Thursday, November 27, 2014

Wild pansies

wild pansies
infiltrate
her perfect garden—
lanky, jagged-leaved,
grins on their faces

 —A Hundred Gourds, 3:4, September 2014

 Here in southeast Texas, pansies may survive the winter, but cottontail rabbits seem to love the taste of the blooms. 
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7 comments:

  1. Vandana SharmaNovember 27, 2014 at 9:48 PM

    Something for everyone!!

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  2. Jenny Ward AngyalNovember 28, 2014 at 6:03 AM

    I can just picture those grins! I love the idea of wildness infiltrating the too-perfect, the tamed & artificial.

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    1. janetldNovember 28, 2014 at 8:25 AM

      Thanks for the posts, Vandana and Jenny.

      I bought some pansies a few weeks ago, but they never opened up their faces!

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  3. Wendy BourkeDecember 1, 2014 at 3:30 PM

    Beautifully drawn. Pansies do have grins on their faces - and "lanky, jagged-leaved" imbues a rascally devil-may-care vibe to their invasion.

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  4. Jennifer WagnerDecember 5, 2014 at 2:01 AM

    Can't tame wild! Love it.

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  5. AdelaideDecember 6, 2014 at 10:24 AM

    I love the happy faces of pansies. A lovely picture, the pansies happy to be where they are.

    Adelaide

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