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I Am Wisteria

Welcome, welcome my dear friends! Come join me in my bower. Lavender, lovely and luscious am I, A most seductive flower. My pendulous blooms they dangle, Like grapes upon a vine. Clusters of purple decorously draping, A gazebo or fence line. Come imbibe my heady fragrance, As it wends through the warm Spring air. Let my perfume embrace you, Let it take away your cares. Lavish me with sunshine bright, Refresh me with abundant rain. I am strong, wild, a free spirit, Wisteria growing unrestrained. Wisteria means welcome. 5/5/15

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Paul Schneiter

Date: 5/24/2015 6:22:00 PM

Kim, this is a delight--a picture perfect description, rendered in fine poetic form, of a wisteria. I happen to have one, and it's the queen of my garden. Thank you!

Jerry T Curtis

Date: 5/12/2015 6:08:00 AM

Great write, I like the flow

Casarah Nance

Date: 5/10/2015 7:09:00 AM

Great choice of flowers, the smell fills the air and the vines climb, oh yes these plants are amazing and your write is a winner, well done!

Kim Merryman
Date: 5/12/2015 12:32:00 AM

Thank you, Casarah!

The Grahamburglar

Date: 5/9/2015 8:34:00 PM

This is great. There are a couple of wisteria vines on the fence of the house I grew up in. They are beautiful when in bloom. But they are currently smothering out a couple of nearby trees because they've not been kept in check. Wisteria runs wild! Congrats on the win too, it seems.

Kim Merryman
Date: 5/12/2015 12:30:00 AM

Yes, wisteria can wreak havoc with other plants and trees, but it sure is beautiful. Thank you for commenting, Preston.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/9/2015 8:18:00 PM

Nice win...pd

Kim Merryman
Date: 5/12/2015 12:28:00 AM

Thank you, PD!

Skat A

Date: 5/9/2015 6:32:00 PM

Kim. CONGRATULATIONS on the win. :) SKAT

Kim Merryman
Date: 5/12/2015 12:27:00 AM

Thank you, SKAT!

Kash Poet

Date: 5/9/2015 6:44:00 AM

Hi Kim,Beautiful poem!Congrats on your win!

Kim Merryman
Date: 5/12/2015 12:27:00 AM

Thank you, Kash! It's good to see you here.

Jan Allison

Date: 5/9/2015 5:29:00 AM

Dropping back with my congratulations Kim:-) Hugs Jan xx

Kim Merryman
Date: 5/12/2015 12:26:00 AM

Thank you, Jan!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/9/2015 1:52:00 AM

And here I am again, come to congratulate you in the contest, Kim. you did a great job! to think I did not even realize I was reading one in my own contest two days ago. DUH!!!

Kim Merryman
Date: 5/12/2015 12:25:00 AM

Thank you for my placement, Andrea! This was a fun contest.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/7/2015 4:12:00 PM

that is so nice to know wisteria's double meaning. It made this one all the more wonderful to read!

Kim Merryman
Date: 5/8/2015 1:11:00 AM

Thank you, Andrea. I'm glad you like it!

Paul Callus

Date: 5/7/2015 10:48:00 AM

This is a very welcome tribute to the lovely wisteria, Kim! The whole poem flows and twirls elegantly with a happy air. #7 I can feel its embrace and smell its fragrance! // paul

Kim Merryman
Date: 5/8/2015 1:10:00 AM

Thank you, Paul, for your encouraging comments!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/6/2015 12:54:00 PM

- Beautifully written, dear Kim - "Let my perfume embrace you" ...... a parafyme we can embrace the whole year ..... dry and put in small linen bags or small glasses - I wish you good luck in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Kim Merryman
Date: 5/8/2015 1:09:00 AM

Thank you Anne-Lise!

Jan Allison

Date: 5/6/2015 1:50:00 AM

Such beautiful imagery Kim - good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx

Kim Merryman
Date: 5/8/2015 1:09:00 AM

Thank you, Jan!