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dVerse Poison

To a Tanacetum Parthenium

Sweet daisy aster,
my ornamental dream.
Speak to me, Featherfew.
My faithful Feverfew,
release your cool hand
on my head my head,
this chewing throb.
Be of purpose, sweet
daisy aster. Curative
febrifugia — white
button blossom rays.
Shine on me, disks
of scented bright.

 

 

dVerse Poisonous Plants

Misky

17 responses to “dVerse Poison”

  1. whimsygizmo avatar
    whimsygizmo

    “Featherfew” and “Feverfew” are poems unto themselves. This is wonderful.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thanks!

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  2. Shawna avatar
    Shawna

    I love this:
    “this chewing throb.
    Be of purpose, sweet
    daisy aster”

    Also this:
    “white
    button blossom rays”

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thank you, Shawna.

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  3. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) avatar
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    Featherfew.
    My faithful Feverfew,

    The phrasing is wonderful… where do you get it from?

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      From? This isn’t “found”, if that’s what you mean.

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      1. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) avatar
        Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

        No … didn’t mean found… your wordsmithing.

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  4. rothpoetry avatar
    rothpoetry

    Interesting poem… loved your chewing head migraine! Does it relieve or kill?
    Dwight

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Relieve, Dwight.

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      1. rothpoetry avatar
        rothpoetry

        Oh, good!

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  5. lynn__ avatar
    lynn__

    I always knew flowers can make headaches disappear 😉

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  6. Beverly Crawford avatar
    Beverly Crawford

    Such misleading names … feverfew, oleander, wintersweet, and the other name for jimson weed is angel’s trumpet! Your word use was fascinating.

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  7. wolfsrosebud avatar
    wolfsrosebud

    Nice how you made this intimate.

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  8. Candy avatar
    Candy

    love the gentle plea to these sweet flowers

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  9. kim881 avatar
    kim881

    I love the way you’ve riffed on the different names, Misky, and the lines:
    ‘release your cool hand
    on my head my head,
    this chewing throb’
    and
    ‘Shine on me, disks
    of scented bright’.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thank you!

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  10. Singledust avatar
    Singledust

    Be of purpose, sweet
    daisy aster.

    every line was sweet but this the sweetest

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