Stamps From The Alpine Meadows

Paper Poetry Prompt#2

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Poem 1: Patience

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In the fall awaits naked lady
teaching patience in lavender
after disappointment in spring.

Inspired by the autumn crocus also known as naked lady or meadow saffron. I read that in the spring the foliage is plenty without blossoms. This disappointment is rectified in the fall through winter with a floral show.

Poem 2: Violet Promise

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I saw you in the mountains
holding a promise in violet
of life in summer meadows.

Inspired by the mountain cornflower also known as bachelor’s button, montane knapweed or mountain blue, the perennial cornflower, or Centaurea montana. The word bachelor prompted a vision of a person offering a promise of a life together with someone else. The initial draft title was ‘Purple’.