Sadness in the Garden senryu

Get well soon Frieda

 

 

When posies are ill

The garden blooms in sadness

and butterflies cry

Author's Note

Artwork - Sad Butterfly by Sara Lijia

Reviews

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Hey, one of the best senryus I've ever read here. Lovely, Jack. Very lovely. This is going to be the first senryu in my library. :)

[Baby Ricochet]

I didn't know she was ailing. Hope she's okay

[annie lee]

Beautiful artwork and a beautiful sentiment for Frieda. Very nice, Jack.

[Cassie]

Oh my!!! Frieda was sick, was because I believe she is now better. Thank you for writing her an uplifting poem like this.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

What a sweet tribute to a wonderful lady.

[Frieda P]

Butterfly tears so sad and touching, this is beyond lovely Jack, in its content and sentiment, thanks so much my sweet friend.

[Joyce S. Greene]

If the flowers suffers, then so too do the garden and the butterflies who are so closely tied to the flowers. A beautiful poem, Jack. Liked it a lot.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

I have never heard or seen or known of a butterfly to cry or considered their emotional health, which is what makes this piece especially fascinating, a lovely piece of writing here, Jack.

[Jack...]

Thank you so very much for your kind words.

[Angel]

When I was very little, my Grandma told me that fairies lived in the flowers, and that if we picked them, the flowers would die. I realize now that this was her way of keeping little fingers from picking all her flowers...at the time, I believed her.
It broke my heart when the flowers died every year.
And then, my Grandpa told me that the fairies hibernated through the winter, like bears do, and that they would be back next spring. That made me feel better...

This poem takes me back to a more innocent time...

[Jack...]

Thank you so much my sweet Angel.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

:( This reminds me of a scene in a movie I saw a long time ago. It was animated, and I can't recall the name of the film, but there was this beautiful little fairy that was trying to keep a dying garden alive, and it was heartbreaking. This was also heartbreaking in a beautiful way. As an "ode"...even more powerful.

[Jack...]

Thanks so much Sarah. Just trying to help her feel better soon.