Author: Carrie
Image: Strength of Purpose (here)
Theme: Art and Colours
U is for Ultimatum of Acceptance
A show of adaptations
Confident in its elation
Taking the silent roar
of the vast wooded jungle
all on its own
Flowers that will not wait
for hot summer
to steal away its strength
its fate sealed when led astray
A picture of dogged sensibility
To survive, stealing the sun
to glow in a way defining
protocol of the wayward son
Flowers that employ the wind
To garner support
to retain its beauty,
an outright sin
but for a good cause
without restrain
A thing of beauty
In all of its tenacity!
Undying eagerness
The tenacity of purpose
defies logic
Surely a mark of tenacity, and some bloom where they're planted, even when in the most dire of circumstance. Great poem!
ReplyDeleteFlower power has been captured beautifully here Hank!! Love this!
ReplyDelete"beauty / In all its tenacity" -- I really like that!
ReplyDeleteI "love" the concept of undying eagerness ......
ReplyDeleteA wayward flower but still blooming gloriously. I like the admiration I hear in your words for the wayward flower.
ReplyDeleteI always find it amazing when a flower grows in unexpected places. It does seem defy logic at times.
ReplyDeleteWhile working in hospice I often visited a dignified, frail and displaced Southern lady. She often commented on her surprise at reaching 95. None of her family had attained to such an age. I one day broke down an told her that she was an Oak tree. She looked mystified. I said, "You know what an Oak tree is, don't you?" She nodded, but said, "Tell me." "An Oak tree is just a nut that held its ground." She looked angry at first, and then she laughed.
ReplyDeleteThe tenacity of life -- plant and otherwise.
Great poem.
Hank is not surprised at the initial reaction as a 'nut' does not sound complimentary on its own. Good thing you had the ready-made explanation. Thanks Charley, good humour!
DeleteHank
Tenacity is a wonderful thing just like the blooms Hank.
ReplyDeleteWell done on an excellent verse.
Yvonne.
Love this, Hank!
ReplyDelete"The tenacity of purpose/defies logic"
Wonderful.