For the d’Verse quadrille prompt “for whom the bell tolls“:
The bluebells are tardy this year.
Although perhaps I misjudge them,
perhaps they are just cautious –
perhaps, having seen the fate of the tulips,
those princesses reduced to muddied rags –
perhaps they are just waiting for the storms to pass.
anotherKate 
Oh aye. Could be a long wait, eh?
Yep. More rain coming. Better than fire though. And my bluebells are starting to flower finally.
I went to the Floriade big bulb dog yesterday – that was surreal. The carnage was orders of magnitude worse than the storms did!
??? Big bulb dog? Carnage? Yes, I totally agree. I would much prefer rain than fires.
typo – big bulb dig, not dog 😀
from the earth
visual mirths
eventually
❤
Lyrical simplicity. Beautiful, Kate.
Thanks Dora 🙂
Very well could be!
🙂
We’ve had a lot of storms and flooding lately.
I’m so happy that you have written a bluebell quadrille, Kate! I’m very fond of them. I love the idea of cautious bluebells that have seen the tulips’ fate, ‘those princesses reduced to muddied rags’. But as you say, ‘perhaps they are just waiting for the storms to pass’.
Thanks Kim 🙂 I’ve only started growing them last year, but am already becoming fond of them. They seem more robust than a lot of other spring flowers.
I love your cautious bluebells. I almost wrote about them too, a fav. flower.
Thanks Yvonne 🙂
Ya never know with bluebells. Nicely done. 🙂
They did take their time to appear. 🙂
Beautiful lines!
Thank you 🙂
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