And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth’s dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.
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“In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish’d dove;
In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson
“What in your life is calling you, When all the noise is silenced,
The meetings adjourned… The lists laid aside, And the Wild Iris blooms
By itself In the dark forest… What still pulls on your soul?” — Rumi
Purple irises were planted over the graves of women to summon the Greek Goddess Iris to guide the dead in their journey. The ancient Greeks believed the Iris protected them from evil spirits and even today, many Greeks place the Iris on the graves of women to guide their souls into the afterworld. ❖
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold:
when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” – Charles Dickens
“In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish’d dove;
In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love” — Alfred, Lord Tennyson
I like to think a flower opens itself to outgrow its plantedness.
That it yearns to be carried away. ~Author Unknown
“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment.
I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so,
they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.”
Georgia O’Keeffe
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” Ovid
” As my words turn to silence,
Your sweetness surrounds me. ”
– Hakim Sanai, The Walled Garden of Truth
Purple as tulips in May, mauve
into lush velvet, purple
as the stain blackberries leave
on the lips, on the hands,
the purple of ripe grapes
sunlit and warm as flesh….
Marge Piercy
Maverick Mist 