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Flowers (Free verse) by Dovina
“He gave me flowers he’d found and bought While shopping at the farmers’ mart Two years ago they slowly died Still stand in waterless vase, dried”— a somber poem of dried flowers, the best she can muster a goddess with a bouquet of dried blooms some daisies are everlasting... given from the heart A plain girl with flowers she tried to toss that tossed her back and she said, "I'll try again" but again never comes She glances every day and says, "I'll deal with you tomorrow when fresh roses arrive at my door, or wild lupine perhaps, he picks along the way and keeps waiting... too much of an effort for him... then a drawing of flowers, because he's broke or a string of ascii characters he says are flowers She has some flowers from two years ago, dried and still standing in her room the best currently available


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Arithmetic Mean: 6.1666665
Weighted score: 5.313765
Overall Rank: 3542
Posted: February 3, 2007 10:51 AM PST; Last modified: February 3, 2007 10:51 AM PST
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[8] Ranger @ 81.103.124.179 | 5-Feb-07/1:31 AM | Reply
The last stanza is good, I don't much care for 'given from the heart' though. Is the opening verse yours?
[n/a] Dovina @ 75.82.86.162 > Ranger | 6-Feb-07/11:06 AM | Reply
The first verse should be in italics and set apart as an opening quote or reference. It’s the poem my poor wallflower wrote (yes I wrote it). The rest of it is her unwritten thoughts—a poem written by someone else about her poem and about her.
[8] Bethy @ 165.154.46.157 | 5-Feb-07/7:17 AM | Reply
Hello my friend...once again a great entry...its time for me to throw out all my dried flowers from my dates of days gone by...lol :) Bethy
[n/a] Dovina @ 75.82.86.162 > Bethy | 6-Feb-07/11:04 AM | Reply
Welcome back, and keep the flowers, throw out the dates.
[n/a] richa @ 81.179.135.216 | 5-Feb-07/3:08 PM | Reply
Lupine being an American variant on lupin. I double taked at that, I mean if someone said they had brought a wild lupine to my door I would have expected a wolf. The first verse is a terrible cliche.
[n/a] Dovina @ 75.82.86.162 > richa | 6-Feb-07/11:03 AM | Reply
Maybe it’s better if he brings a wolf, she’d have something more than dried flowers or a string of ascii characters.

The first verse is hers, the rest is the narrator’s. She’s feeling melancholy and writes cliché; yes, you are right.
[2] Stephen Robins @ 213.146.148.199 | 7-Feb-07/4:23 AM | Reply
I believe it is stretching poetic licence to suggest that flowers could toss a girl. A girl could toss with flowers, a girl could be tossed with flowers, but importantly a flower could not toss a girl. The next two lines read like something out of a wanna-be bridget jones romcom fiction book that's free with this months peoples friend. "But again never comes" is the most bow'ls thing I have ever, ever read.
[9] amanda_dcosta @ 61.17.21.37 | 8-Feb-07/3:10 AM | Reply
Am I the only one to understand what you mean with all these flowers... dried or ascii. I'm happy to see this post and it gives me a nostalgic feel although the flowers are yours. Too bad that the string of ascii characters didn't come an angel's way, at least not yet.
[8] Ranger @ 81.103.124.179 > amanda_dcosta | 8-Feb-07/9:06 AM | Reply
You are. I have never been given flowers in my life and although I've given them, it just disproved the old 'give and thou shalt receive' maxim. I gave flowers and received hayfever.
[n/a] Dovina @ 75.82.86.162 > Ranger | 8-Feb-07/7:09 PM | Reply
It's because you got the maxim slightly twisted. Try: "It's better to give than to receive." I bet she liked the flowers.
[10] ALChemy @ 71.68.46.177 | 8-Feb-07/5:31 AM | Reply
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[8] Ranger @ 81.103.124.179 > ALChemy | 8-Feb-07/8:26 AM | Reply
You're still alive!
[9] amanda_dcosta @ 61.17.21.37 > Ranger | 8-Feb-07/9:02 AM | Reply
Hi Al. Hi Ranger. Good to see you both around. It must be Poemranker's lucky day, but probably Dovina's , more like it.
:-)))))))))))))))
[8] Ranger @ 81.103.124.179 > amanda_dcosta | 8-Feb-07/9:04 AM | Reply
It's true. Poemeranker hasn't seen this much vitality since 2006!

How have you been?
[9] amanda_dcosta @ 61.17.21.37 > Ranger | 8-Feb-07/9:12 AM | Reply
Have been fine. But very busy. Have a new job.
How about you?
[8] Ranger @ 81.103.124.179 > amanda_dcosta | 8-Feb-07/9:19 AM | Reply
Stone broke waiting for my last paycheque to come through, so I have a shelf full of books and no life. That and being accused of excessive cheerfulness online sums up the Ranger existence currently. It's all good though. Doing anything interesting at work?
[9] amanda_dcosta @ 61.17.21.37 > Ranger | 8-Feb-07/9:22 AM | Reply
Haven't worked for eight years, but have now taken over a supermarket. Ain't I adventurous?
[8] Ranger @ 81.103.124.179 > amanda_dcosta | 8-Feb-07/9:26 AM | Reply
Better than stacking shelves at a supermarket, believe me. Besides, management's where the money is. Take over a supermarket today, take over the world tomorrow. That's my plan, at least.
[9] amanda_dcosta @ 61.17.21.37 > Ranger | 8-Feb-07/9:31 AM | Reply
Cool philosophy. I'll remember that. I'll be happy when those bucks flow in. Apart from that, we're only gearing up to open. So as of now, it's mainly recruiting time.
[8] Ranger @ 81.103.124.179 > amanda_dcosta | 8-Feb-07/9:39 AM | Reply
Local company, or a foreign import?
[9] amanda_dcosta @ 61.17.21.37 > Ranger | 8-Feb-07/9:47 AM | Reply
One of India's largest corporate concerns... Reliance Ltd. (Reliance Retail Ltd.) It's the company's new venture. How about you? Where do you work?
[8] Ranger @ 81.103.124.179 > amanda_dcosta | 8-Feb-07/9:53 AM | Reply
Tesco, inbetween semesters. It's a rambling mess of a company which somehow happens to obtain one penny out of every eight spent in the UK, or some statistic like that. Shop floor work's damn good exercise though.
[9] amanda_dcosta @ 61.17.21.37 > Ranger | 8-Feb-07/10:01 AM | Reply
Ha ha ha... you def are one optimistic guy. :-))))
[n/a] Dovina @ 75.82.86.162 > amanda_dcosta | 8-Feb-07/10:06 AM | Reply
Alright you two, just play around in my parlor, what the h.
[9] amanda_dcosta @ 61.17.21.37 > Dovina | 8-Feb-07/10:08 AM | Reply
Hi D. What's all this with flower power? :-))
[n/a] Dovina @ 75.82.86.162 > amanda_dcosta | 8-Feb-07/10:11 AM | Reply
Is that a double-chin older woman or a fenstimen deustus?
[9] amanda_dcosta @ 61.17.21.37 > Dovina | 8-Feb-07/10:13 AM | Reply
Is this better? :-D
[n/a] Dovina @ 75.82.86.162 > amanda_dcosta | 8-Feb-07/7:12 PM | Reply
Maybe not better, but more Rangeresque.
[8] Ranger @ 81.103.124.179 > Dovina | 13-Feb-07/5:50 AM | Reply
;-)
[2] Stephen Robins @ 89.243.78.56 > Ranger | 8-Feb-07/11:46 AM | Reply
Ranger your average vote is 7.94 - you really are too cheerful.

There once was young chap named ranger,
Who'd place his poor life in grave danger,
He wandered 'round town,
With a smile, not a frown,
And hug and kiss a complete stranger.

That is easily the softest most gay poem I have ever written, clearly you are infectious.
[8] Ranger @ 81.103.124.179 > Stephen Robins | 9-Feb-07/7:26 AM | Reply
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[8] Ranger @ 81.103.124.179 > Stephen Robins | 9-Feb-07/7:27 AM | Reply
That's not entirely fair; I gave a six yesterday but the poeme got resubmitted and the vote was lost in the bow'ls of deletion.
[n/a] Dovina @ 75.82.86.162 > Ranger | 9-Feb-07/11:36 AM | Reply
Ranger, you are hopelessly infested with virtue. Stop looking for cures. S.R. has no idea how to handle that.
[9] amanda_dcosta @ 61.17.21.37 > ALChemy | 8-Feb-07/10:19 AM | Reply
My, my, my!!!! I wonder what you did to deserve these flowers. No fair.
[n/a] Dovina @ 75.82.86.162 > ALChemy | 8-Feb-07/7:13 PM | Reply
Oh, they're lovely. Thank you, ALChemy. :)
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