.
.
If these flowers
have a name
I don’t want to know.
Label not
my wild ones,
just let me watch them grow.
.
(c) 2015 Betty Hayes Albright
.
(photo taken yesterday)
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June 24, 2015 by Betty Hayes Albright
.
.
If these flowers
have a name
I don’t want to know.
Label not
my wild ones,
just let me watch them grow.
.
(c) 2015 Betty Hayes Albright
.
(photo taken yesterday)
Ah, yes, Betty, I’m with you, there. Why do we think we know something, just because we know its given name?
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I agree, Cynthia. It’s human nature to name things but sometimes it detracts from the sheer beauty of nature itself.
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I appreciate your simple and timely poem. I am opposed to psychiatric labelling — it is of no use and does great harm.
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True – we tend to pigeon hole everything, and who is to say what is a weed (connotation = ugly) and what is an exquisite flower? Thanks for your feedback!
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P.S. I meant to add something about the psychiatric labeling – and I agree 100%! All too common and damaging. Thank you again, Joanna.
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Fabulous Betty! We are so hung up on names aren’t we?! And if we know the Latin ones we can really show off!! 🙂
I have sorted WP out again and it’s silly unfollowing antics!
I had a very bad fall on Monday evening, badly wrenched back, huge bruise on thigh and grazed and bruised shoulder. Will explain more when I reply to your email. Sending hugs xxx
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Oh no, Christine! I’m sorry to hear about another fall, and that sounds like a particularly bad one. Sounds so painful – please take care and heal up fast! No rush with email – just when you feel up to it. xxoo
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Thank you Betty xxxx
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Cool song – a regular “study” in yellow. (Didn’t think I cared for “Cold Play” but I like this one, thank you Willow! 🙂 )
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One of my favourites 🙂
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Thank you for this, Betty. 🙂
LEXICOGRAPHY
Once contact
Replaces labels
– Like costume
– Like mask
Fall away
For why need
One name or other?
Ill-judged attempts
To define or
Describe
For shame: betrayal
Of such an intimacy
Or such unwarranted
Self-aggrandisement
Gratitude and mystery
Sprout soaring wings
Escape the net of words
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And thank you for that one, Ben. I especially love those last 3 lines. Says it all!
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Glad You like it. Thanks again for the inspiration. 🙂
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I like those, too, and I always mow around them!
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