`My Sweet Iris Ensata`

Japanese Iris flower

   

              Japanese Iris

  without a care

           serene flower, oh so fair

                        

                  By water's edge

 in Zen  garden's hue

                 soft lavenders and sunlit blues 

                 In twilight's  faint glow

   her petals to rest

            

                  'til morn's  golden light

she stands at her best

              Iris Ensata ~

    to your  countenance I can  relate

               embodied soul blossom

                      

  my spirit incarnate

             

                          

Reviews

[emmajoy]

Tis said that you can understand a person more by the books read, the movies, etc watched, the way they treat animals and so forth. For me as a landscaper.. i truly believe that if a human being loves a specific flower, shrub or tree and can write about it with affection and another word - love. that person understands More because of what has been noticed.

You've touched colour tones and form, grace and presence; for you it has a heart and spirit. Tis to be admired from an every-decreasing distance, then, touched, held - ever remembered. Tis how one might feel for another being. Seems to me. This poem is beautiful.. a spirit incarnate', indeed.

[Matching Socks]

Beautiful. I have several growing down near the lake at my cottage, they are gorgeous.
I don't believe they are Japanese though.

[Fran Marie]

Thanks Ana, so very much...

[Matching Socks]

You're welcome. :)

[~]

These are by far the most gorgeous of the Irises. I do love them dearly, and this poem filled my mind with their smell and the beautiful memories that come with it. Loved it! :D

[Fran Marie]

Many Thanks, MS..much appriciat it....

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I like the heart and soul of the flower likened to the heart and soul of the poet.

beautiful work here, Fran Marie.

j.

[Fran Marie]

Thanks, Jacob, so vey much appriciat e your kind words..