It was a simple gesture
…………………. As the sun rose the seedling grew
Nosed its way nonchalantly through the weeds.
……………. Caressed by early summer sun,
Nourished by November rains.
With all its might it pushed through the merriment
Of opportunistic pumpkins and weary watermelons
And reached high for the sky,
………. One leaf at a time,
stretching sighing saluting the sun.
It was a simple gesture
…………. It spoke of unfaltering love.
………………………… The sunflower smiled
………… And reminded me that life is enriched
By the simple things.
©Alison Jean Hankinson.
This is for d’Verse meeting at the bar, where we were asked to consider silence. This sunflower was in my garden in NZ, planted as a seed by my husband to cheer me up in Spring/summer 2014 when I was unable to tend the garden following major surgery. I could see it from the bedroom window.
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Lovely poem.
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I love the silent spaces of the sun salute. Sunflower namaste.
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Thank you Charley.
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You are welcome!
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The punctuation really does make the poem more visual, if it makes sense to talk about visual pauses. Anyway, it works with this one and adds to it. Well done!
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Nice description of the sunflower’s neighbors: “the merriment
Of opportunistic pumpkins and weary watermelons”
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I love the way you took us from seed to flower and all the quiet pauses of growth in between.
Nothing better than the smile of a person or a flower!
Dwight
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This is a beautiful poem about the sunflower. I like how you make it feel like you are part of nature. Sunflowers have always been my favorite flower, I even would love to get a tattoo of one to remind me that no matter what healing and light is always coming in some way or another. Thank you for a beautiful post, and I hope to see more to come 🙂 If you’d like, I am a new blogger and would love any suggestions you may have for me and my art, caelidotblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/power-in-purple/ I hope you have a great weekend and hope the sunflowers bloom for you more than the rain here in Seattle.
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Much love to you. XX
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You too 🙂
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Pleased to meet you Camile in Seattle. Lovely images on your blog and good sentiments. I couldn’t find the like or comments buttons though- this might be because I am not looking in the right place- or it could be that you haven’t got them. I would have liked to have liked your post. XX
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