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Three Flowers

February 21, 2011
By Dragonscribe BRONZE, West Lafayette, Indiana
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Dragonscribe BRONZE, West Lafayette, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;A Person&#039;s a Person no Matter how Small&quot;<br /> and<br /> &quot;A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet&quot;<br /> and<br /> &quot;God helps those who help themselves&quot;

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Once
Three flowers fluttered
Floated, flushed, flittered
Into the
Palm
Of my hand.
These were your flowers –
I held them
Close
Until, two shone brighter
Than one
And
I kept
What was better.

Once
Two flowers waited
In a vase for me
I watered
Pruned
Admired them
Everyday.
Until, one looked nicer
Than another
And
I threw
Away
What had wilted.

Once
One flower drank
Sweet water
In a china vase
And
I drank
Its perfume
Like air
Until, the vase
Grew in my eye;
Became
More beautiful
Empty on my table.

© Jami U., West Hempstead, NY

The author's comments:
I'm not usually into this sort of writing. It's very dramatic and doesn't rhyme; which I don't like at all. But it's easy to write - only takes a minute and hardly any thought at all - and it's interesting to read in progression.
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Silvertext BRONZE said...
on Mar. 10 2011 at 8:51 pm
Silvertext BRONZE, West Lafayette, Indiana
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&quot;Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.&quot; ~Mason Cooley

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I love your writing even more everytime I read something new by you Jackie. Keep writing! And congrats on your book! :D

~Silvertext