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Summer hot and sultry, I stood in my overcrowded greenhouse, suffocating as if I were in a steam bath. The summer orchids bloomed, especially the cattleyas, the indisputable queens. They all exuded perfumes, according to their hues. Predominant the violet dictated while the yellows stood subdued. Fern plants stood still, pleading for cool water, little realizing that even I had need.

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Date: 7/25/2021 10:24:00 PM
Yeah, plants need water everyday, beautiful imagery, Victor:)
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Date: 7/24/2021 9:26:00 PM
Great poem, I can imagine the poor plants wilt from the heat.
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Date: 7/23/2021 10:38:00 PM
I felt the atmosphere in your summer greenhouse. Hot, humid with an earthy odour that mingles with the scent of flowers...Lovely. Particularly relevant as we are blistering under a heatwave...Delice
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Date: 7/23/2021 7:43:00 PM
Beautiful greenhouse you have there, Victor! Love your poem :)
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Date: 7/23/2021 5:07:00 PM
It is sweltering again here, so I can relate to this, Victor. Your rich imagery does a fine job of depicting the lovely, sultry greenhouse conditions. Hugs.
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Date: 7/23/2021 1:21:00 PM
A fine write Victor, it’s been unbearably hot here in the UK for days, imagine how it must distress the flowers, stood in glaring sun for hours… Belle
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Date: 7/23/2021 11:03:00 AM
You are enjoying the nuances of your greenhouse though sweltering. Lovely imagery. I don’t have to imagine the heat. I was just out in it!
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Date: 7/23/2021 8:27:00 AM
Heat everywhere, it might be some the climate change outcomes. Thanks for sharing this wonderful poem. Blessings and kindest wishes
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Date: 7/23/2021 5:44:00 AM
Both the nature and humans wish to escape the heat. Yet, a greenhouse a great place to be.
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Date: 7/23/2021 3:15:00 AM
Heat over here is unbearable at the moment so I know how the ferns are feeling. Tom
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