Life finds milder melodies.
Only laughter sings.
Virtue wipes away decay.
Even frowns grow wings.
Linked to dVerse Open Link Night. Gayle is hosting.
Photo: “Unusual Flower” by the author taken at the Chicago Botanic Garden and linked to Floral Friday Fotos.
Announcement I won second place in Story Seed Vault’s “Bees” flash fiction contest. I am grateful to the judges for selecting my 140-character micro fiction story.
Announcement I am a new board member of the Illinois State Poetry Society. Blogging provides inspiration and contact with other poets. Local organizations provide something similar on a more personal level.
Congratulations, Frank, on both of your recent achievements.
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Thank you, Robbie! The board membership is more a willingness to serve. If I do that well then it would be an achievement.
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Congratulations!
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Thank you!
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Congratulations my friend! I like the clever way you dealt with LOVE.
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Thank you, Toni! I thought writing an acrostic poem would be easy, but this first one took quite some time. I’m glad I picked a short word.
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I’m glad you didn’t pick antidisestablishmentarianism….LOL
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🙂
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Ha!
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Congratulations! Beautiful photos too!
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Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed that flower photo.
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Congratulations… I especially love the last line… let the frowns grow wings
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I was hoping that last line would carry the weight beyond any potential sentimentality. Thank you, Björn!
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let me chime in. Congratulations, Frank.
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Thank you!
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Congratulations twice Frank. May all your frowns grow wings 🙂
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May any frowns you have, and I don’t expect there are many, turn to smiles! Thank you, Jane!
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You’d be surprised, Frank. Thank you for the kind thoughts 🙂
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Congratulations Frank! 😀 Beautiful poem too!💘
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Thank you, Sanaa! I am glad you liked it!
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Congratulations Frank and I love how ‘even frowns grow wings’ :o)
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Thank you, Xenia! I am glad you liked that last line.
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Ah, thou lovely passion flower! My own frowns grow wings as I celebrate with you, Frank!
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So that is what it is? A “passion flower”? I always tell myself to take a photo of the label, but I didn’t see one nearby when I went through the Botanic Garden. That was the first time I saw any flower like that. Thanks, Jilly!
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https://jillys2016.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/wordless-wednesday-9/
Take a look at the 2nd picture in this and see it it is the same. There are several varieties. This one is my daily joy outside my kithen window.
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They do look similar. It must be a type of passion flower. They are beautiful and very unusual from my perspective.
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Accolades feel good, for sure, fueling future creativity, stroking our ego. It is like our photography pursuits–the awards we all give to each other are warm & reciprocal.
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All awards are reciprocal sharing and spreading possibilities for all of us in our different ways. Thanks, Glenn.
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What a beautifully sweet acrostic, Frank. They’re fun aren’t they? And congratulations too on your double accomplishments!
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Thank you, Gayle! It was my first acrostic and it was harder than I thought it would be–although fun to do.
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Congratulations, Frank!
And that poem is just gorgeous!
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Thank you! I’m glad you liked it!
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Well done all round Frank. Lovely Acrostic.
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Thank you, Peter!
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I was curious about your acrostic. Nicely done, Frank, and beautiful sentiment.
Congratulations on your two announcements!
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Thank you, Merril! Acrostics are more difficult than I realized.
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Congratulations 👏
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Thank you!
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Wonderful writing Frank! I like this very much!
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Thank you, Amanda! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Congratulations on the contest, and on the being named a board member of the poetry society. Your work is always consistently good. I enjoy it very much. Take care, and best wishes.
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Thank you, Patrick! Best wishes!
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Big Congrats on your success, Frank.
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Thank you, Jael!
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Welcome.
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Every line is a golden nugget of wisdom. Lovely. Frank…and congrats on all fronts!
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Thank you, Jane!
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Congrats!!! I love your acrostic, specially: Even frowns grow wings.
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I am glad you liked that last line. Without it, I would have looked for another word. Thanks, Grace!
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Amazing flower. Those little propeller looking things at the top make it look like it wants to take flight. Congratulations, Frank! Love your acrostic poem. Those are great fun. Every line is excellent. I especially liked: even frowns grow wings.
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I didn’t realize that about the flower, but it does look like it also wants to grow wings and fly. I heard from Jilly, above, that it is a “passion flower”. I couldn’t find a label identifying it when I was in the garden. Thank you, Lynn!
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Beautiful picture and piece.
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Thank you, Imelda!
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Double congratulations, Frank! Your poem is a beauty as well.
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Thank you, Sara!
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That was awesome!
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Thank you!
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Congratulations and how appropriate to use the Passion Flower picture for your acrostic.
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I didn’t know if was the Passion Flower until Jilly mentioned it in a comment above. It just looked unusual when walking through the botanic gardens. It does seem to fit better than I realized. Thank you!
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Wonderful insight, keep up the good work.
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Thank you, Denny!
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Love is a beautiful flower…you deserve the honors, Frank!
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Thank you, Lynn!
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Love the idea of frowns growing wings, I tend to hang onto mine and will have to learn to let them fly 😁
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I am trying to change my habit of neither frowning nor smiling into a smile. Hopefully the frowns that do appear will fly away. Thank you!
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Quite a feat to write a thoughtful story in so few words – congratulations! I love that line of frowns growing wings – and hopefully flying away for a little while or making room for a few smiles.
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Thank you! The hard part was getting the acrostic part to work. It was the first time I wrote one of those.
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Well done on creating a short, sweet acrostic, Frank, and congratulations on winning second place with your micro fiction story and becoming a new board member of the Illinois State Poetry Society!
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Thank you, Kim! I am not sure what being a board member involves, but I suspect I will find out soon enough.
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Good luck!
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Your gift at making music with vowels is so unique, Frank. Always a pleasure to read yours. Congrats on the good news too. Blessed are the Illinoisan poets to have you with them.
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Thank you, Colin! I am glad you like the sound of the poems.
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Congrats on your recent achievements! Even frowns grow wins – what a beautiful sentiment of what love can overcome.
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Thank you, Bryan! Love can overcome frowns.
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All I can say is your short sweet poem on love knocks out the more evil note with which I ended my long poem today. Absolutely perfect.
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Thank you, Kathy! Your poem showed a lot of empathy. That will always be needed.
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You are going places Frank! Very deserving in fact. Congrats!
Hank
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Thank you, Hank!
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Congratulations! And what a beautiful flower you shot. Love thee details.
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Thank you, Angie! The flower is beautiful, a “passion flower” as I have learned from others in these comments.
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Four beautifully crafted lines, Frank. Oh, and the photo is nice, too. But your words…!
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I am glad you liked them, Charley!
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I did!
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Congratulations, Frank! I’ll go out to read your flash piece after writing this. That flower is extraordinary! Do you know what it is?
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Based on some of the comments, I think it is called a “passion flower”. I looked for a label at the Botanic Garden this afternoon, but I didn’t find any. The story is very short. Thanks, Sarah!
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Yes the story is short. Didn’t know you were into speculative writing. Haven’t tackled that yet. My head just doesn’t go there. My husband loves that genre.
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I don’t usually like science fiction. Rebecca Mix https://rebeccamix.com/2017/08/10/new-micro-fiction-available/ called my attention to Story Seed Vault and so I submitted something.
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Nice job on this acrostic. I like that it rhymes, too!
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It was my acrostic. I like the sound of metrical and rhyming verse, but I don’t think acrostics have to rhyme. Thank you!
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I love this poem and the photo is stunning! Congratulations on your achievements.
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Thank you, Eugenia!
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amazing photo and accomplishments…golden best to you.
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Thank you!
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Congratulations, Frank! That’s awesome.
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Thank you!
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Hey! Loved this, would you check out https://tanyatale.wordpress.com/2017/08/25/poetry-with-deveaux-fraiser-cracked/
This guy is a amazing poet and I’d love for you to see his work
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Thank you, Tanya! I will check out his blog.
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Ooooh that’s so exciting!! Congrats! Glad to see you’re also enjoying the Vault 🙂 It’s a fabulous little ezine!
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Thank you, Rebecca! I wouldn’t know about this without you.
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My pleasure! Always happy to help writers find new homes for their work.
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Beautiful poem, Frank, and congrats on the announcements! Well done.
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I am glad you enjoyed this! Thank you!
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great last line Frank and also many congratulations on your announcements 🙂
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Thank you, Mary!
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a lovely poem, and some lovelier announcements! Congratulations, Frank!
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Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the poem!
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always welcome, Frank!
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Congratulations!
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Thank you!
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Thank you!
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Passion FLoWers LiFE
some red some blue
some crown
royal
purple
aLL musE LiFE..:)
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This was the first passion flower I’ve seen, to my knowledge. The do seem to “musE LiFE” or at least make me stop and look. Thanks, Fred!
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SMiLes.. the red ones
In my garden are my
Favorite of
Flowers..:)
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I am a fan of micro fiction and short verses, the challenge to express feelings with a very limited number of words is hugely satisfying, nice post
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Thank you, Piyali! I like short writing as well, just enough to understand or feel something new and then move on.
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I agree, if we can clearly express what we want to say, then word count doesn’t matter 🙂
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Even frowns grow wings–that’s an awesome line.
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Even the sadness is made lighter. Thank you, Sean!
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That’s very cool! The prize and the poetry board. Congrats 🙂
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The poetry board is more a willingness to serve, but I am proud to be on it. Thank you!
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Frank, thank you for the “crumb” to follow you back to your place. I’ve seen you around my blog before. Don’t know why I was not following you, but I have corrected that by marking your follow. I’ll see you around more often now.
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Glad to see you here, Oneta! I hope you like what you see and read here.
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Yes, I do. The picture above is fantastic, and the acrostic text is very appropriate to such beauty.
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Beautiful!
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Thank you!
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Amazing ! ❤
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Thank you!
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Its really a nice work..
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Thank you!
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Awesome
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Thank you!
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