its final hour!
Married ten years, and more in love than ever, Robert and Marcie have everything to live for. But a terrible secret is breaking Robert's heart: he knows that Marcie is about to die...
The deep-dive literary meditations presented as stories, poems, and essays in The American Poet Who Went Home Again, A Mosaic of My Soul at Work, have captivated and inspired readers ever since its first paperback publication in 2008.
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D