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[Christian000]

Today I saw flowers.

Flowers of little colors but little shame.

Flower whose pricks and hums echo.

A dove of flowers in its own season;

A dove I will never see.

Flowers in warm water I saw today.

Flowers that do not smell like flowers.

Flowers till today were not not meant to be serene.

Flowers till today were not flowers.

Flowers of rancor I wish uncommon.

For me, I wish apathy.

But today relief will not come.

Today I was not seen half-dead.

Today, I saw flowers.

 

I wrote this sometime Sophomore year (last year) over the death of my little baby brother five years ago.

[Bondwriter]

This is a very nice poem. Though the line you add as to context casts another light, it would hit the target regardless.

[Christian000]

I find this poem sweet.

It is a coming of age poem.

The narrator experiences, first hand, other feelings associated with flowers, particularly pain and death.

 

In other words, not just are flowers outlines to the scenery of spring -filled with marriage, joy, hope, and prosperity-, but also the outlines to hospital rooms where families gather to weep, morn, and experience some of the worst pains in their life.

 

Other meanings of flowers are not mentioned in the poem, but normally you would want to reflect the meaning of flowers in your life after reading this poem.

-Aren't flowers such ominous things, they follow us through all of our greatest anxieties- graduation, when dating, weddings, birth in the family, death in the family, and every single special occasion; anything that can be associated with stress is often accompanied with flowers to sooth us.

Edited June 7, 2008 by Christian000

[AFriendlyFace]

I find this poem sweet.

It is a coming of age poem.

The narrator experiences, first hand, other feelings associated with flowers, particularly pain and death.

 

In other words, not just are flowers outlines to the scenery of spring -filled with marriage, joy, hope, and prosperity-, but also the outlines to hospital rooms where families gather to weep, morn, and experience some of the worst pains in their life.

 

Other meanings of flowers are not mentioned in the poem, but normally you would want to reflect the meaning of flowers in your life after reading this poem.

-Aren't flowers such ominous things, they follow us through all of our greatest anxieties- graduation, when dating, weddings, birth in the family, death in the family, and every single special occasion; anything that can be associated with stress is often accompanied with flowers to sooth us.

 

What a very interesting perspective! I definitely enjoyed the contrast between the vitality and overall "life" of flowers and the feelings of sadness and death. It hadn't really occurred to me to view flowers from this other perspective you mention, but I'm definitely glad for the opportunity to do so and very pleased that you mentioned it.

 

Cool poem

 

-Kevin