SusanWritesPrecise

Buttonwood

It’s Quadrille #83 over at the dVerse Poets Pub. Today’s writing prompt is to create a quadrille using the word sun.

 


 

Willow tree leaves flutter

graceful silvery greenโ€” not

quite shiny.

Two young butterflies at play

dipping, diving, spiraling through the air.

A field of sunflowers turn

their faces skyward

as if the sun

had whispered their names

one by one

to the summer wind.

 

SusanWritesPrecise/Susan Marie Shuman
Sunflowers at Buttonwood Farm. Griswold, CT

38 responses to “Buttonwood”

  1. This is superb Susan, really wonderful!

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    1. Wow. Thanks, Rob!

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      1. What Rob said!

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  2. love the way the flowers have responded – such clear visuals

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    1. Thank you, Laura!

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  3. What a lovely poem, Susan. I have willows in the front yard so know about the silvery green fluttering. The sunflower faces as if being called by the sun, I really like that.

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    1. Thanks, msjade. I love weeping willow trees, and wish I could have one but the yard isn’t big enough. Maybe some day…

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      1. They need to be where water is also!

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  4. Truly lovely poem.

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    1. Thanks so much, kanzensakura. Glad you enjoyed!

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  5. “As if the sun had whispered they names…” When I garden, I often find myself thinking how much beauty exists without ever being notices: each individual flower. So it is with us humans. Lovely

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    1. What a lovely thought, Victoria. You are absolutely right! So glad you stopped by. :-)

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  6. I like the thought of the sun whispering their names. The photo is beautiful with that path going through the sunflower field.

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    1. Thank you, Frank. Buttonwood is a beautiful place. Sunflowers everywhere!

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  7. This is so lush and positively gorgeous!

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    1. Much appreciated, Charmed Chaos! :-)

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  8. A beautiful concept, image, and message; a wonderful breath of word-smithing.

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    1. Thanks you very much, Glenn!

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    Beverly Crawford

    Lovely, Susan. Those sunflowers are loyal to the sun, for sure!

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    1. Thank you, Beverly!

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  10. I really like this poem. I especially like these lines: “A field of sunflowers turn/ their faces skyward/ as if the sun/had whispered their names”

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  11. What a wonderful moment this was. I love sunflowers.

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    1. Many thanks, Grace! So glad it gave you a wonderful moment. That’s quite a compliment. :-)

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  12. I love sunflowers and to walk in a field of them is magical and uplifting. I visited one last summer and I was absolutely awestruck by them.

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    1. I love them too. They’re so happy looking, I can’t help but smile at them. :-)

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  13. Iโ€™m looking out of the window as I read this, Susan, at the fluttering,
    graceful silvery green leaves of our corkscrew willow, the sun shining on them, morning dew glistening on the lower ones. No butterflies yet, but there will be later. And then you stun me with sunflowers!

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    1. Thanks Kim. You and your comments have made my day!

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  14. A lovely moment. I love sunflowers. :)

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    1. Thank you, Ayala. What a pretty name you have! :-)

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  15. Oooo, I got a little shiver down my spine at the end. Such a sense of peace in this.

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    1. Thank you so much, Carol. Glad you enjoyed!

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    gillena cox

    Ah that line of whispered names is so gorgeous

    Muchโค๐Ÿ•Šโคlove

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    1. Thank you gillena. :-)

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  17. Lovely and peaceful. It’s as if I was there.

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    1. Thanks so much, Linda. Much appreciated!

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  18. Lovely piece with stunning visuals! Superbly penned, Susan.

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    1. Thank you, Eugenia. I appreciate the visit & comment!

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      1. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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