Thursday, April 25, 2013

Botanical Sabbatical





Tongue Orchid
Botanical Sabbatical




Balancing on the edge of air
the orchid has no real roots,
only sinuous fingerlings pulling it
into convenient cracks
shallow hollows, phosphorous cradles
catching the spent in spoony crucibles
cooking each little death
into a steam of phantasmic blooms,
all for fuzzy-faced moths
in a land where
there are not even
stories 
of ice.


~April 2013
55 improbable epiphytes  for   the g-man








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17 comments:

  1. FireblossomApril 25, 2013 at 7:13 PM

    You know, I bet our G Man uses that word "epiphytes" constantly!

    This is such an unusual subject, and I learned something, not to mention the poem itself. As always, your wording is musical and pleasing to the ear, even while the mood is a rare sort of moody bloom all its own.

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  2. JannaApril 25, 2013 at 8:12 PM

    Aw, I love this.
    So many fun and beautiful words... but my favorite is the last part. "A land where there are not even stories of ice."

    Thanks for another Friday 55!
    Mine's here. :)

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  3. g-manApril 25, 2013 at 8:14 PM

    FB...Riiiiiiiiiiight!
    We just called them air ferns, nothing fancy.
    But I love learning about the flora, so thanks JA.
    Lady, you see beauty in the most unassuming of things.
    A true thinker
    Loved your piggy-back 55
    Thanks for another artistic Gem
    Have a Kick Ass Week End

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  4. Maude LynnApril 25, 2013 at 8:28 PM

    This is simply unbelievable. Wow, Hedge.

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  5. Brian MillerApril 25, 2013 at 8:43 PM

    cooking each little death
    into a steam of phantasmic blooms...

    cool lines those...
    hoping i got no more stories of ice this year...
    lovely little flowers you highlight hedge
    in your own lovely way...smiles.

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  6. TALONApril 25, 2013 at 8:49 PM

    If you're going to bloom, I think this is exactly the right way to do it, hedgewitch. Loved this!

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  7. flaubertApril 25, 2013 at 11:09 PM

    I didn't know about this as well, Joy Ann. You said it in a very lyrical way. Lovely.

    Pamela

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  8. anthonynorthApril 26, 2013 at 1:54 AM

    Beautifully done. And it flowed so well.

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  9. AnonymousApril 26, 2013 at 6:32 AM

    Wonderful steaminess here - in Cochin they were growing orchids out of little plastic baskets hanging from roof-siding. Quite amazing. Wonderful close - and great filigreed language throughout. Like the flower, you've made a wonderful poem from a little niche. k.

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  10. izzyApril 26, 2013 at 7:46 AM

    Hmmm! love the spoony crucibles- & nice to be introduced to a new creation , thanks!

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  11. Grandmother MaryApril 26, 2013 at 8:34 AM

    I spend time in Trinidad each year where orchids grow wild. I love your description of hot and humid being where there are not even stories of ice. Sinuous fingerlings is wonderful as well.

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  12. Kerry O'ConnorApril 26, 2013 at 10:17 AM

    cooking each little death
    into a steam of phantasmic blooms..

    I don't know anyway to describe what one can see in this photo better than this. It's a double marvel of image and words.

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  13. Alice AudreyApril 26, 2013 at 10:34 AM

    "Not even stories of ice" really rings a cord with me, especially when my snow is fresh melted.

    - Alice

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  14. mrs mediocrityApril 26, 2013 at 10:45 AM

    I love this, most especially: "catching the spent in spoony crucibles"... and such a fabulous, final ending.

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  15. UnknownApril 26, 2013 at 12:09 PM

    Hedge,you are SUCH a GIFTED writer!!! I love it...great beginning and awesome ending!!!Have you a great weekend.
    hugs
    shakira

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  16. Matt DApril 27, 2013 at 2:21 AM

    ... so excellent.

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  17. JinksyApril 28, 2013 at 8:33 AM

    My ears and eyes have had a treat with words and picture - O, so sweet! lol

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