Do rusty blooms taste bittersweet,
of summer gone, left incomplete?
Thick stems are braced for swirls
from wind, even hurricanes whirls.
Honey formed on shortening days
might fizz, pop and amaze.
Will a bit smeared on bread
come with warnings of danger ahead?
Perhaps tea sweetened with that nectar
would raise an unholy specter,
a white vision of winter coming,
icy, pale dreams thrumming.
I recklessly stir it into a cup,
unafraid of what might turn up.
The stillness of a perfect day
belies the storms headed this way.
Copyright 2015 Brenda Davis Harsham
I can see why you wrote such a poem Brenda, what a lovely sunflower that is – bee included!! 😀 Can’t imagine storms coming your way with such a sunny picture like that. I hope you are storm free and recovering well?
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Storm free so far, and recovering nicely. Typing still hurts unfortunately, so productivity is down. But will rise again one day. 😉
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You will, definitely!! 🙂
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Hi Brenda, can I take some?
It’s very hot here…prolongued dry season hehehe..
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Help yourself! 🙂
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Hahaha
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Season of mists and mellow pinkfulness…
Think Keats might have missed a trick here, could have been a great poem!
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“And still more, later flowers for the bees,/
Until they think warm days will never cease,/ For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.” Keats was a master. I love your mellow pinkfulness. LOL
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I’d like to enjoy a magical honeyed cup of tea with you to celebrate autumn. Lovely image and poem Brenda. How’s your shoulder mending? 🙂
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The shoulder is loosening up, and less painful. Now I just need some energy, but that will come with time. How is the house? All the reno done?
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I’m glad it’s loosening up. I’ve hurt my back again so there are some things I can’t do at the moment, however I’m going to start recovering my reclaimed fireside chair tomorrow with beautiful soft wool plaid, so that will be fun. I’d love to have the lounge finished before Christmas. We’ll see! Keep getting better. 🙂 x
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Sounds like it will be a great chair. I hope your back feels better! I love that, the lounge. Why don’t we have lounges in the US? We need to fix that. 🙂
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What fun Brenda. Sweet questions and strange tea. 🙂
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Any tea brewed with my imagination is bound to be strange and dangerous. LOL
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I really like the brightness of sunflowers and how tall and sturdy they are. My son’s sunflower is taller than the kitchen roof, outside the window it is like Jack’s beanstalk thick and no flower in sight. You have to literally go outside to see the blosdom. Lol.
Your premonitions shine in how the bee gets nectar, fall flower may be bitter, then, dare you spread honey on toast, since it may bring cool air, change the tea’s flavor and ultimately ice and snow follow as seasons. . . Awesome train of thought.
I saw you mentioned editing to a commenter. I am doing more of this myself. I am not nearly as polished or practiced; but refining my techniques has been nice for stretching my brain, Brenda. ♡
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I think the original idea is about 10% of the work of writing and the rest is editing. I always try to correct grammar of course, but also, I always ask myself: what was the original idea, and can I make it clearer or more fun? Have I used the best words? Is it as short as I can make it? Did I flesh out character or emotion as well as I can? Is it something I’ve already done? Can I use language in a new way and still say a thing clearly? I enjoy the editing process. Lately, I’ve been so tired, I’m having trouble answering some of my own questions! LOL Then I know it’s not ready, and I delay until I’ve answered them all, best as my ability allows.
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You are a professional poet with amazing perseverance, Brenda. Thank you, thank you for your great questions! I happen to be posting about a bee on my blog tmrrw, oh and a “busy bee” who wrote her first post about me. The content is very embarrassing(subject: me) but I hope there will be encouraging comments from my fellow experienced bloggers anyway. Smiles, Robin
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How intriguing. I hope I manage to see it!
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You will live dangerously, Brenda! I was completely hooked from the first two lines… I tend to shy away from writing rhymed poems lately but just hearing the pairing of “nectar” and “specter” made me strongly re-evaluate this. 😉
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LOL I had fun pairing nectar and spectre, it’s an October thing to do! I had more lines, but I cut them and tried to let the heart of the poem shine through. The reckless abandon of Autumn in its whirling spin toward December.
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Reblogged this on Lost Dudeist Astrology.
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Reblogged this on Starry Night Stories and commented:
Likewise, I think we have storms coming in for this month. D8
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But the honey is sweet. 🙂
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Your warm words will hold winter off!
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I’m hoping for a mild year here. You getting the el nino rain yet?
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Wow, such lovely words and photo!
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Thank you!
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Your creative writing is so brilliant Brenda, I just love it. Always a treat when I see one of your posts.
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Thanks, Mary, what a nice thing to say. XOXO
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Wow this is beautiful my friend! I love this flower it pops! I hope you are doing well today! 💜😄
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I can imagine you making some beautiful art with this picture. 🙂
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Love your poetic creativity. My sense of taste is really intrigued. Beautiful visual.
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I’m going to imagine being a storm next time I have honey with my tea. 😉
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Gorgeous picture!
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Thank you!
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Very nice Brenda!
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Thank you!
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🙂
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Love that pictures and the interesting story you wove around it 🙂
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Thanks! I appreciate the time you take to comment. Have a great week!
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LOVE this!
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Thanks!!
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Okay – so I pulled this up and BOTH my kids came right over to see the photo. It’s beautiful. But they were divided about the bee. It was a good excuse to talk about where honey comes from 😉 I love visiting your site for little moments like this over here. Thanks for sharing a little bit of sun (or at least autumn without snow, which is what we got up here today).
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Divided in what way about the bee? One liked it and the other doesn’t like bees? I’m divided about bees, too. I like that we have food and flowers, but I would also be happy to never be stung ever again. And I mean that! LOL
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My eldest said she didn’t like it, until I said I’d tell you that, but then she thought that might be unkind to say, so she assures me she likes the bee now. I’m not sure I buy it…
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LOLI wasn’t trying to get the bee. I was trying to get the beautiful flower, but I guess the bee wanted a picture. You can tell her the bee photobombed. 🙂
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Haha! Will do 🙂
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Bravo, my friend!
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Thanks!
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