"Passion Among The Plumeria"

[Suz-zen]

'Passion Among The Plumeria'

She planted plumeria
in uberous soil
with the passion flower
that sat slowly dying on the vine.

Same sunshine
morning after morning
waiting to blossom.

Purple promises never to arrive

Gentle friend offers gift
of pink hope.

With marriage of fertile soil
rain-dropped years
from Heaven past
opening of a different flower appears
not quite expected

and treasured still.

Unpredictable
Unplanned
ever-blooming

A quiet
fragrance of kiss
only at night.
Sphinx moth to delight the moon's
fruitless search for nectar.

Yet, passion arrives
among plumeria.

[grant hayes]

This is a gorgeous piece, Suz-zen. Your characteristic attunement to the senses is turned up to 11 in this exquisitely poised and paused reflection. I love how you've worked the meaning of flowers here, their growth and fragrance an index to experience.

[Suz-zen]

a real life observation used as a metaphor for many facets of life... i have yet to get even one blossomed passion flower, though i water and fertilize and nurture... a gift from a kindhearted friend of plumeria that i stuck in the same pot only a day ago blossomed oh so brightly this morning... i was swept away by its beauty and fragrance ... reading how to care for it i learned about the sphinx moth... it is a real thing! who knew?? Certainly, not I!
Until this morning.... this is really about friendship... sweet nectar... sharing tears... seeing love unexpected.
Thank you, as always, dear grant hayes for being to in tune with my writing!

[RhymeLovingWriter]

Absolutely beautiful in execution Suz-zen. I remember well the plumeria tree in our front yard while we lived in Hawaii - and fragrant leis created there from. I particularly liked these lines (among many others):

Unpredictable
Unplanned
ever blooming

The happiest of surprises! What a delight!

[Suz-zen]

thank you so very much Guest. The plumeria really are something! In Hawaii are one of my fond memories from visits long ago. I love that you had a tree! thank you for selecting these lines as I liked them too.

[MHenry]

A poem ostensibly about flowers beautifully written turns out to be about friendship, love, and passion, perhaps as unexpected as the blooming plumeria and as disappointing as the reticent passion flower. This is a marvelously crafted poem, Suz-zen! I read it multiple times!

[Suz-zen]

i am so happy that this warranted several readings MHenry! thank you for letting me know! I am grateful it made sense to you!

[rhymetime]

Immediately upon reading this I thought of finding love and friendship in the last place you would look. How we cultivate our dreams and then suddenly find beauty and dare I say love in a place or with a person we never dreamt of. Makes you want to reexamine your dreams. Lovely verse.

[Suz-zen]

this is it! Cultivating dreams and finding beauty and yes, love if you stay open to it! Thank you rhymetime for the thoughtful comment!

[lunar glide]

it can't be a coincidence that I've come back to RLW's poem of loss to make me cry and then this beautiful verse that is comforting. im still pretty speechless so I'm just saying thank you.

[Suz-zen]

you know i do not believe in coincidence; it all energy that seeks like energy. Vibration pulled to vibration... Thank you for your shared thoughts lunar glide. Gratitude in your thanks,

[AlexandratheLate]

Very beautiful with deliberate spacing to reflect and pause, enraptured with unexpected loveliness and another chance. Just beautiful SuzZen.

[Suz-zen]

Not always ready to see the other chance... . 'another chance'... if willing , it most certainly is there...and always with love and beauty. thank you ALT.