advised
to deadhead the columbine
I hesitate
recalling cutting remarks
never forced me to bloom
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Autumn Noelle Hall
Autumn Noelle Hall, tanka prose editor for Ribbons, says tanka holds memory, emotion, people and place. Like her cabin in the Colorado mountains, it is home to husband, daughters, wild birds, waterfalls, an Australian shepherd (and the deer he trails), bears, mountain lions and their tracks through the snow. But tanka is also a form of reckoning and reconciliation; a way to truly see and make sense of the world. Much like her camera, tanka is Autumn?s lens on life.
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Ha! You made me smile. How true.
__ Well written, and fully we understand this reflective parallel of 'cutting' remarks that can cause one to subdue or withdraw their imagination's blooms; often, though, the 'deadhead' comments can inspire… contrary buds of new thought. _m
natures harvest
this life source all new blooms
time's dust
Cute.
Yes, the decision to deadhead or not and why do adults metaphorically do this to their children or other youngsters?
Ha! You made me smile. How true.