Born a little soon, raised on too much moon,
learned to get by on “Leave me alone.”
Be the restless one, be the burning son.
Then you filled your hands with oleander and
all the strippings of pride gone astray.
All that secret work, all those pretty words
that still don’t hold you
Now you spend your days in the dappled rays
of [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Meditation on Oleander
Posted in As Object, As Obliquity, As Symbol, tagged cure, delmhorst, lyric, oleander, toxin on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Beautiful Filler
Posted in As Business, As Kind, tagged baby's breath, cultivation, dried flowers, florists on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Baby’s breath (Gypsophila) is one of the most popular “fillers” for cut flower arrangements. After you tell the florist that you would like a dozen roses, or six lilies, or any mixed bouquet, they will generally set off the blossoms that you actually asked for with sprays of small white flowers and greenery. Quite often [...]
