No pruning,
No fertilizer,
No special care,
Still you bloom,
Wide open,
With smiling flair,
In field, meadow,
Roadside and
Everywhere.
Daisies sing a
Daisy song,
A quiet fanfare.
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: Woo-hoo to the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team who fought long and hard against Columbia tonight! Congrats to Abby Wombach, a great Captain. She hails from Rochester, NY, where I (mostly) grew up. Yeah Carly Lloyd for scoring on the (second!) PK and then stepping up as Captain! FIFA — International soccer tournaments should not be played on turf!! 130 degrees on the field/pitch?! Shoes MELTING?? Seriously?
Also, hello to Poetry Friday friends! Thanks to Carol at Carol’s Corner for hosting this week.
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What a delightful poem about the simple daisy! ❤ Thank you too, Brenda, for your follow!
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Thanks for the compliment. Have a great week ahead. 🙂
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No special care…yet so beautiful 🙂
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Exactly. You distilled it perfectly.
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Daisies are everyone’s favorite. So beautiful! And thanks for the follow at My Awakening Life. May we meet again on these pages.
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I hope so. May beauty ever be waiting for you.
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Low maintenance natural beauties!
My kind of gals. 😉
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Mine, too! 🙂
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Well, I’m going to have to go talk to the daisies in my garden as they haven’t bloomed yet. We planted them from seed and it may be that the zinnias are hogging the sunlight. I love daisies — DAISIES is my word for 2015. “You can’t pick daisies if you harvest crabgrass,” was my inspiration. Thanks for the reminder!
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I haven’t had much luck growing flowers from seed. It may be that it takes them a year or two to get established before they will bloom. But once you have daisies blooming, they keep coming back. I’m trying to grow bee balm from seed this year, but not having much luck. Oh well. Maybe talking to them is the answer. 😉
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One of my favorite flowers!!
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They are so cheerful! 🙂 And always the flower of choice for “He loves me, he loves me not.” 🙂
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Between my black thumb and the hail and deluges in Denver this summer, my flowers are dying at an alarming rate. Your poem makes me want to run right out and buy some daisies. I’d love a little of that “smiling flair” in my yard.
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Daisies seem to do well in drought or deluge. I hope your weather abates soon!
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daisies are always welcoming and resilient, hard to keep them down. congrats to our hard playing women )
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Yeah! So exciting to watch them play.
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I like daisies in all their magic simplicity.
You expressed so much in this poetic tribute to their joy and beauty.
I did not know about heat on turf and melting shoes , Brenda. Glad you celebrated international soccer!
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The US women deserve a shout out. They are really excellent athletes.
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Hooray, for women’s soccer!
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Yes, hooray! And the next US Women’s game is tonight against German. How exciting! I get it will be 0-0 most of the way. I never thought i would get so into any sports, but I do like soccer, futbal, football or whatever you call it. 🙂
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I probably won’t get to see the game but BBC does give highlights….of course Wimbledon tennis seems to get more coverage.
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We won!! Woo-hoo!! 2-0, U.S. brought Germany to a standstill. Still on a high. 😀 Was just making a note in a new post about it. It was a good game, both sides played very well.
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Congratulations! I hadn’t heard the news. A good lead in to July 4 celebrations. 😀
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The final is on Sunday, and we’ll watch during a party. The weekend is forecast to be splendid. 🙂
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I had to stop by rsther belatedly to shiut with glee: They WON!!!
I used to love watching Felicia play and before her, her brother, Jamie.
I also used to like sitting by a creek and pulling those cheery daisy petals off, one by one, and saying, “He loves me, he loves me not.”
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It is a flower with a lot of power! What a final game. Truly outstanding!
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Flower power. It was great and I got to see highlights, Brenda.
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Yeah!
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This is wonderful and so true. They are happy, beautiful flowers that will grow anywhere and never complain.
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As a gardener, I like a reliable flower that doesn’t require constant attention. 🙂
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How cute! So that’s how Daisies look like! oh um, even if I don’t know much about Soccer, congratulations to the US Women’s Soccer team! sounds like they really played well!
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Thanks! Columbia really tested them. They were a team with great passion and ball skill. Watching soccer is something I do with the hubby. And my kids now play, too.
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Aw, cool! Yes! Soccer is awesome! I used to play soccer as well during my high school days with my friends come recess time. OvO
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I played ultimate frisbee. 🙂
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Whoa! You’re such cool mom! Frisbee is also fun!
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LOL Thanks!
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You’re welcome!~ 8D
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I love sunflowers, poppies and cosmos too!
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Yes!! I love the weather that lets them flourish.
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that is why they are so priceless! love these flowers who don’t care if we take care!
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I love them, too. And rudbeckia and echinacea, all similar shapes and sass.
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Gosh these are happy just like you! I love you sweet poems they always make me smile! I love your header art too so lovely sweet Brenda! Good luck on your book! 😀 ❤
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Thanks! If I succeed I might have to start another blog and join twitter! Where would I find the time?
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I looove daisies! 🙂 ❤ this is lovely!
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Oh, long time no see! Happy to see your smiles here. I’ll come see you, too. XOXO
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🙂 🙂
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