Haiku
pensive faces
sun warms earth and flowers
smiles begin to glow
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Note: the name pansy is derived from the French, pensée (thought)
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Those flowers always seem to bring a smile…no matter how you’re feeling…a good poem to end my day with…thanks.
Thanks Charles – those grumpy little man flower faces on the background of such vibrant happy colours is a classic – just hilarious.
A lovely poem Gabrielle. I love pansies but I don’t think I can ever think of them being just flowers anymore. I will see their little faces and wonder what they are thinking about.
They may be talking about us behind our backs Helen – haha – ‘what’s that silly woman smiling about!’ grumble, grumble ‘and why is this dirt so gritty’ ‘ooh, I think I can feel a nasty worm tickling my roots’
Do you think their intent is to cheer us up just like your haiku?
hahaha – no, I think they think we are ning nongs and should just leave them well alone (see response to Helen for pansie natter chatter)
Thanks bluebee.
beautiful lines for a beautiful flower.
and I love your Captain Haddock avatar!
Thanks Ben – I love the Captain Haddock avatar too (it’s actually a photo of a cake/biscuit that someone made – I nicked it off the internet – will have to change it soon before I get sued by Herge incorporated – hehehe). Pansies are right up there with sunflowers for making me smile.
Yes , Herge corporate is very strick and not funny at all!
I am waiting to see your next one.
They warm us in winter. Lovely little things – and lovely thought, Gabrielle.
Thanks Kate – I took that photo a while ago (can’t remember what month) – it’s winter here now, but probably you would think it feels more like an English spring.
Like the poem but think the ‘pansy faces’ are cranky little buggers!
They do look like cranky little buggers Stafford (but that was too many syllables – hahahaha) Thanks Stafford – my Captain Haddock face is making up for the cranky face stuff
– blistering barnacles!
Cloistered oysters! I reckon if you ever thought pansies were pansies, see how Disney used the pansy face as a model when he created the very un-pansy character of Yosemite Sam!
Wow, they did indeed (I had no idea) – now I’m not Captain Haddock I will just say woof! Thanks Stafford – I defer to your cartoon knowledge
Glorious Gabe!
Thanks Graham
I’ve thought that about pansies too – sometimes they seem a little pensive. But the sun has such power to cheer us. I loved this, Gabe!
Thanks Selma
They remind me of grumpy gnomes with fulsome moustaches 
aloha Gabrielle – yeah, my mom often planted these. i like this. fun.
our heads bobble
backyard neighbors
in the breeze
ooh that is very good (you’re my haiku guru Rick
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I like the way the flowers imitate your poem!
hahaha – yes, they were watching me intently
thanks Aletha