Notes About The Poem
Blackout of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus Description section

Dianthus

herbaceous perennials
annual
biennial
low subshrubs
basal stems.

opposite, simple, mostly linear
strongly glaucous grey green
blue green.

five petals,
frilled or pinked
all pale to dark pink.
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Smith  Avatar
October 3, 2026 at 5:31 AM
A beautiful blackout poem: spare, sculpted, and botanically alive. The chosen fragments move from the grounded “basal stems” through the cool, glaucous blue-green foliage to the delicate flourish of “five petals” and their pink spectrum. It feels like the flower gradually coming into focus—precise scientific language transformed into quiet spring lyricism.
Terry Avatar
October 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Thanks for the encouragement. Blackout poetry is difficult, but rewarding in the end.
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