Scroll down for a Memorial Day poem for Open Link Monday's writing prompt for 5/26/14.
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| Found this single plant at a garden center yesterday. It wasn't labeled, so I didn't know what it was. However, I was looking at another blog this morning and saw a much smaller pink flower just like this. It was identified as an Aquilegia-columbine. These blooms were each about 4-5 inches across. |
I decided to use my photo of a columbine as a symbol, because the 5 violet petals suggest a star. Columbines reseed and therefore come back each spring to replace what was lost in the previous fall. I used it as a metaphor for the renewing of life, even of life lost in war.
SEEING STARS
(Ode to a Columbine)
The violet petals
In the shape of a star,
A memorial to those
Who fought vainly afar.
A white cup holds stamens
To erase battle's scar,
Renewing life's flora
Lost in unvarnished war.
15 comments:
This is a very pretty columbine. They are easy to grow in a shade garden and sometimes reseed (you get volunteers). Nice image!
It's a beauty!
Wow!!! 4-5 inches!!! I mostly see the wild columbines, and they are less than 2 inches... And I love the colour of yours, too!
A favourite of mine! Terrific shot of this beauty.
Lovely photo. I love how you captured the texture of the petals. Yes, you are correct, this is a columbine!
Yes, it is a columbine. They are so delicate! They will self seed and spread in the garden (but not like a weed) - it a good way!
Thanks for the comments, everyone. I used to have columbines in my garden, but they were much smaller and didn't look exactly like this one, so it confused me when I saw such large flowers at the garden center. They were huge!
Beautiful close up.
You are quite right although I prefer their older common name of 'Grandma's Bonnets'.
They are such pretty spring flowers.
This is the first time that i saw this flower and it looks beautiful =) #IHeartMacro
I like the single columbines with their long spurs, and the blue color is lovely. Blue flowers are so rare. I like being able to see a little into the spur at the top of the white petals. The Rocky Mountain Columbines have this color.
How beautiful! Thanks for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro:-)
Such a delicate flower.
Thank you for sharing your piece on Real Toads. You have created a striking comparison here between the flower and the spirit of Memorial Day.
Nice tie in with Memorial Day. The columbine does reflect the spirit of the day.
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