tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787570029128984235.post1143588574411023658..comments2023-11-25T03:27:49.595-05:00Comments on EVERY PHOTO TELLS A STORY: Image Prompt: Orchid IntoxicationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787570029128984235.post-77617846401100743392009-02-08T17:49:00.000-05:002009-02-08T17:49:00.000-05:00(poem by Therese L. Broderick of Albany, NY, USA)E...(poem by Therese L. Broderick of Albany, NY, USA)<BR/><BR/><BR/>EMILY DICKINSON'S ORCHIDS<BR/><BR/>She pressed and<BR/>pressed them<BR/>onto pages she labeled<BR/>with the finest<BR/>writing, cursive letters<BR/>as spare as one stripe<BR/>on a flower's petal.<BR/>Hers are dried, dark, flat,<BR/>absent perfume. What's left<BR/>in her private herbarium<BR/>is the musk of<BR/>the orchids's names--<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787570029128984235.post-10166134419859141562009-02-08T17:24:00.000-05:002009-02-08T17:24:00.000-05:00I love orchids. I haven' tried growing them, maybe...I love orchids. I haven' tried growing them, maybe someday soon. They require much care. Thx for sharing.GlorV1https://www.blogger.com/profile/06789212398770555465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787570029128984235.post-1191557975004194172009-02-08T13:20:00.000-05:002009-02-08T13:20:00.000-05:00I've experienced many deaths, and they all effecte...I've experienced many deaths, and they all effected me very deeply. Each death a different meaning though. I've also lost many pets, and those have been equally tragic for me. Perhaps more so. At one time I had two parakeets. ONe was a lemon yellow, the other a lime green. One was aggressive and pushy, the other shy but fierce. They both died two months apart. But each got sick and I tried to WHY?https://www.blogger.com/profile/03189184991051926997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787570029128984235.post-69246382101559687112009-02-08T09:20:00.000-05:002009-02-08T09:20:00.000-05:00I LOVE flowers!!! Liiiife <3I LOVE flowers!!! Liiiife <3Philsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02649235583303996835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787570029128984235.post-40153656318601092552009-02-08T01:33:00.000-05:002009-02-08T01:33:00.000-05:00My children bloomMy children growAnd cast their ra...My children bloom<BR/>My children grow<BR/>And cast their radiance<BR/>about the room<BR/><BR/>And in their faces<BR/>In that glow<BR/>My Grandpa rises <BR/>from the tombMeandering Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464355148386507875noreply@blogger.com