"Of course," said the English professor, "flowers are nothing more than sexual organs. Remember this in your study of poetry." (Emory University, 1960.)
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Daffodil trumpets
Blare . . . blatant they sing,
Come and ravish me . . .
Flaring bright signals,
Seductive sirens of Spring,
Lure an early bee,
Who, bumbling, plunges,
Blind obedience humming
To April's decree.
Blind obedience humming
To April's decree.
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32 comments:
Oh, Vicki, haiku in the hills! What a wonder!
Brilliant.......:-) Hugs
Today, I'll view my daffodils in a different light! Lovely.
Very delicious and I am glad it was "shameless."
Ravish, plunges...ooo...hot with spring fever!
Vicki
Interesting -- mine are drunk or I prefer intoxicated by their own perfume -- and yours well are unabashedly strutting their stuff.
Very beautifully written -- it just may turn into a classic piece.
Joanny
Oh lucky bee. Beautiful Vicki.
(Re: the professor quote - no wonder Wordsworth was in heaven!)
I need a cold shower...love it!
I am in awe. So much in such few words. You are a true poet, Vicki. To come up with something like that, I would need hours upon hours and still fall short.
Now that I think about it-Daffodils are kinda forward little things : )
Vicki, I love daffodils. We're still in Florida and I know I must be missing my tulips and daffodils that are blooming in the mountains.
Sam
Thanks, folks! Those shameless huzzies are everywhere just now -- undulating in the winds.
"Daffodil trumpets blare...blatant they sing, Come and ravish me"....love that line!
Spring has sprung with this post, Vicki. It's been pretty bleak over here today, but your words and pictures are a great antidote to the grey chill.
Absolutely. Brilliant<!
Perfect! Love the quote you started it with. Nicely done.
Thanks you all! I'm trying to get around to visit everyone this evening.
Every year I wished I had planted daffodils in the yard then I forget. I need to remember next time. Your haiku is ravishing, just like the flower.
A daffodil koo of the highest order.
Hey Vicki, great sounds here---the shudder vowel-uh, and the high pitched "e"--what a ravishing way of sounding out the energy of spring, shivering and squealing like a nymph on the run. Or not.
My daffodils are not in bloom yet. Oh well....they will be soon.
I've always avoided haiku - thought they were too short - but three together with the rhyming pattern too - that's quite a revelation!
Your ability to write effortlessly in so many different genres never ceases to amaze, Vicki.
Vicki--I love your take on this! I love your blog and the fact that you are teaching a class in NC! Love that state. My Dad lived in Asheville. Visited twice. Could live there, really! Maybe some day I can take a class from you. Great stuff. I am going to come back. It's hard to read all the submissions, isn't it! I try to get to everyone but sometimes life just gets in the way.
Vagabonde -- Daffodils are the most rewarding of the bulbs. Voles and mice eat tulip bulbs and hyacinths are iffy but daffodils bloom and multiply. Order some bulbs now to plant in the fall -- you won't be sorry!
Koo koo, koo choo, Rel!
Thanks, Kay -- I just haven't the time to polish -- but couldn't think of any approach to the daff except haiku.
Thank you, Peter! Some of the rhymes were inadvertent and then I saw they were there and tweaked it a bit more.
Thanks, Teri -- Asheville's a terrific place -- as is all of western NC!
Utterly shameless daffodils... love it!
fan-frickin-tastic. I loved it. It was playful and evoked many levels of imagery. :) Bravo.
Kudos, Kudos, to those "shameless Hussies", LOL. I loved it the fun and frisky spirit.
This was wonderfully inventive, I really liked it! Beautiful photos, too!
Cat Lady, Lisa, Eric, and Victoria -- Many thanks for the kind words!
Victoria -- the first photo is Willow's, not mine -- though I did tweak the saturation a tad.
Great Haiku... love this, very clever take on the photo prompt.
oh...i love the music....
beautiful haiku! and quite the interesting take on the prompt...steamy!
Very interesting take on the prompt, but true.
(word verification: manled, as in man led to daffodils like they were a woman hehe)
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