Stargazer

sweet aromas...

Stargazer Lillies and butterflies are essential when  

breathing has become difficult and fevers abide ... 

Trumpet shaped exotic blooms attract pollinators 

delightful butterflies dance between petals... 

Falling Stars rest upon the aura of healing prayers 

when the world is looking for a miracle cure... 

as fragrance fills the room where Hope resides... 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

While I don't mean to say that we don't need the upcoming medications that are being developed, I read your poem as a suggestion that we find our cures primarily in nature. This could be the obvious route, which is making teas or tinctures from natural sources, but your poem seems to harken more to the idea of living as nature lives, in order to reap the harmonies that are so abundant in nature. A steady way of life spending time around harmonious flora & fawna changes the way we react to the inevitable ups & downs of life. I was picturing this scene as I read it -- great imagery & motion & fluidity of word sounds (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Margie... as always you seem to know that Nature has it's own cure for us to embrace. The hummingbirds and butterflies are pollinators... it is up to us to sip the cures provided in the herbs and honeycombs that we have been documenting for years. And then there are also cures like "copper-infused back braces" which CVS Pharmacy has for twenty dollars. I have one and it really helps. Nature does provide many cures. Bless you and keep
you comfy and safe. with love and admiration...
love your gift of word play. Pat x

[barleygirl]

That photo I sent you, of my spaghetti squash climbing up the rosemary & geraniums . . . later it occurred to me that the two big bushy plants were helping out their buddy, giving it a boost so it would be up where the bees & hummingbirds would not miss it. I just love that the plants are so smart, without brains, knowing they need to make themselves obvious so they can get pollinated. Things in nature make such sense, I'm just suggesting that trying to live like nature lives might help us humans be more in harmony!

[Patricia Wedel]

I dress as though I am a flower to simply blend in a Garden of 🍎 Apples where Eve tempted Adam eons ago when we first began. gently, Pat

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Everyone seems obsessed with the pandemic these days. I find it so boring. I'm nonplussed by by the whole affair. I've had several family members come down with it and recover from it. And all this talk of shortages, etcetera...and the funniest is the supposed "coin shortage" because I think every American probably has a jar or a piggy bank full of coins at home. I don't mind staying home or wearing an N-95 mask in public. I have several boxes of them on the shelf and I've always believed in washing hands. But I'm comfy hibernating until the storm passes. Because, like all else, this too shall pass.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Fabian.. thank you for the encouraging Words. In 1970 I had two Cancer operations and it had gone to a lymph node.. so I am a walking Miracle. The good Lord has not called me home.. and I am blessed to write poems. Wearing Masks can be a Fashion statement. I have a Safe Mask where plastic is sewn in to show your Smile... it works, but I wear a standard type like nurses in a hospital. Yes, washing hands has always been a Protocol. Being sequestered has it’s Perks. truly, Pat

[Ruth]

This shines a beautifully, brilliant light on today's dark chaos...wonderfully expressive and visual :)

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Ruth... thank you for your lovely review... we are praying for a remedy that will be a cure... it is important to be positive and cheerful to keep our bodies ready to receive a vaccine if necessary.
tenderly, Pat

[poetgurl]

This is a really beautiful write, love the imagery

[Patricia Wedel]

Dearest 😇 Ang-X... thank you for a gracious review... as long there are flowers and pollinators we will survive ... tenderly, Pat

[AJNJ]

Dear Ms. Pat,
Somewhere in those beautiful, exotic blooms and those dense wild forests and thickets lies the cure for every malady that strikes us humans today. When God sent scourges, he was gracious enough to send the antidotes for them. If only we look for them with patience, dilligence and love, Let's preserve this bounty for our future generations to come...These are just some of the thoughts inspired by the surreal beauty of your poetry here...

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest AJ... you are like my favorite story of “Brenda Star” a Journalist who loved a Mystery Man who tended Orchids in a far away Jungle and ultimately found a cure for a malady. Tenderly, Pat

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Pollination is essential for new growth/ rise likewise nature is essential for our sustenance... This is so simple biology but the amazing fact in this poem is that it emphasise on hope, purity and prayer.... So beautiful... Filled with sweet fragrance

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Dreamer... you are a Dancer of lovely thoughts.. I see orchids with soft pillows and clouds that lie like willows
amongst the sky where birds carry a cure in their delicate beak to drop on earth’s bounty if only we partake of the nourishing
Nectars that Bature provides. tenderly, Pat

[Patricia Wedel]

If only we partake of the nourishing nectars that Nature provides... truly, Pat

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It is a delight to read your poems... Always my pleasure.....

[Coyote Poetry]

Gentle, kind and wonderful flow of words. You allowed the reader to fall into the sentences and to find the strong ending. Thank you dear pat for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest John... dancing through flowers for every season is a prayer in three quarter time... the wind bring chimes of tenderness... and you bring meaning to
poetry. Many blessings... truly, Pat

[Coyote Poetry]

Th poem was wonderful and beautiful dear Pat.

[Sami Khalil]

I'm waiting for your botanical book to come out so the world can rejoice and all can love Mother nature and how wondrous God made it. All its creatures play and important role. You, as a poetess, is bringing all their benefits to the forefront using this wonderful art form. Science can be boring but not when you do it like you do.

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Sami.. “when you do it like you do” could be a “hit song”... we moved into a Bird sanctuary with flowers and trees that blossom. I appreciate your sensitivity. Be well and safe.. my friend. Tenderly, Pat

[Sami Khalil]

Wow. You are welcome.

[Lydia Shutter]

Butterflies....always my favorite, as you know. Yes, we all have to be hopeful there will be a cure for coronavirus soon and that the vaccine will not have side effects. We can all feel less stressed about our situation in this country by watching the stars and the butterflies. Lydi**

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Lydi... recently... the night sky was glowing with soft bright stars ... while butterflies rest on moonbeams... It is written ... the firmament was created... be brave and pray. Always love your reviews. tenderly, Pat

[Einstein Noodle]

absolutely inspiring ... the blend of aroma, colors, prayer, the stars and butterflies .. woven so precisely Pat! really good stuff says i! to put my heart and soul and prayer into this network of natural beauty and healing is .... well ... healing .. hope does reside .. no doubt about it .. just a super fine poem ma'am! to be read over and over and especially when feeling down .. into me library it goes ... thanks for sharing

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest beloved Gene... how passionately persuaded are your thoughts as we weave our tapestry of life. This Pandemic has all of us wondering where we are headed in this upside-down world... taking care of all the immigrants and praying... “thou Will be done on earth as in heaven... Amen... thank you Gene... now I can go to 😴 sleep I pray my soul to Keep. May your days be sunny as weather allows, or if rain or snow... be warm and safe. tenderly, Pat

[Chris Shaw]

How beautiful is the stargazer lily dear Pat and butterflies I am particularly fond of. All part of mother nature's blessings. We need the natural environment more than ever as we struggle to breathe within the clamping confines of this awful virus. I maje a point of spending time in my garden every day. When life hurts, that's where I go into my garden and talk to the flowers. Take good care dear Pat.

Fondest to you.

Chris

[Patricia Wedel]

Hi Chris... yes... I placed my Pumpkin and Mums in my fancy Wheelbarrow. On a sunny Autumn day I push it around in various spots in the front yard and we have a three way conversation. The birds think I am crazy and the squirrels are in a dither. Then I go inside and cook dinner. ❤️ lovely to hear from you ... be safe and breathe carefully.
gently, Pat

[Patricia Wedel]

Peter Pumpkin had a Wife and could not keep her.. so he put her in a Pumpkin Shell and there he kept her very well. The child in me believes... in God’s Grace... Amen

[Chris Shaw]

Of course dear Pat. It has been a long time since I heard that rhyme. Our inner child certainly helps us in these challenging times:)