Monday, February 9, 2026

Flowers

Flowers wilt and fade away 
Give me words of love instead 
Tell me something sweet today
Flowers wilt and fade away 
I don’t want a sad bouquet 
Leave the roses in their bed
Flowers wilt and fade away 
Give me words of love instead 

~*~

Triolet quadrille (structured 44 words) written for today’s dVerse prompt of flowers. I love flowers, but if I had to choose, I would prefer someone’s heartfelt words. Not that it matters now, of course, since I am finished with all that.

5 comments:

  1. February is a busy month for bouquets of flowers here in Norway. 2nd Sunday is always Mother's Day and then there's the imported Valentine's Day. I do like your sentiment, that words of love are better than flowers.

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  2. Apropos of nothing, I want to thank you for recommending Poetry for Neanderthals. What a great game! We played it when all our kids were here last month for our grandson's birthday, and we ended up in stitches from laughing so hard! It's our new favorite game. 😀

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