Finding a piece of ribbon
remembering the family stories
gathering her mother's lilies
the tiny flowers, lilies of the valley,
Verdant canes of bells, of beauty,
from along the hidden side
their house's foundation
where we rarely walked,
Tying a bouquet, a clutch,
copied from her wedding
children of what she held, hopeful,
on that fateful day.
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edited April 6, 2022
Gathering her mother’s lilies – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies-v2.html
April 6, 2022
Gathering Her mother’s lilies
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/gathering-her-mothers-lilies.html
&
October 9, 2010
In Their Fragrance and Their Colors
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-their-fragrance-and-their-colors.html
written as birthday gift
for my mother, Patricia Cobb,
on the occasion of her 75th birthday
October 9, 2010
&
February 12, 2010
On the side of their house
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-side-of-their-house.html
Mid to later in the 1960’s
15 Bates Street, Westfield, MA
&
May 21, 2009
Little White Bells
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-white-bells.html
corner of Prospect and Broadway,
Suncook, NH
&
May 1, 2008
A Line of Chartreuse Blooms
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/05/line-of-chartreuse-blooms.html
&
May 22, 2005
Lily of the Valley – 1999
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/lily-of-valley-1999.html
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