Summer for Thee, Grant I May Be

Summer for thee, grant I may be
When Summer days are flown!
Thy music still, when Whipporwill
And Oriole -- are done!

For thee to bloom, I'll skip the tomb
And row my blossoms o'er!
Pray gather me --
Anemone --
Thy flower -- forevermore!

--Emily Dickinson

[Maggiemae]

The focus on just one flower seems to be the best! Lovely poem of course, and the picture to go with it! fav

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome macro.

[KWind]

Lovely image! Nice focus and dof.

[*lynn]

so lovely

[Taffy]

Really sharp focus!

[Deborah Ortiz]

Wonderful.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very pretty shot.

[carol white]

Very pretty and a lovely poem:-)

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

A beautiful capture and great focus, I was beginning wonder what flowers looked like. FAV

[vstap]

Beautiful color on this to contrast with the white.

[Stephanie Swift]

Beautiful capture of these Japanese anemones, and a perfect poem to accompany it. Fav for me.

[Joy Maguire]

Lovely image!

[Leah]

Beautifully composed and presented!!! Love your focus!!! Love your Emily Dickinson poem!!!

[Leana Niemand]

Love the focus - a great shot.

[Khawbecker]

@maggiemae @agedrunner @kwind @lynnz @taffy @deborahortiz @mittens @carolmw @ladymagpie @vstap @tristansmum @almondjoy1 @lealady @leananiemand Thank you for viewing this photo and for all of your great feedback and favs! I'm glad you liked the poem too. It's sad that the flowers are disappearing. I was so pleased to find these.

[Sandy]

Very pretty.

[Julie Chapa]

Beautiful! The white flowers look great against the dark green background. Fav

[Gena Pegg]

And Emily would love the capture to go with her poem!