Flower Woman
A flower woman
Keeper of the land,
Tilling fertile soil
With her gentle hands.
Architect with seeds,
Of meadows rich with dew
Preserving the territory,
Creating anew.
Student of pollywogs
And pollinators galore,
Enlightening this steward
With tales pure as gold.
A comrade to nature
She celebrates the rebirth
When the sun rises nearer
Singing sweet songs to the earth.
©Donna Donabella 2018
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The idea of this poem was originally written as a birthday tribute for a true flower woman who creates fields of flowers from seed. I kept the idea, but changed it to reflect the birthday of another gardener/flower woman, me. I am celebrating my birthday next week, and am pleased to have lived and loved for 61 years now.
The pictures are of native lupines. They were seeded in my meadow by this flower woman’s hands. They symbolize imagination. So apt as I imagined creating this beautiful meadow, and have not been disappointed.
I am joining in with Poets United for their weekly poetry link up for poets who blog.
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I leave you with a few additional words about the Flower Woman. I welcome you to download the photo and share it.
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You have embraced your place here with open arms. So many roles to a gardener Donna – I shall treasure a new word you gave me “”pollywogs”.
I love when I can give you a new word my friend as you are such an amazing keeper and writer of words. Yes gardening has been my muse and my place and I love it.
Your poem is a song, a beautiful song, to the earth!
Thank you dear annell. I feel gardening makes me a songwriter and singer of the earth. And this poem, as I wrote it, feels like an homage to all who garden and grow things.
This is beautiful. I read it as a kind of symbolic self portrait in celebration of your birthday. Smiles. We all need to celebrate and appreciate nature in this way!
Thank you Mary!
A gorgeous ode to renewal of nature and hope, Donna!
Blessings to you my friend….I am so pleased you saw this in my poem.
“Architect with seeds”. I absolutely love the mental pictures this line sprouts, the promise of what will grown next.
It is amazing what phrases spring to mind, and this one was key for me too!
I love how you have captured the joy of spring and early summer… it’s the best part of the year I think
I couldn’t agree more Bjorn!! Glad you enjoyed the portrait…..
Being a flower woman is a high calling, especially in a world where human often seem bent on destroying all things beautiful in the name of commerce and cash.
Indeed it is and one I am pleased to be called to…..
Luv that line
“Architect with seeds,”
Happy you dropped by my Sunday Standard today Donna
Much♥️love
So pleased you loved that line too as it has special significance for me too!
You have created the most beautiful garden, a lovely accomplishment. I love the lupine and love that the flower woman in the poem is you!
I love how poems flow and where they end up…this one took on its own life and I went with it…I was pleased it ended with me too! It makes me smile. Thank you Sherry.
Perfect! I love “architect with seeds” and polliwog and pollinator together.
Thanks so much Colleen….so glad you liked the polliwog and pollinator….they bring so much joy to me and my garden.
Hooray for gardening women. For the gardens they plant in the earth and our hearts.
Beautifully said Soosie…..yes they have inspired my life!
More flower power to you, Donna! What a beautiful meadow you created in nature, words and pictures. Happy Birthday!
Thank you so much Loredana…it is my favorite garden!
This reminds me of my aunt, a true flower woman.
Oh that is wonderful Sue….nice to have at least one in the family! 🙂
loved the architect of seeds…hats off to all the guardians of the garden
Thanks Robert…..garden hats off! 🙂
A song for the earth–this is beautiful!
So happy you liked this Audrey! Thank you…..
A wonderful celebration of life, planting seeds so flowers can bloom. This was a delightful read. Happy Birthday!
Thanks so much….it feels like a celebration to garden!
How could you not say “Amen” after reading that?
Amen.
ZQ
Ah thank you for that wonderful affirmation!
I didn’t know lupines symbolized imagination. That’s pretty cool. I’d bet that the flower woman has no shortage of imagination herself.
I think that imagination is what sustains a gardener and keeps them going….glad you enjoyed it!
Happy Birthday flower woman. May you continue to grow.
Thanks Myrna….hugs to you!
Loved the direction you took this. Flower women do celebrate rebirth in their gardens – in a manner, I suppose, that non-gardeners can never fully experience. An eloquent articulation of the ‘Keeper of the land’.
Thanks Wendy. Your words mean a lot to this gardener.
A beautiful poem!
Thank you!
What a satisfying read this poem is. It reminds me of an aunt of mine who had a beautiful garden which she worked in every day and was simply glorious.
Oh what a wonderful compliment and memory.
“Architect with seeds”, “A comrade to nature.”. And may i add one, Guardian of the earth.
this is a very lovely poem. 🙂
Oh I love your addition. Perfect and thank you!
Your words are as beautiful as your meadow Donna – long live the natural beauty of this earth, tended lovingly by those such as your good self.
Also Happy Birthday for next week!
Kind regards
Anna :o]
Oh thank you so much Anna….
Happy Birthday in advance! How glorious to be a flower woman!
Thank you…..being a flower woman has been a long time coming but such a glorious wait it has been until I realized who I had become.
Happy Birthday in advance, and bravo for the poem and for being such a flower woman!
Rosemary, thank you so very much!