Magnolia Mourns

ivory petals
cascade in silent defeat
winter chill returns

Reviews

[Lisasview]

Hi Chris, If one looks deeper into your short thoughts then they might see a great metaphor...
all sorts of thing pop to my mind..Love, sadness, war, etc.
Really like this one of yours,
Lisa, just finished 3 hours of gardening... I love doing this..

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks Lisa, the brevity of this form allows the imagination to travel to far places. That is a good investment in your garden. You can do quite a bit in three hours. Thanks for stopping by.

Chris

[Lisasview]

You are so welcome
Still so much to do
Did another two this morning but my back really killed me so I had to stop
Going back to it Tuesday
With a jacuzzi tonight
And a workout tomorrow with the thermal spa I should be okay.
What does one do if someone posts a poem about killing themselves?

[Gee]

Have just driven past a mourning magnolia, such a shame their beauty so short lived. Met a few women like that :))
Good morning Christine, thermals and a roaring fire ?

[Chris Shaw]

Good morning Gee. Ah! Beauty is all too fleeting on occasions. Just think of all that energy the magnolia put into looking good, for it to fall apart so soon. Yes women can be like that too and alas the male of the species can lose their fine looks too. Good idea to keep those thermals on, it is freezing out. Been out in the garden early to listen to the birdsong. Have a good day abd thank you.

Chris

[Gee]

You too 😎

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I think once ours bloom there will be little threat of frost...they don't generally bloom here until mid to late June. Our state weather has always been erratic to say the least. We dress in layers and redress as needed. I've seen it 75 at Christmas and snowing at Easter. Also seen it the other way around, which is the way I like it. Great image here in a few words. Well done. F.

[Chris Shaw]

The magnificent beauty of the blooms on this tree were so fleeting. Cut short by a cruel frost. Such a pity. Last week it was like summer, this week winter returned. Thank you Fabian.

Chris

[W. Barrett Munn]

Very cool..or cold. Maybe I should just pedal on off.

PS> I like it.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you for stopping by and I enjoyed your little bit of humour. We all need more humour. Pleased you shared your thoughts.

Chris

[Lathen Griffiths]

I love this Chris, we are all guessing? Beautiful.

[Chris Shaw]

Fickle weather Lathe. We never know what we are going to get. I enjoyed the sunshine while we had it. So did the magnolia until the cold made her shiver. So fleeting but appreciated none the less. Thanks for checking in.

Chris

[red93]

Very Beautiful Chris - good use of the 5-7-5 - nice cadences. Very cold here today and we had snow flurries yesterday. I went to St Stephen's to light my Candles as St Mary's was having their Midday Mass. St Stephen's is also on Bristol Centre and they are 'Born Agains' with a Cafe attached. Bristol Shopping Centre still looks like it has been in a War but I was able to get to the Post Office in the Galleries.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Tony. Yes, snow flurries we had too, plus hail which makes a racket as it falls. Nice for you to light candles in church. Peace and light are so calming.

Chris

[red93]

The Candle lighting definitely helps Chris, and it ties in neatly with the Reiki Practice also. Now that Justin Welby has recognised the Primacy of the Pope in spiritual matters, i feel equally at ease lighting Candles in a Catholic Church as in a Protestant one.

[Chris Shaw]

And that dear friend is exactly how it should be. Hope your Saturday stays bright and beautiful. It is here, although it is very cold. The birds don't mind it, they are in full song.

[Marina]

Nature is sure struggling to cope with our increasingly moody weather patterns. It makes me wonder if flowers such as these will evolve to adapt to the changing climate or simply keep cascading with every cold snap that arrives. You captured their predicament extremely well in this haiku, Chris. We need all flowers rejoicing, not in mourning. 💛

[Chris Shaw]

I do hope the blooms learn to adapt over time. It is such a pity to see, that with one cold frost, the loss of so much beauty. The ground littered with petal fall, so sad. So fleeting. Thank you Marina.

Chris

[Patricia]

Oh so sad, poor flowers always being tricked by nature. We haven’t got that far as to get flowers, still too cold and ground too hard. Better the flowers when winter finally conceded. Nicely done Chris :)

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Patricia. Yes all too fleeting. Those blooms came and went in the blink of an eye.

Chris

[Sami Khalil]

It feels like that some mornings. I feel like when something or somebody sheds something, chills will be felt. We try to compensate with warmth in our minds. Wow!

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Sami. Yes us humans can flit from warmth to cold, too. So it's not just the weather. Sad to see the lovely magnia caught out by frost.

Chris