Foot and Fire

I adopt Victoria's meaning of Daffodils, "new beginnings." *Photo credits:  Daffodil Be your own flower A flower is a joy in its colors in its variety in its symmetry and especially in its blooming state. Allow your self to burst. A flower is a beauty in its thorns in its vines in its irregular patterns and even in its warding-off smell. Allow your self to sense beauty. A flower carried meaning in the Victorian era in poetry in stories and especially in each one of us. Allow your self to carry your own.* I adopt Victoria's meaning of red tulip, "a declation of love." Photo credit:  Red tulip *my poetry inspired after reading  The Language of Flowers

The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh Novel, 362 pages Why did I pick this up?      The first time I saw it, I did not pick it up because I refuse to read something that conveys what I could write myself someday (referring to flowers and meanings). The second time, I lifted it up. I told my self that I shall read this and see whether she has indeed wrote my story. I decided that I shall write of life and flowers and meanings but not through a novel anyway (perhaps a novellete or collection of vignettes will do). My verdict?      The writer did not write my book and I was surprisingly inspired by her book instead.      I love the literary technique she employed; how she presented the past and present stories without losing the me along the way. She in fact made me want to read the past to answer my questions while reading the present but when I am in the past, she made me want to read how Victoria mad...