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Cactus Flower

Rare desert jewel, you flower with ease among those many thorny leaves your fearless petals open wide to touch the sun up in the sky. Your beauty mocks your prickly cage entrapped within its imprisoned stage how brief your budding glory shines a resplendent bloom with lovely lines. So bold, you awake the desert scene with brilliant colors unforeseen a floral enchantress, that you are a mesmerizing wild star. Written on 3/29/2017

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Gregory Richard Barden

Date: 2/19/2018 11:53:00 PM

Wonderful imagery and description, Laura, and a well-deserved win for this gorgeous write ... congratulations, my talented friend! :-) <3

John Lawless

Date: 2/19/2018 7:49:00 PM

Congrats Laura, beautifully done.

Line Gauthier

Date: 2/19/2018 7:46:00 PM

Lovely sonnet. Congrats on your well deserved win, Laura.

Janice Canerdy

Date: 2/19/2018 7:21:00 PM

Laura, I REALLY love this poem, especially line 5! CONGRATS! Janice

Susan Ashley

Date: 2/19/2018 6:53:00 PM

Such delicate beauty thrives despite its harsh realities. A graceful, enchanting and alluring poem Laura. Congratulations on your wonderful win. ~Susan

Carrie Richards

Date: 2/19/2018 5:41:00 PM

Indeed......a star among the flowers. A flower among the thorns ! I love that thought ! What a lovely poem this is. !! Congratulations on your win !!

Laura Leiser
Date: 2/19/2018 6:40:00 PM

Thank you, Carrie :)

Sandra Haight

Date: 5/7/2017 7:15:00 PM

A lovely ode to a cactus flower, Laura. I love these flowers, and you have painted one so well with your well-chosen poetic words. 7, Hugs, Sandra

Laura Leiser
Date: 5/7/2017 8:18:00 PM

Thank you, Sandra! I'm glad you liked it :)

Robert Lindley

Date: 4/17/2017 9:12:00 PM

Love this finely painted piece my friend. Did you know it is well known that a person will only ever sit on a cactus just once! Seems once is enough to get the--point! lol Exceptional verses my friend.. A7

Laura Leiser
Date: 4/17/2017 10:11:00 PM

Thank you so much for your kind words, Robert! I'm glad you enjoyed my poem. :)

John Michaels

Date: 4/14/2017 4:31:00 AM

Such a unique take on the theme - who would think a catcus could inspire such beauty!! Some lovely imagery here and a well-deserved win!

Laura Leiser
Date: 4/17/2017 10:12:00 PM

Thanks, John. :)

Joseph May

Date: 4/13/2017 5:43:00 AM

Beautiful write Laura...Congrats on your win

Laura Leiser
Date: 4/13/2017 12:59:00 PM

Thank you, Joseph. Glad you liked it. :)

Joanna Daniel

Date: 4/10/2017 9:13:00 AM

Great ode, didn't realise odes can be written so short:) really sweet:) a 7, Laura:)

Laura Leiser
Date: 4/10/2017 9:33:00 AM

Thanks, Jo. Glad you liked it:)

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 4/5/2017 2:20:00 PM

- A beauty, Laura - No cactus survives in the wild in Norway ... Only in the window frame ... but rarely blooms - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Laura Leiser
Date: 4/5/2017 4:43:00 PM

Glad you liked my poem, Anne-Lise! Thanks for commenting on it :)

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 4/4/2017 5:52:00 AM

Your poem is simply enchanting Laura! It seems to take cactus a very long time to bloom, but when they do your eyes are in for a fabulous treat. I remember this one cactus I bought a long time ago that they assured me would bloom. I waited and waited....no bloom. I got to the point where every time I look at it I was scolding it, saying "why don't you bloom"! Then on my birthday, I went to water it and it had bloomed! I felt like such a brat. It was my best gift! 7 ; )

Laura Leiser
Date: 4/4/2017 3:37:00 PM

Thanks, Connie, for your wonderful comments! I do love the beauty and rarity of a cactus flower...what a treat to finally see one bloom! :)

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 4/4/2017 3:58:00 AM

Excellent. Well penned. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing it.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/1/2017 10:41:00 AM

wowowowow, that is an awesome ODE. Oh, I hope to do one so well!!!

Laura Leiser
Date: 4/1/2017 5:07:00 PM

Thank you, Andrea! So glad you liked it :)

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 3/30/2017 11:28:00 AM

Nicely written. For being so prickly they do have a lovely flower. love phyl

Laura Leiser
Date: 3/30/2017 12:15:00 PM

I agree, thanks for your comments, Phyllis :)

Donna Roberts

Date: 3/30/2017 10:13:00 AM

I find these words to be Brilliantly displayed!!!

Laura Leiser
Date: 3/30/2017 12:14:00 PM

Thanks so much, Donna! I appreciate your compliment :)

Chris Green

Date: 3/30/2017 7:18:00 AM

This was beautiful Laura. I have cactus in my yard that blooms and the flowers are so colorful and bright in the landscape. Your poem expresses the beauty of this plant wonderfully.

Laura Leiser
Date: 3/30/2017 12:14:00 PM

Thank you, Chris! I have cactus in my yard, as well. And I enjoy the blooms that I see in our canyons around here, too. Thanks for liking my poem :)

Anne-Marie Coreggia

Date: 3/29/2017 10:29:00 PM

Moved by the power of your words Laura, the cactus escaped its prickly cage and proudly graces the desert scene.:) Amitiés

Laura Leiser
Date: 3/29/2017 10:34:00 PM

Thank you, Anne Marie (lovely name!) I'm glad you enjoyed my little poem. :)

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 3/29/2017 9:37:00 PM

Lovely!

Laura Leiser
Date: 3/29/2017 10:33:00 PM

Thanks, Maureen! Glad you liked this. :)