Lingering
Lying in wait
Body grass side up
Roots dug deep
Yet reaching for the sky
Thin veil of separation
Eternal darkness?
Who are we to know?
I’ll be the sunflower
Shining towards the sun
With leaves dropping to ground
I’ll shine on
This is my entry for One Stop Poetry’s One Shot Wednesday.
Well, this is lovely! Very Navajo, actually. Funny that!
By: Linda Medrano on September 14, 2010
at 6:26 pm
See, Alex and I ARE related…told you I have native (wannabe) roots!
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 7:24 pm
Beautiful!
By: Neva Flores on September 14, 2010
at 6:32 pm
Thanks, Neva.
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 7:24 pm
Beautiful sunflower. I’ll reach for the sun too. Keep shining!
By: Angelia Sims on September 14, 2010
at 6:57 pm
Yes, always reaching for the sun!
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 7:26 pm
How very lovely, I like the line Body grass side up in particular
By: Aging Mommy on September 14, 2010
at 7:03 pm
Thanks….I know an elderly man who when asked how he is says he’s fortunate he woke up on the right side of the grass.
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 7:27 pm
beautiful Suzi, brings warmth to my eyes..lovely!
By: Desert Rose on September 14, 2010
at 7:28 pm
Awe, thank you.
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 7:37 pm
“body grass side up” what means this? Yet it is the line that most draws me in. I resonate without understanding. Love it when that happens.
I do know what it means to have my roots dug deep … or to try.
Sky and roots. Yes.
By: rebecca @ altared spaces on September 14, 2010
at 7:31 pm
body grass side up means yours alive, not buried as in death. Sky and roots both are good!
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 7:37 pm
Beautiful poem and beautiful picture. I LOVE sunflowers
By: pegbur7 on September 14, 2010
at 7:42 pm
Thanks. Sunflowers are awesome. They always make me think of Mr. Kidd as he used to plant them at his mailbox and I’d eat the seeds. I thought they were pretty but I knew to just wait…they got sooo huge! He used to tell me he planted them for me because I like eating the seeds, but I know he planted them for Mrs. Kidd because we know how she loved her flowers!
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 7:52 pm
Wow Susan…Thats Beautiful! I really appreciate you sharing all this with me…Thank You!
Your Friend Pam
By: Pamela Hope Shepherd Graves on September 15, 2010
at 1:08 pm
Pam, you’re always so sweet. Thanks you for taking time to read it.
By: suzicate on September 15, 2010
at 1:22 pm
to aspire to be a sunflower is a high calling suzicate…reflecting that which gives us life…tight one shot.
By: brian on September 14, 2010
at 8:08 pm
Wonderfully written =D~ let’s reach out for the dun with hope !:D
By: RiikaInfinityy 마왕 on September 14, 2010
at 8:14 pm
Makes me want to get up and dance…and I’ll shine on!! Well done Suzi xxx
By: buttercup600 on September 14, 2010
at 8:20 pm
Come on Mandy dance! We all know you shine! Hugs right back at you!
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 8:38 pm
I find myself looking toward the Sun more and more these days…
Great piece….Thanks
By: G-Man on September 14, 2010
at 8:45 pm
Thanks, G-Man.
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 9:57 pm
Lovely. The poem and the sunflower. It is so lovely to awaken and realize you’re on the green side of the grass!
By: Carol on September 14, 2010
at 8:47 pm
Yes, that’s always a good thing!
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 9:56 pm
Who are we to know?
This is my philosophy on the great mysteries of life. Captured in the simplicity and complexity of a sunflower. Nice.
By: dreamfarmgirl on September 14, 2010
at 9:03 pm
Hopefully, we won’t find out any time soon!
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 9:56 pm
Between the sunflower photo and your words, this post totally made me feel HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!
Sunflowers to me, always look as though they’re SMILING!
Beautiful post, dear lady!
Thank you much for sharing!
X
By: Ron on September 14, 2010
at 9:42 pm
Smiles right back at you!
By: suzicate on September 14, 2010
at 9:56 pm
“Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun” John Lennon. Your poem makes me think of that song Instant Karma, one of my favs. Who are we to know that darkness and thin veil of separation? Powerful lines. Great positive vibe at the end.
By: dustus on September 14, 2010
at 10:00 pm
lovely suzi…always shine on…like the moon the stars and the sun…I am feeding here off of dustus’s comment….thank you sunshine…bkm
By: signed .............bkm on September 14, 2010
at 10:09 pm
The sunflower — both reflecting and aborbing the sun, a “sky thin veil of separation” from the darkness. Love the imagery here. Good one.
By: Glynn on September 14, 2010
at 10:09 pm
I love the feeling of growth and striving that this poem embodies.
I think I will be a moonflower – smiles
thanks for sharing with One Shot my friend
*love*
By: moondustwriter on September 14, 2010
at 10:33 pm
This has a distinctly Buddhist feel, very Zen, suzicate. I like it a lot!
By: cindy on September 14, 2010
at 10:50 pm
Wow beautiful!!
By: Jessica on September 15, 2010
at 12:48 am
You shall shine…and we shall all shine with you…sweet poem.
Cheers!
By: Emmanuel Ibok on September 15, 2010
at 2:24 am
Beautifully done, and a lovely pic.
By: anthonynorth on September 15, 2010
at 2:43 am
Nice oneshot Suzi makes me feel all warm inside
By: Julliette O (LarvK) on September 15, 2010
at 4:58 am
Such warmth..
nowhere island
By: gautami tripathy on September 15, 2010
at 6:18 am
The sunflower is just one of those happy and fruitful flowers and the idea of shining on like one is just so lovely!
By: Talon on September 15, 2010
at 9:09 am
lovely desire and very wise poem. glad to read a poem from you after such a long spell.
By: Trisha on September 15, 2010
at 9:12 am
In destruction, smile is on and on… Its beautiful.
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
By: Shashi on September 15, 2010
at 10:32 am
Gorgeous!
“Roots dug deep
Yet reaching for the sky” — I’d love to be described this way.
By: Belinda Munoz + The Halfway Point on September 15, 2010
at 12:06 pm
You certainly ‘shine on’ with this one – nice job!
By: Eric Alder on September 15, 2010
at 12:57 pm
Feeling the sun; feeling the life; roots deep and keen for continuation. This reflects the eternal cycle of life. Very affirming. Thank you. Gay (@beachanny)
By: hollyheir on September 15, 2010
at 1:35 pm
That’s just beautiful. I love sunflowers, and the picture is lovely!
By: Jen @ Nathanrising on September 15, 2010
at 3:40 pm
Stunning. Truly captures the essence. Lovely!
By: Sprite's Keeper on September 15, 2010
at 6:17 pm
Very nice! I love sunflowers, and the birds love the seeds.
By: Linda on September 15, 2010
at 7:10 pm
beautiful,
love the confidence in it.
By: Jingle on September 15, 2010
at 9:39 pm
suzicate
From one line in the poem to another you bring out the colors that are so vibrant and you express the emotions typically associated with the life of sunflowers: the pretty stately bright yellows of the full bloom to arid browns of wilting and death; all of the stages woven through these polar opposites are presented here in your lovely One Shot,
Joanny
http://thedowsersdaughter.blogspot.com/
By: joanny on September 15, 2010
at 9:53 pm
Joanny, thank you so much for your lovely comment.
By: suzicate on September 15, 2010
at 10:02 pm
pretty sunflower Suzi. I have a thing for sunflowers, even though they make me sniffle.
shine on friend…
By: Katherine on September 15, 2010
at 10:26 pm
Dear Suzi,
It seems today I think of Vincent Van Gogh a lot…
With leaves dropping to ground
I’ll shine on
Wow!
By: ninotaziz on September 16, 2010
at 12:54 am
You know I almost used Wincent Van Gogh’s sunflowers to accompany this one!
By: suzicate on September 16, 2010
at 6:17 am
Sunflowers shine on and on.
By: Kathleen on September 16, 2010
at 7:58 am
a really beautiful write for one shot..cheers suzi…for a moment you brought summer back to me…pete
By: pete marshall on September 16, 2010
at 8:05 am
Ah, so sweetly optimistic! A lovely verse.
http://mairmusic.wordpress.com/
By: mairmusic on September 16, 2010
at 4:00 pm
Pic and poem – Just perfect.
By: rudrip on September 16, 2010
at 11:15 pm
It’s amazing how much we have in common with even plants, metaphorically speaking, and you did a wonderful job of expressing that!
By: catcherofstars on December 6, 2011
at 3:53 pm
Thank you so much for finding your way over here.
By: suzicate on December 6, 2011
at 9:15 pm