Friday, May 6, 2011

Farewell to the Zinnias...

today
I picked
the last
tussie-mussie
of zinnias

a small
precious
momento
of summery days
now gone



the spent plants I pulled
and tossed into the bin
to make rich
compost
maybe
for another year of zinnias
all
 red-pink-orange-creamy
around
 dark and gold-dust-starried eyes

 'mal de ojos'
the spanish said

these are hard on the eyes
this brightness
such gaudiness

but in my tiny garden
under the  intense sun of our southern land
small zinnia
you were perfect

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6 comments:

  1. I had zinnias last summer that appeared almost florescent in the colors and brilliance. I love that they hang on to the very end, sharing their radiance. Lovely bouquet.

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  2. Zinnias, a high summer treat, and a long time in the future for me.
    I am looking forward to them.

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  3. Zinnias always remind me of my maternal grandmother, my Yia Yia, and this lovely bouquet certainly does this morning. It seems it is those last bouquets of summer that are the most brilliant and cherished, doesn't it?

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  4. I look forward to mine
    so sorry you have picked the last of the season
    enjoy them all the more

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  5. Gaudy they are. But in the heat of summer when pastels look washed out, a bouquet of zinnias is a charming sight. I put mine in a cobalt blue vase for maximum pop.

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  6. How warm and colourful they are. It's always sad to say goodbye to such blooms, but I hope they warm up your compost heap!

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