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Flourish

Personification and imagery

By Katrina ThornleyPublished 5 years ago 1 min read

Plucked and pampered-

Flowers in a row

Petals dancing,

Dew dappled leaves-

Sun's rays glisten

Feeding winter dried skin-

Plucked and pampered

Flowers in a line

Night's deepest fall

The serrated edge

Of an end-

Moonlight lends new twist

To petal's innocent cover-

Plucked and pampered

Flowers in a line

Awaiting the sweet

Lusted knife-

Plucked and pampered

Flowers in a row

Yearn for shelter

From prying eyes

And snapping photo-

Plucked and pampered

Flowers in a row-

Stare between fence posts

Towards sky

Dew drops glisten

On abandoned leaves

Dried petals-

Turning putrid shade

Of dried blood beneath-

Plucked and pampered...

Let us grow wild

Their swaying bodies cry,

Grow tall and ragged

Entice the sweet bee-

Let us grow wild

For the wild is where

The sweet flowers flourish.

nature poetry

About the Creator

Katrina Thornley

Rhode Island based author and poetess with a love for nature and the written word. Works currently available include Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature, Arcadians: Wooden Mystics, 26 Brentwood Avenue & Other Tales, and Kings of Millburrow.

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