Challenge
“The Language of Flowers”
Please use poetry to tell me the meaning of a flower that you adore or is endearing to you. Try to create a story/scene with it, if you can. I’ll go first as an example.
The Language of Flowers
Your petals softly whisper
While your thorns scream in vain
For that is the language of the Flowers
And deception is its game
Like the sweet Oleander,
With its dainty petals looking friendly
For it wishes you to touch them
And prays your consequences will be deadly
Hear the Angel’s Trumpet,
As it plays lulling a tune
But be careful not to listen
For you’ll never awake beneath its moon
See the Hemlock,
With its complexion so fair
It beckons you closer with a secret
Telling you that it has some to spare
Hidden beneath its beauty
The culprit remains unnamed
For that is the language of the Flowers
And deception is its game
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