April Violet – v2

A new bloom

frilly and pink

between the rich and green

grafted and grown by your hands

warmed in the sun

given to me, a gift,

gone but remembered

preserved in resin,

and memory

this gift of your hands

edited April 3, 2014

April Violet – v2

6/4/04 20:50

April Violet

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/06/april-violet.html

About a special new breed of violet that

my paternal grandmother, Jessie Foss,

gave me when I was a pre-teen.

I preserved the bloom in resin,

which cracked because of the moisture in it.

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