I
think that
l have never
seen a sadder
sight then glorious
Sunflowers,died,turned to
Green. All standing in a row
With blackened faces just like poor
Souls lost without a place to go.
we
Passed them yesterday as to Asissi
We
Did go.
The rain like
Angels tears did
Flow. The wind was harsh
But it could not stop us.
Sadly cross words, we’d a
Few. Really that was nothing new.
By the time we reached Asissi our
Skies had turned blue, harsh words driven through.
My talented fried Dale wrote a beautiful double Etheree for Crispinaβs CCC challenge. Dale very generously said that I had introduced her to the Etheree, well she has nailed it. Even starting with Dead and ending with life.
The poem was about dead Sunflowers and beautifully and skillfully done it is. Do visit Dales link. I have included it above.
The Etheree reminded me of a poem I had written on the same subject some years back. So I dug out the old poem and revamped it into a mirror Etheree.
Thank you Dale, you reminded me of a holiday in Italy π
Feb 22, 2019 @ 14:14:45
This is beautiful! What a stunning use of the form, imagery and palpable emotion. Makes me feel like I’m in the car, driving through the rain past those forlorn fields and into the blue.
Feb 22, 2019 @ 14:15:53
Yes luckily we managed to save the day and have a good time π
Feb 22, 2019 @ 14:16:46
I am glad you liked the Etheree, you would like Dale’s too.π
Feb 22, 2019 @ 14:38:36
Absolutely lovely xx
Feb 22, 2019 @ 15:28:14
Thank you Sis ππ
Feb 22, 2019 @ 15:03:31
This is very unusual in content and style, Willow
Feb 22, 2019 @ 15:27:57
Thank you Robbie it a holiday memory π
Feb 22, 2019 @ 15:11:08
Double thank you, to you Willow!
Having gone to Tuscany myself and taken a few pictures of fields of Sunflowers (my favourites), both dead and alive, you have brought me right back there.
Love your mirror etheree (and so glad I enticed you to revamp your older poem so beautifully)
Thank you for the link, too! xoxo
Feb 22, 2019 @ 14:14:59
You deserve the link π. Italy is such a wonderful place we love Tuscany best and have often visited friends who have an agroturisum B&B near San Gimarno. The photos are mine and I do love looking back on them π
Feb 22, 2019 @ 14:22:27
π§‘π§‘ It is! I cannot wait to go back.
I have thousands of photos… π
Feb 22, 2019 @ 15:29:56
Me too, I miss it not been for three years and it’s diffinatly off the cards this year too π
Feb 22, 2019 @ 15:34:16
Closer for you to visit, than for me! I went in 2016…. sigh. I didn’t want to come back.
Feb 22, 2019 @ 15:47:34
I remember you telling us all about it and your cookery cause π
Feb 22, 2019 @ 16:12:24
Yesssss π
I shall one day finish writing about that trip π
Feb 22, 2019 @ 16:14:05
Then go again π
Feb 22, 2019 @ 16:27:49
Oh trust me, I Will! π»π»π§‘π§‘π»π»
Feb 22, 2019 @ 16:31:56
Excellent ππ
Feb 22, 2019 @ 21:58:57
Lovely – for some reason I thought Assisi was in France. I wish I could grow sunflowers but we have too many birds. They just wipe that darn things out!
Feb 23, 2019 @ 04:27:25
Lovely post and poem, Willow. I have grown sunflowers last three years. The bees like them. The American Goldfinches like to eat the leaves. The leaves are very rough but they cling on to the stems and eat their way through. I forgot if they ate the sunflower seeds. By the time all the leaves are gone, the flower heads are very heavy, only then I start to trim them. I’ll plant the seeds soon for this year.
Feb 23, 2019 @ 06:42:27
They are a beautiful flowers. We have grown them off and on over they years they always seem to grow well and very tall. ππ
Feb 23, 2019 @ 19:50:27
Yes, mine get to be 6′ to 8′. π β€
Feb 23, 2019 @ 20:00:20
I know they are amazing aren’t they π
Feb 23, 2019 @ 20:40:19
I like their happy faces when bloom. β€
Feb 23, 2019 @ 20:43:02
Yes they are beautiful π
Feb 24, 2019 @ 04:20:20
I bought the mix of orange and yellow this year. β€
Feb 24, 2019 @ 06:27:45
Oh! They will look wonderful π
Feb 24, 2019 @ 06:42:04
Thank you, Willow. I’ll post some photos for sure. β€
Feb 24, 2019 @ 06:49:48
Oh! That will be great Miriam π
Feb 24, 2019 @ 06:51:18
Thank you, Willow. β€
Feb 24, 2019 @ 09:42:20
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Feb 24, 2019 @ 21:41:17
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Feb 27, 2019 @ 07:27:20
That’s very beautiful.
Feb 27, 2019 @ 09:58:51
Thank you it’s a lovely memory π€
Mar 02, 2019 @ 14:58:52
Excellent, poignant piece!
Mar 02, 2019 @ 15:58:06
Thank you Jordy π