Passionate Iris
Loves me so.
She flags me down,
And says, “Don’t go!
You look delicious,
If not nutritious.
One slurp is all I need.”
Passionate Iris,
Silly goose
With her gaggle of girlfriends
On the loose.
“Not YOU, just WATER,” the irises shout,
And pant with their tongues hanging out.
It’s amazing what one slurp can do. Beautiful!
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I’d better make sure I give them a drink of water today!
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It’s my middle name – spelt Iiris 🙂
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Very pretty name. They’re beautiful flowers.
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Thanks for the reminder Anneli..my lovely lilac bush is making the same demands. Very pretty photos.
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They’re really prolific this year for some reason. Early warm weather I suppose.
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Such a beautiful flower. The flowers become human in your very cute poem.
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Hi Margot. Your next comment should go straight through now. Thanks for visiting!
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Lovely entry. Thanks. Yes, we need to look at our flowers and say thanks to them for cheering us along life’s pathway.
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Thanks for checking in, Gladys. Glad you liked it.
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Very lovely flowers, I have them too in my garden but mine are not in bloom yet, so they are not thirsty. But we have a different soil than you do over there. I love your pictures.
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Thanks, Ursula. I’m happy to send you a bouquet of them via “photomail.”
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Beautiful Irises! Mine are blooming too, although mine are a pale yellow with purple tongues. 🙂
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I think I have ONE of them in another part of the yard. They come in so many beautiful colours!
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I like the poetry! and the lovely photos.
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The muse just grabbed me last night and the words poured out. Couldn’t stop them!
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I love it when you anthropomorphize in your posts!!! You do it soooo well!
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Thanks. I think that comes from having taught primary grades for so many years.
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From all the picture books?! I love adult books that do that–like the Mrs. Murphy mystery series.
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Actually, I used puppets and props a lot and made my voice funny, doing mini puppet shows (without the stage – just sitting on my chair with the kids on the mat around me) and we learned a lot of things “from those puppets.” I had a teddy bear that interacted with a lot of the kids. He had very movable arms and legs and his head was moved easily, so he was very animated when he talked to the kids about the sounds of the letters of the alphabet, or whatever we were learning that day.The kids paid close attention to the bear. More than they might have if I’d just stood there and said the same things.
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Oh, I love it!! I can just imagine this. So much easier for kids to communicate this way. On a tiny bit related note, I sent my great niece a video on her grandpa’s phone of me and one of my cats and he said she watched it 7 times in a row, fascinated by me talking behind the cat.
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Kids just love that pretend kind of learning. I really teaching that way. We had fun.
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Gaggle of girlfriends is beautiful!
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They give the impression of a group of gossiping girls, I think.
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Lovely Iris and poetry Anneli; the Iris’ are abounding, like the slurp and gaggle of them
A few I have , are scented, smell like grape freshie. Grapealade, slurp.
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I love all the colours of them.
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Love it.
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Thanks, Lori. I had fun with this one.
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Hi am giddy with the scent of irises and the idea of their “tongues” hanging out, Anneli! 🙂 xo
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They look like little faces with those long tongues, and some of them look kind of raspy.
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I can imagine the fuzzy looking tongues particularly sounding “raspy,” Anneli. 🙂
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I’m sure they would, if they could talk.
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Great imagery and images. Iris are such heavy drinkers, too. 🙂
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Yes, bad girls. I gave them a wee drop.
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