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  • "Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are." Alfred Austin
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Lilacs,
False blue,
White,
Purple,
Color of lilac,
You have forgotten your Eastern origin,
The veiled women with eyes like panthers,
The swollen, aggressive turbans of jeweled pashas.
Now you are a very decent flower,
A reticent flower,
A curiously clear-cut, candid flower,
Standing beside clean doorways,
Friendly to a house-cat and a pair of spectacles,
Making poetry out of a bit of moonlight
And a hundred or two sharp blossoms.

   by Amy Lowell

Posted at 05:26 PM |

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I love lilacs. I had them in my wedding bouquet. They are such a beautiful flower. Love the poem too.

Posted by: lexi | 11/22/2009 at 08:47 PM

what a perfect pairing.

we just moved to our 8 acres in the woods not a year ago, and haven't started the garden yet - i wanted a full year here to see what's what before i started digging and planting. One of the things i miss most from my old garden is the lilac.

xox,
susan @ dreams underfoot
http://confessionsofasineater.blogspot.com/

Posted by: susan said so | 12/10/2010 at 02:26 PM

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