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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Back Yard, July


Winter sunshine brings 
orange trumpet vines
curling and waterfalling
over my fence,
their tubular blooms
upthrusting, pointing towards
deep blue sky,
cold bright light.

Shared June 8 2019 at Poets United's PoetryPantry #482
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  1. Thylacine XJuly 11, 2018 at 4:39 PM

    I am enjoying this "trumpet voluntary" Rosemary ... "deep blue sky, / cold bright light" ...

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  2. Thylacine XJuly 11, 2018 at 4:41 PM

    I meant to add (shiver).

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  3. Magaly GuerreroJune 9, 2019 at 5:44 AM

    Love the contrast, in the image and in the words... All that heat and cool inviting to be felt. Yum!

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  4. MaryJune 9, 2019 at 6:04 AM

    Hs, hard to wrap my head around the fact that July would be winter. Smiles. Aside from that you have created a beautiful word picture. I can see those tubular blooms!

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  5. Sherry Blue SkyJune 9, 2019 at 6:36 AM

    How beautiful that vine is, a splash of orange on your fence. Nice to have blue sky in winter instead of grey.

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJune 9, 2019 at 8:45 AM

      Oh yes, I always forget that our winter sun is not such a regular phenomenon in other countries.

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  6. Old EggJune 9, 2019 at 7:49 PM

    This made me quite jealous Rosemary, now that I live in an apartment having left climbing plants behind.

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  7. kaykualaJune 9, 2019 at 7:59 PM

    How very uplifting when nature is on your side. Wonderful write Rosemary!

    Hank

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  8. signed...bkmJune 9, 2019 at 9:49 PM

    the sight of orange trumpet vines...speak so much of summer in its fullness to be relished and breathed inward...bkm

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  9. RommyJune 9, 2019 at 11:38 PM

    I love this peek at how winter in the southern hemisphere looks and feels different from winters here. What a sunny flower for the cold season!

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJune 10, 2019 at 1:06 PM

      It also depends a bit exactly where in the Southern Hemisphere. I live in the sub-tropics. More southerly parts of Australia are quite a lot colder.

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  10. C. SandlinJune 9, 2019 at 11:46 PM

    Love the way this mixes the cool and warm imagery, a perfect day in balance :)

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  11. Sanaa RizviJune 10, 2019 at 1:14 AM

    Gosh that splash of orange against a blue sky in winter is gorgeous and a sight to behold! Love this, Rosemary!❤️

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  12. TruedessaJune 10, 2019 at 1:47 AM

    I find it amazing to have flowers in your colder season. It adds beauty where I would least expect to find it.

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  13. brudbergJune 10, 2019 at 1:51 AM

    I think what you call winter is close to our summer... really wonderful

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  14. Myrna R.June 10, 2019 at 7:24 AM

    Lovely poem and picture. They gave me a glimpse of serenity. I like that.

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  15. SusanJune 10, 2019 at 7:56 AM

    Trumpet vine is lovely any time of year. It brings good contrasts into your poem.

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  16. MargaretJune 10, 2019 at 9:39 AM

    waterfalling and upthrusting... love it! And orange blooms - gorgeous!

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  17. Magical Mystical TeacherJune 10, 2019 at 9:48 AM

    How it helps the soul in winter to eye a spot of brightness! Lovely, those trumpet vines!

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  18. Ornery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost June 10, 2019 at 10:30 AM

    I love the trumpet vines! It's been many years since I saw one.

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  19. ayalaJune 10, 2019 at 8:30 PM

    Beautiful vine on your fence! :)

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  20. EllaJune 10, 2019 at 11:47 PM

    I love your poem and how the trumpet vines remind of hope that there is a way for beauty to always align..we just have to keep looking~ Wonderful write~

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  21. dsnake1June 11, 2019 at 2:33 AM

    it's hard to imagine flowers blooming in winter, but this is Oz!

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  22. Wendy BourkeJune 12, 2019 at 7:57 AM

    Love it! A wonderful, visual piece, that captures the season, beautifully, in words.

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  23. Gillena CoxJune 12, 2019 at 1:16 PM

    Lovely image of your climbing vine. Happy you dropped by my sumie Sunday

    Much ❤🕊❤love

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