“My Mother’s Garden.” Photo by Suzette R.
The bud
stands for all things,
even for those things that don’t flower,
for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;
though sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on its brow
of the flower
and retell it in words and in touch
it is lovely
until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing […]
—Galway Kinnell, from “Saint Francis and the Sow”
About the image: The delicate flower in this #WordlessWednesday post was photographed by my Love Notes friend, Suzette R. The flower is from her late mother’s garden–an intimate glimpse of a beautiful soul.
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Kinnell is (as someone I know said about a different poet) one of the real ones. This isn’t a bad morning to have stumbled across that bit of beauty. Thank you.
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This is part of a longer poem, but the “bottom half” doesn’t speak to me as much as this part. As far as I’m concerned, the poem could have ended where I end it. LOL.
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Love the message in this
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Me too! It has become a favorite. I’m going to commit it to memory.
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Beautiful ❤️
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Excellent! I am specially fond of the line, “… to reteach a thing its loveliness…”
That needs to percolate inside me for a while.
Thank you.
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I hear you. That’s my favorite line too! I need to frame these words.
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beautiful flower and nice poem.
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It’s going to be a good morning now. And I so need it!
Last week was havoc.
Thank you for your pink flower of hope. ❤
Have a good week, Chandra.
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Ugh! I hope this week is better for you.
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One step at a time ☺️
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I stopped at the bloom, sat for awhile taking it in. The textures, the soft calm. Zoomed in to see the stamp mark.
Next, I followed the path of those soothing words. Flowers again from within… self-blessing.
Power in that. 🙂
Thank you for sharing these with us, Chandra. Suzette is always a delight for the soul. As are you, my friend 🙂
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Thanks for taking the time to soak in the pretty bloom and words. We need these soul-soothers.
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