A Violet and A Blade Of Grass

It’s Saturday and the start of the month, and on “Weekly Prompts” their monthly colour challenge is:  Razzmatazz!, Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking >HERE. Below is my response to their prompt…

 

A Violet and A Blade Of Grass

 

Years ago I met a pretty young lady

With hair the colour of autumn leaves

I liked her, and she liked me

And our courtship flourished rapidly

One day we were walking down by the river

Where I casually paused to pick a flower

And I gently placed the violet in her hair

She fondly smiled, and said quietly

“Open your hand, I’ve a gift for you too”

Upon my palm she tenderly placed a blade of grass

“There, that is to signify my eternal love for you”

I blushed and smile, and said proudly

“As mother nature is my witness, I love you”

“And thank you, for this blade of grass”

“I shall treasure your kindness forever”

My heart was pounding, as I steadily took her hand

And uttered the words, “Would you like to marry me”

 

 

 

Ivor Steven (c)  May 3rd 2020

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

24 thoughts on “A Violet and A Blade Of Grass”

  2. oh my heart was melting and was holding my breath till I reached that beautiful last line. thank you for sharing your precious memories with us Ivor, she was special and she chose you, kind of makes you very special too.

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  7. Oh! Joy-tears flowing! 🙂
    So beautiful, romantic, sweet…thinking of you today, Ivor…and thinking of Carole. 🙂 ❤ 🙂
    Two tiny things from nature representing a huge love that is still going strong. 🙂
    (((HUGS))) 🙂

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  11. Great poem, and thanks for nudging me toward another challenge (you’re enabling my addiction, haha!)–who could pass up razzmatazz? Janis Joplin…sad story.

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