Gathering her mother's lilies - v3

Finding a piece of ribbon
remembering the family stories
gathering her mother's lilies
pulling the tiny stems, 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 pictures,
children of what she held, hopeful,
on that wonderful fateful day.
 
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edited April 6, 2022

Gathering her mother’s lilies – v3

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edited April 6, 2022

Gathering her mother’s lilies – v2

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April 6, 2022

Gathering Her mother’s lilies

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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

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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

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May 21, 2009

Little White Bells

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-white-bells.html

corner of Prospect and Broadway,

Suncook, NH

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May 1, 2008

A Line of Chartreuse Blooms

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/05/line-of-chartreuse-blooms.html

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May 22, 2005

Lily of the Valley – 1999

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/lily-of-valley-1999.html

 

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