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Tropical bird calls beckon
Step through the door
Discover
Lush greenery: moss, ferns, palms
Sparks of color everywhere
Compete
Paparazzi’s powerful lens
Capture
Zoom, focus, snap
Tangerine, apricot, salmon
Snowy, milky, pearly
Fuchsia, magenta, cerise
Lime, jade, chartreuse
Orchid cups
Colors pop
Colors blend
Each orchid
Unique
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These are absolutely beautiful! You could sell these photographs! I wonder where they were taken??
I LOVE how you organized your picture collages by color – how powerful. I enjoyed this collection of words – Lush greenery: moss, ferns, palms. It really defines different kinds of lush greenery.
Love the combination of beautiful photographs and poetry. They both hint of spring’s arrival next week!
I always love your phoems, elsie! So beautiful! 🙂 The ending is my favorite, but I also love the pictures of picture-taking!
What a cure for the end-of-winter blahs!
Unbelievable! What a delicious feast. My orchid just rebloomed. A first for me! Love them.
Those orchids are stunning! Thank you for adding your beautiful words and sharing with us.
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing this gift with us.
Holly Molly Elsie . . . gorgeous pictures! Don’t flowers just make you smile?
Breathtaking photos, exquisite poem! This is some slice!
Beautiful pictures and beautiful language to accompany them!
Your pictures add so much to your orchid poem! I love the play on Dr. Seuss for your title. 🙂
Lovely, really lovely. I love the color words, the groupings, the paparazzi. I love that you wrote it as poetry. Thanks, Elsie.
Not only are orchids beautiful, they are so sexy! Your combined words and photos today have exceeded even your typically excellent Slices. I think you’re ready for your own website! Keep those photos and words coming…we love them.
I love your colorful phoetry.
Wow. Those colors and patterns are so intense! Thanks for this visual delight on a grey Sunday morning.
I’ve reread your poem many times, Elsie. The verbs discover, compete and capture are so perfect for the essence of this piece. It reminds that words hold power when working in harmony with others to create meaning. Something we all strive to do as writers, and you’ve created an effective mentor piece for this “budding” writer. Thanks.
What a beautiful idea for a slice. I love your precise words and exquisite photos.
What a coloring book. Love the photos and the poem.
Beautifully done, Elsie. I think flowers are such miracles. Look at the array you shared-wow!
The photos are exquisite, Elsie. And the words bring them to life.
Wow! Those photos are extraordinary. I love your “phoem!”
Love how the pictures complement your words! Both are beautiful!
Love the line about paparazzi, it made smile…looks and sounds like you had a blast!
Wonderful! I imagine you love photography and flowers. Just taking a guess. 🙂