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Why Cut Flowers

Here's a bundle of colorful things. I cut their heads off to give you. So you could own them. It's not like I stole them from nature. You can put them in water so they'll live a little longer. Eventually, they'll die though. I don't like killing beauty. Never thought about it...much. I did it to show you that I care. Obviously, I don't know what I'm doing. And, we made six million songs, poems and pictures about doing this too. Not sure why either.

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Rama Balasubramanian

Date: 6/4/2021 10:53:00 AM

I agree with what you write. I believe plucking flowers is like taking life and that too for meaningless reason

Greg Gaul
Date: 6/4/2021 1:24:00 PM

Your keen insight shows great respect for nature, flowers. Thank you for speaking up.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/3/2021 3:42:00 AM

Creative and unique way to go for the contest. Enjoyed reading your winner. Congrats. Sara

Greg Gaul
Date: 6/3/2021 6:32:00 AM

Sara, I so appreciate your visit and kind remarks.

Robert Lindley

Date: 5/29/2021 5:23:00 PM

Congratulations on your win. Flowers in the home make it such a beautiful and welcoming place. The fragrance a blessing and a true joy to encounter. God bless..

Greg Gaul
Date: 5/29/2021 6:38:00 PM

I appreciate your passion for flowers and your kind visit. Congratulations too for your winning placement. Cheers.

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 5/28/2021 2:56:00 PM

Congratulations on your win. A beautiful write. Cut flowers never last too long. I like to get and give flower plants. Have a blessed day/weekend...................

Greg Gaul
Date: 5/28/2021 5:20:00 PM

Paula, your unique point of view is a signature aspect and it helps you be a special poet. Thanks so much for your kind comment.

Line Gauthier

Date: 5/28/2021 1:50:00 PM

I dislike cut flowers for those very reasons ~ for my wedding bouquet, I had three long stem roses.

Greg Gaul
Date: 5/28/2021 2:15:00 PM

Always tough ta go against the wave but ya know it does sometimes make for potent poetry. I truly think I deserved the tenth place. Felt so sorry for the last place guy.

Gary Radice

Date: 5/28/2021 12:21:00 PM

I'm back to read this again and tell you that the more I read this the more I appreciate this poem's depth of message. Cheers - Gary

Greg Gaul
Date: 5/28/2021 1:24:00 PM

Often when we are so hard wired in the opposite direction, it's difficult to absorb. Think of it this way, how many images in antiquity do you recall of vases filled with cut flowers or on indigenous wall paintings? Thanks ever so Gary.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 5/23/2021 3:40:00 AM

I had to smile when I read this Greg. I have to tell you something funny. My husband raised roses for me, actually for us, as he loved flowers too. Their beauty and perfume lasts so much longer when I cut them and bring them inside in the air-conditioning and in water. They get spoken to and told how much they are loved. One particular rose was so beautiful that I would kiss it each morning and beg it not to die. You know, all the other roses died and that one remained vibrant three days longer!

Greg Gaul
Date: 5/23/2021 12:23:00 PM

Botanists know that talking to plants makes a difference. More than chemicals through the air, they infuse intelligence somehow. So much yet to learn. Me thinks it's part of the universal consciousness. What a telling story of roses you tell here. You have so much to give. Thank you for spending some time with me.