Thy fingers make early flowers
of all things. – E.E. Cummings
..
listen,
i’ll tell you a secret:
He loves you.
there is no knot,
no tangled web of stemmed hate
nonsense-talk
that says
we aren’t for each other.
so come,
let’s share some promise-petaled
hope;
some sleepy-early rip
van wink
-led tales of whimsy,
woe.
..
A second Quadrille. Sneaking the word “early” in there, too, cuz I missed the Q a couple of weeks ago.
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This makes me think of how it hurts more to feel like a friend doesn’t love you than a boyfriend.
Very whimsical. Love the message – he love you, so relax and enjoy.
Ha..Lives up to your name..
Van Wink will put you in a whimsey every time!!
“some sleepy-early rip
van wink
-led tales of whimsy,
woe.” – great.
Love the word daisy chains specially wink-led tales of whimsy~
Nice ending: “tales of whimsy,
woe”
no tangled web of stemmed hate, love this! we can get so caught up in appearances and not see the real love right in front of us – the reading of the poem was like a little skip and jump – liked that too
Oh I love the Rip van Wink-led connection… the whimsy woes sounds a lot like waking up
That’s the kind of hope and conviction we need in love!!❤️ This is beautiful, De 🙂
I love the De-shaped daisies, the wordplay and the Rip Van Winkle reference. 🙂
love the rhythm of this poem, great!!
“Promise-petaled hope.” Love it , De.
“There is no knot” I like tyat De, and how to carried the “knot” thing through. Very inventive little touch to a wonderful poem… 🙂
…rob from Image & Voice
My “wink”