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Garden Song – Lily – of – the – Valley

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Garden Song – Lily of the Valley

 Poems & Prayers

by Lynda McKinney Lambert

 

 

Poem:

Lily of the Valley (tanka)

 

tiny white bells drip

after gentle all-night rain

peek between green leaves

delicate fragrant flower

lilies of the valley bloom

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©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2024.

 

 

 

Backstory:

My plan for this morning is  to pull weeds in my flower gardens.

The day is perfect because we had a gentle all-night rain.

I discovered a surprise when I walked along the sidewalk beside the patch of Lily of the Valley plants.

I bent over to look at them more closely,  The plants have been in this spot since before we moved into this house in the summer of 1967. There are so many plants that they are densly packed together.  As I stooped down and reached out to have a closer look, I discovered the dainty little white bells are now open and nicely arranged on the stems they are attached to.  My heart felt so happy at that moment, to see them blooming.  The fragrance of these little plants is so pleasant.  I will pick a little bouquet to bring into my house later today.

 

 

©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2023. All rights reserved.

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Lynda McKinney Lambert

Author of Walking by Inner Vision: Stories & Poems;

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  1. The scent of these little plants is so pleasant. yes indeed the plants have a pleasant scent. At home I have plants and when I water them their scent is so pleasant it makes me happy and allows me to breathe pure air

    • aH, THEY HAVE BLOOMED, SPREAD SWEET PERFUME FOR A WHILE, AND NOW, THEY ARE FINISHED TILL NEXT SPRING.
      iT IS SO INTERESTING HOW THE VARIOUS FLOWERS COME IN A WAVE, ONE AFTER ANOTHER, WITH DIFFERENT PLANTS BLOOMING OVER THE SPRING AND SUMMER. i AM ALWAYS SAD WHEN THEY HAVE TO LEAVE.

    • Joy Neal Kidney, I love them, too and when they have to leave I feel sad. I had a little bouquet in my kitchen and it was so nice to smell their fragrance. Now, the lilies are coming up, and the Iris’ are in bloom. I love them all.

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