flower banks,
bees make withdrawals
rain makes deposits
Copyright 2018 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: This poem is dedicated to the bees. The flowers will dream of them all winter, and I’ll dream of both.
This poem plays with the words bank, withdrawal and deposit, comparing a clump of flowers to a bank. Does the analogy work?
Happy Poetry Friday and thanks for hosting to Michelle Barnes, poet, greeting card writer and friend, at Today’s Little Ditty.
48 thoughts on “Flower Banks”
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Yes, the analogy works. I love thinking of all the ways we make deposits and withdrawals from neighbors.
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Nature, not neighbors!
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That, too. If only we were better stewards of the earth. Using plastic makes me feel very guilty.
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So many checks and balances to keep track of. 🙂
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Your analogy is perfect, Brenda! Thank you for sharing the photo, too! I love purple coneflowers, but have too much shade to have such a stunning display.
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Thanks for visiting, Catherine. I have coneflowers in my garden, but the local gold finches find them and strip the seeds, so mine are always bedraggled. This was at a botanical garden where the flowers are more numerous than the birds. 🙂
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I want to know when your Flowers: Book of Days comes out? You have so many brilliant short poems like this. I think you could do it!
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LOL That would be something, right?
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Creative wordplay on ‘banks!’ And oh, how I wish our echinacea still looked like that!
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Me, too. My begonias look like deflated birthday balloons. So sad and shriveled.
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Brenda, what fun in just a few words! Thank you! xo
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Glad you like it. 🙂 I’m beaming with happy over here.
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It reminds me of a Shel Silverstein poem, cute and clever.
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Aw, now that is kind of you!
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Yes, the analogy definitely works. This made me smile. So clever!!
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Yay! You are a kindred spirit, but we knew this.
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Thank you, Brenda. Your photo and poem pairing today was just what I needed to cheer me up! A clever analogy expressed just so perfectly.
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It was tempting to let the punning get out of hand. 🙂
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It’s cute! I like the idea of a flower bank. No interest or red tape, just give and take what you need 🙂
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And it all returns again the next year, despite walking away with a few bouquets. 🙂
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An excellent analogy. Your beautiful match of flowers and words certainly built my interest!
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LOL Another good one! All these puns are compounding the fun. 🙂
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Clever!!! Is that gorgeous photo your own bank of echinacea?
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I wish! Elm Bank in Wellesley has glorious flowers. It’s a horticultural center.
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The analogy works so well that you should considering offering it for the Abundant Autumn Gallery, Brenda.
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A great idea, Carol. I hope I remember to do that. I’m super busy this weekend with an all-day class on Saturday and cleaning out the garage for winter parking. I feel tired just thinking about it.
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Thanks, Brenda. I would like that if you had time to blend the two into an image poem. Otherwise, I can take a screenshot of the two.
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You are kind.
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Gorgeous
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Thanks!
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I love the analogy, Brenda and since one of my granddaughters has become an authority on bees, will save the poem for her. Perhaps because I’m always loving rain because we have so little, I love the idea of it being a deposit! Indeed it is here! Thanks!
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Echinacea makes long term deposits, and doesn’t need daily rain. 🙂 I hope your granddaughter likes the analogy. I wasn’t sure if it was good for kids.
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How beautifully spiky they are! It’s amazing that bees can manage to make withdrawals 🙂 I like your analogy, Brenda. Hope you’re doing well.
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Gold finches are good customers, too. 🙂
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it sure does and i’ll be sure to ‘check’ it out -)
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LOL Good one!
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A beautiful picture❤️
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Thanks!
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❤️😊
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Love your “deposits” and “withdrawals,” Brenda, they work splendidly! I too will be thinking about our lovely bees and flowers as the winter cuddles up and settles in around us. Gorgeous echinacea image too, thanks!
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Thanks for stopping by, Michelle. I’ve been on a politics-holiday, trying to set aside outrage, and think positive. But I admire your ability to stay on topic. 🙂
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Always a pleasure to stop by. I was planning a much more festive post this week but events of life keep stopping on my doorstep. BTW how’s your eye(s) doing?
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My eye is mostly better. Thanks for asking. Only one occasion recently where it flared up and I had to use a hot compress. And that was probably partly the flu.
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Glad it’s doing better overall 😌
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Love the purple coneflower! Gorgeous:).
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One of my favorite flowers.
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So true. Great photo
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Thanks!
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