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Abigail's avatar

Oh what loveliness. I love the sounds of "how busy hum / the autumn harvesters /

in the goldenrod" and the image of the golden furs and cut-glass wings, and then hosta's snow cavern. How amazing it all just poured out of you at the prompt.

Melanie Bettinelli's avatar

Thank you! The prompt definitely tapped a vein. And once I started choosing photos, they started providing more images. I love having the opportunity to go into the archives and share some of them which I've never shared before. I'm afraid I might have neglected some school lessons in favor of writing.

Abigail's avatar

Seeing you write poetry and delight in the written word is an invaluable lesson in itself.

Ann Collins's avatar

Ohhhhh Wowwwww! Melanie, what a feast! I love them all, but this one has a special buzz :-)

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contented hums from

the furry black grazer,

gold-dusted delver,

shaking her rear

as she nuzzles further

and deeper into hosta's

snow-cavern

Melanie Bettinelli's avatar

Thank you, Ann. That's one of my favorites as well.

I've been trying to write a description of the bumblebee in the hosta for years and this is the closest I've come so far to putting the magic into words.

Kym VdP's avatar

So many lovely descriptions in here!

Melanie Bettinelli's avatar

Thank you, Kym!

Donal McKernan's avatar

Go out where the world waiteth for thee like a garden. Go out unto the roses, the bees, and the flocks of doves! Especially, however, unto the singing-birds, to learn singing from them! - Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra

Petra Hernandez's avatar

That last photo is gorgeous! :)

And I learned a new word thanks to your poem: provender. I love the random things I learn during FPA. 😀

Melanie Bettinelli's avatar

I should have put a phot credit on the final photo. My husband took that one. It's one of my very favorites.

I'm thrilled to have given you a new word. That's one of the best delights of poetry!

Petra Hernandez's avatar

Yes! New words are like new magic. :)