A Wild Flower Poem by Valsa George

A Wild Flower

Rating: 4.7


An unpretentious wild flower
Peeped out of the crannied stone ledge
A peach colored blossom
With bright yellow stamens around her navel

She had an exquisite charm
With a seductive smile
So pretty that she could put to shame
Her garden cousins stationed high

She nodded her head in the breeze
As if to invite the footloose ramblers
Who might chance to pass that way
To feast on her beauty
And taste her fragrance
Ere she falls down dead
Unattended, sans sound
In that wilderness
In another day's time,

.......Unnoticed,
..................Untouched
...............................Unsung!

A Wild Flower
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: flower
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Inspired by Thomas Gray's famous line-'Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air'
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Walterrean Salley 13 December 2016

Hi Valsa. Wildflowers… one of my favorite subjects. They bring back many memories. Love this inspirational poem of beautiful crafting. And what a gorgeous floral illustration. PS: Thanks for the hearty welcome. It’s good to be back, at least for a while. Love PH.

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Edward Kofi Louis 12 December 2016

Untouched! ! Thanks for sharing.

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Nosheen Irfan 12 December 2016

A very beautiful n heart-touching write. It's always good to feast our eyes upon the beauty of flowers but it's sad that flowers wither. A very poetic write coming straight from the depths of heart. A10

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Savita Tyagi 11 December 2016

This is beautiful. When I look at wild flowers it seems like they only know how to bloom and spread their beauty....unpretentious is their soft and tender existence. Their message clear.....beauty exists for its own sake.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 26 October 2019

She nodded her head in the breeze As if to invite the footloose ramblers Who might chance to pass that way To feast on her beauty And taste her fragrance Ere she falls down dead Unattended, sans sound In that wilderness In another day's time, ....thrilling expression. Brilliant poem. Thanks again. .......Unnoticed,

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Mj Lemon 17 February 2017

Never unnoticed, as that precious wildflower is immortalized in this verse. Such a great and wonderful irony that something called 'wild' can be so reserved and contained. A great poem, Valsa.

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Susan Williams 01 January 2017

Your poetry is much like that little wildflower- -humble, exquisitely beautiful, peeping out at us with that sweet sweet charm......... but unlike that wee flower, you and your poetry will NOT be...... ........Unnoticed, ..................Untouched ...............................Unsung!

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Valsa George 02 January 2017

Your sweet comment has made my day, Susan! Thank you so much!

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Simone Inez Harriman 23 December 2016

How sad when we overlook such beauty that this earth shows us on a daily basis. Love it...10

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Tirupathi Chandrupatla 17 December 2016

You captured the hidden beauty with great charm.

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