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A Penny for Your Pansies
by Julie Adams
How blissfully they bloom in threes
these thoughtful pansy petals—
until now I was hunting four-leaf clovers
and a field of threes never seemed enough;
if I slept deeply, soundly, now,
who would rest these velvet faces
upon my dreamy eyes, creamy and warm
with the honey milk of memory and musings;
who will bless these closed eyes
with two speckled trinities; pansy kisses
leave chakras spinning like china plates
on long poles; pansies like lily pads
over the lagoons of my eyes; the sun glistens
from under water; I sparkle and emerge
dripping with warm dreams of your kind eyes,
mine, wet and wide with love.
02/20/2010 Author's Note: *Pansy - stems from the French "pansees" (thoughts); linked to thoughtfulness, remembrance and love; sacred to St.Valentine; emblem of the trinity...
Also, placed over the eyes of someone sleeping, the pansy can impel the dreamer to fall in love with the first person to appear.
Posted on 02/20/2010
Copyright © 2024 Julie Adams
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Joe Cramer on 02/20/10 at 05:55 PM ... brilliant Jewels..... brilliant..... |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 02/20/10 at 09:21 PM Nice write Julie, but I always thought 3 was somewhat of awkard love affair. But then maybe not. |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 02/21/10 at 12:30 AM ...julie, this is new-word city[fields of threes] [WOW!]...man o' man, you write of a dream-state, laconic/sublime, butterfly kisses will take back seat to a pansee kiss anyday, eh? |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 02/21/10 at 03:28 AM You have caught the pansy's aura so well - the velvet face, and I loved the lines - "pansy kisses
leave chakras spinning like china plates
on poles,". Thanks for this. |
| Posted by Clara Mae Gregory on 02/21/10 at 10:51 AM I LOVE the charm of this. And, I appreciate the sharing of information....I learned something new today......hope it works! :) |
| Posted by Amie Golda on 02/23/10 at 03:05 AM This is lovely. Imagery, wordplay, rythm, sound, theme and all. Great write! |
| Posted by Michael Defries on 02/24/10 at 07:00 AM Delicious! Nicely Done! |
| Posted by Joan Serratelli on 02/24/10 at 07:37 PM I agree with all of the above. GREAT images- well crafted- thanks! |
| Posted by Christina Bruno on 02/25/10 at 06:43 AM this is excellent work, very well crafted with perfect choice of words |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 02/26/10 at 07:01 AM This is so gorgeous, Julie. But, *giggling* I swear every time I read that title....well, you konw what my brain does with it. Haha! |
| Posted by Alisa Js on 03/25/10 at 09:06 AM Aloha Julie,
What a delightful read for the senses.... nicely done... alisa |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 05/07/10 at 11:51 AM your verse breathes gentility in my eyes, which widen the more they in your words immerse. |
| Posted by Tom Goss on 05/14/10 at 04:18 PM Love it! Scrumptious flow. |
| Posted by Nichole Fuji on 07/06/10 at 05:02 AM way loved the last stanza... great write! |
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