violet spears
daintily paint the sky
with possibility
Copyright 2018 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: Happy Poetry Friday and thanks to Molly at Nix the Comfort Zone for hosting! So much feels possible in summer. Especially in a garden. May every last summer day be magical.
45 thoughts on “Paint the Sky”
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WHAT A POTENT STATEMENT!
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Nice to see you again.
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Sorry I’ve been away so long…! blogging less and responding to newcomers…. Glad to deliberately find my way back! Missed you, too!
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Great metaphor.
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Thank you.
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Nice haiku, Brenda – love the idea of painting with possibility.
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Thanks, Matt.
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Lovely images, Brenda – and you always find magic around you!
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Thanks, Robyn.
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So vivid and beautiful! 🙂
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Thanks, Neha.
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You’re welcome, Brenda 🙂
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How lovely to look at those “violet spears” and see paintbrushes! Beautiful photo.
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Thanks, Tabatha.
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Those flowers are breathtaking! I love the purple spires painting possibilities.
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It seemed like a day when anything was possible. 🙂
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Gorgeous photo and poem. Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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Thanks, Ruth. I hope all goes well with the new school year.
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I love that row of purple between the pinks…and your poem!
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Thank you, Mary Lee. Gardens are so pretty.
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lovely. one of my favorites of summer. You have quite a collection of short nature poems!
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Thanks, Linda. I’ve been keeping it short lately.
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A lovely canvas which happily is never finished. 🙂
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Ever-changing and gorgeous canvas. 🙂
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I think your whole vibrant image paints
“the sky with possibility”
Thanks for the lovely poem and image too Brenda–Keep the magic coming!
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Thanks, Michelle. Summer is a time of promise. It’s easy to write joyful poetry this time of year.
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And a welcome relief too. 😌
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Brenda, I love the vibrancy of the summer flowerbed. Your poem shares the positivity of life. I wish every part of life could stand so tall and salute the sky with a positive spirit.
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Salvia always seems to be reaching toward the sky. It inspires me, too.
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Brenda, I am collecting digitals for my summer gallery. I hope you have time to send a couple.
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The roses appear to be overseeing the job of painting the sky…and the little flowers (don’t know what they are) just seem to be a little crowd cheering them on! It’s quite a bunch!
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I don’t know what those pink flowers are either. From the shape, I would have said giant phlox, but they were too short. Wrong leaf-shape for geraniums. It’s a puzzle.
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There’s something about purple that occurs in nature that makes me really happy 🙂
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Yes, salvia is one of my favorite flowers. That purple is so summery.
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Gorgeous photograph and poem. I aspire to have such a neat, pretty, poem-worthy flower garden some day.
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I confess that this very tidy flowerbed is in a botanical garden, not my house. I’m rather more scattered.
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I love your idea of the garden as brimming with possibility, and your photograph is perfect! As my mother used to say, the colors are yummy!
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Thanks, Molly. The color just makes my heart sing.
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Beautiful!
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Thanks!
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and what beautiful, magical brushes they are!
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I wish that color would appear in winter. 🙂 Winter is such a black and white time of year.
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Beautiful floral composition! I love those colours, Brenda!
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Thanks, Peter!
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