Mary C. M. Phillips

Thank you Tiny Seed Literary Journal for featuring my poem this week.

Click here to read Lamentations of an Orchid.

The poem appears in Poetry of the Wildflowers from Tiny Seed Press.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged gardening, Mary C. M. Phillips marycmphillips, mary cm phillips, Mary cm Phillips poet, nature, orchids, poetry, tiny seed literary journal | 4 Comments

4 Responses

1. on September 5, 2023 at 6:25 pm | Reply Linda Trott Dickman

   Such a beautiful poem! Your word choices always bring me joy.

   Love Linda

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   • on September 5, 2023 at 7:39 pm | Reply posted by Mary C. M. Phillips

     Thank you Linda! I miss you, 💙

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2. on September 5, 2023 at 11:02 pm | Reply ttittmann

   Mary, your words and images inspired…
   “transition” – my birth from formlessness to form and the trauma that would follow

   Initially, I was loved and cared for and felt hopeful…my life was full of promise

   Ah! But my caregiver has neglected me…forgotten me

   I see abandoned children in all corners of our shared planet

   Your last three lines are the laments of a person now bereft of the hope and promise of their youth…

   Directed against a deity…they are as you name them: laments

   “WHY…” did You…

   Echoing a naked dying body hanging on a piece of wood that also laments the loss of its sap-essence

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   • on September 6, 2023 at 9:25 am | Reply posted by Mary C. M. Phillips

     Thank you! Your comment is so thoughtful, observant and rich; a poem within itself. 🙏🧡

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