Three Poems.Clematis clematis (klĕm`ətĭs, kləmăt`ĭs), any plant of the large genus Clematis (sometimes subdivided into three or four genera), widely distributed herbs or vines of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), many of them Sometimes I think you live in my chest, a white clematis in the lattice of my ribs. Where the body is pierced, white blossoms flower. September Passage Like an improbable field of snow on a muggy mug·gy adj. mug·gi·er, mug·gi·est Warm and extremely humid. [Probably from Middle English mugen, to drizzle; akin to Old Norse mugga, a drizzle. September Saturday, a field of tall, white-haired thistles rose to meet us in a clearing out from under the Cathedral Pines. White seeds covered the ground, clung to our pants' legs and boots, catching us in healing white webs. Amaryllis amaryllis (ăm'ərĭl`ĭs), common name for some members of the Amaryllidaceae, a family of mostly perennial plants with narrow, flat leaves and with lilylike flowers borne on separate, leafless stalks. From my White Flower Farm catalogue I will cover the eastern seaboard with Little Scarlet Little Scarlet is a trademarked variety of the Fragaria Virginiana strawberry. It is American by origin but is grown only in Britain. This tiny berry is approximately one fifth the size of a strawberry of today, similar in appearance to the Alpine or Wood strawberry. amaryllises, flags for your landing. Those female hips, splitting with green spears rising rose-tinged to blooming will stir you from ashes. Phoenix, you'll fly to the garden feeder calling, "Hullo, hullo, hullo." WINIFRED HEALY STONE teaches English at the Hewitt School and studies writing at the Writer's Voice Writer's voice is a literary term used to describe the individual writing style of an author. Voice is a combination of a writer's use of syntax, diction, punctuation, character development, dialogue, etc., within a given body of text (or across several works). and The Chenango Valley Writers' Conference. |
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