Just now the stout snowdrops are blooming:
reminders that springtime is looming.
They brave the harsh breeze that is blowing;
in bleakest mid-winter they're growing!
In Latin, Galanthus Nivalis;
(to love them, you don’t need to know this)
‘Milk Flower of the Snow’s’ the translation;
from Promised Land brought to this nation.
All clouded in folklore and fable,
with Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel,
whose tears were all shed in the garden
of Eden; they begged heaven's pardon!
So, angels of mercy took pity,
from snowflakes made flowers so pretty:
sweet, shy, sturdy blooms bright with beauty,
all destined, by God, for this duty:
To symbolise hope, beyond sorrow,
of new world of wonder, tomorrow,
where hearts would be warmed and unfrozen
by ladies of loveliness chosen.
Just now the stout snowdrops are blooming:
reminders that springtime is looming!
Cruel winter, they tell us, is ending;
sweet solace of springtime is pending!
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Author:
Blue-eyed Bolla (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: February 3rd, 2021 10:01
- Comment from author about the poem: my feeble attempt to compose a poem about the beauty of snowdrops
- Category: Reflection
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Ooh I dunno Kevin. Hardly feeble! if ya had not told me of them galanthus, I'd never have known. heehee.
I could set this to a hymn tune is you wish, with minor adjustments?
And an omen? An elderly lady passed away age 95 last year (not covid). Snowdrops were one of her favourite flowers.
thank you. Yeah, I have chopped and changed and edited this poem so many times. I'm still not happy with it. Anything you can do with it would we good!
Thanks Kevin. I won't actually change it that much though. No use polishing up something that's reached its ultimate shine! Will 'flattery' get me somewhere?! heehee.
Kevin, I love your poem. It brings back memories of looking for the first "Schnee-Gloeckchen" ('Snow-Bells', German for this flower) when growing up in Switzerland. Alas, we don't have them in Hawaii and no snow either!
glad my poem brought you back some nice memories.
💗
thank you
Nothing too feeble about that, Blue. I don't normally 'get' nature poetry, but this one reeled me in, first due to the disciplined structure and rhyme (my obsession) and then I found the content surprisingly accessible to me, though I haven't seen too many snowdrops in Sydney....
Many thanks, DD. A poem by Rupert Brooke inspired me to write this.
a wonderful read, I don't know why but my favourite part is:
'(to love them, you don’t need to know this)'
a writer's interactive voice of truth and indeed, a statement true: of poetry and of most thing's we cherish in our lives
Thank you. Yeah, I've edited this poem so many times. I'm still not happy with it. Again, thanks for taking the time.
Beautiful
thank you
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