Saintpaulia, the favourite of ladies’ indoor gardens
contained, sheltered and unsullied
cooking on the windowsill behind hermetically sealed double-glazing
always dressed in the colours of widowhood – white, purple, delicate pink
fussed-over, nurtured and adored
(never wet the furry leaves,
no over-watering,
fed weekly on Sundays,
taken for an airing in Spring)
pots and lives wrapped in co-ordinating tissue paper
with matching ribbons
ordered, staid and scentless
Oh for a rogue to thrust his green shoot amongst this decorum!
21 comments:
Clever, well written...
Fantastic, The last four lines are brilliant.
Marvelous piece. A thrill to read.
Loved this take on the prompt
-pots and lives wrapped in co-ordinating tissue paper- clever.
And an Irish rogue, at that! LOL
Wonderful magpie! I like your reflective thoughts!
coloured perspective
Oh yes, we all need the rogues!
Green shoot ... I have been looking for one all my life!
a rogue indeed!
I'm no gardener, but that's a rogue shamrock, I think.
An uninvited guest at the party...a clever, well written take. Vb
I like the rogue shamrock! Clever magpie!
Anna :o]
Fantastic! I love the last 4 lines, especially.
I like the notion of a 'rogue' livening things up among the Violets.
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A brilliant piece Isabel! :-)
smart one, well done.
wow, impressive lines.
excellent magpie.
i like the "diva" life of the violet... fussed-over, nurtured and adored... augh good things must come to an end. great poem!
Thank you for all the kind comments. The photo prompt from Magpie Tales reminded me of when my mum took me to visit ladies who were 'shut-in' for the winter. They all seemed to nurture African violets and geraniums on their windowsills.
xx
A pleasure to read. My aunt always used to grow African violets.
You've done well at capturing the obsessive nature that plagues anyone shut in for prolonged periods of time, especially in line ten. Well done and quite clever!
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