Flora

 Flora

Sweet Alyssum ~ Worth beyond beauty


Azalea ~ Temperance


Balm of Gilead ~ Cure  Relief


Bay Tree ~ Glory


Bluebell ~ Constancy


Camomile ~ Energy in adversity


Cedar Leaf ~ I live for thee


Chickweed ~ Rendezvous


Chicory ~. Frugality


Coreopsis ~ Always cheerful


Crocus, Spring ~ Youthful gladness


Crocus, Saffron ~ Mirth




Day 19 Prompt: pick a flower or two (or a whole bouquet, if you like) from this online edition of Kate Greenaway’s Language of Flowers. Now, write your own poem in which you muse on your selections’ names and meanings. If you’re so inclined, you could even do some outside research into your flowers, and incorporate facts that you learn into your work.





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