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“flowers” by Lucille Clifton

Afterward for Lucille Clifton’s “flowers” by Sher Schwartz

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Sher Schwartz

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2 responses to ““flowers” by Lucille Clifton”

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    Anonymous

    I deeply enjoyed this poem.
    And I enjoyed your afterward.
    What flower would I identify with in this flourishing field of love? A towering spike of magenta-pink Fireweed? Or a clustered flower of white Milkweed hosting butterflies and bees?

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      Sher Schwartz

      Thank you for your comments. It’s great to think about the flowers of the field, and for me I see the small yellow blossoms of Oregon Sunshine, which I see across 40 plus acres of our farm’s prairie. Also a small, delicate pink flower that blooms in profusion on airy, tall stems. Lesser and American Goldfinch love this field plant. I think they eat its seeds. Riotous activity in the fields.

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