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Flower in a Crannied Driveway
Flower in a Crannied Wall
FLOWER in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies;—
Hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower—but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson
[Update: A reader writes to say "what you are" little flower is a wood poppy. I had thought, like Gin, that it is a small-flowered buttercup. It does look more like the poppy but I hadn't noticed the characteristic hairy bud pod. I think, looking at these web sites, that it may be possible we have both in our yard. We do not subscribe to a lawn service.]
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3 Comments
1. Gin replies at 10th May 2006, 8:49 am :
Can’t tell anything about the foliage, but from the flower and timing I’ll guess small flowered buttercup. Whatever, I like your flower better than my nature picture today (which is a sneaky way of making you visit my front page to look).
2. sherry replies at 10th May 2006, 9:29 am :
Oh Gin, you evil evil woman!
Now everybody has to go look: http://ginpetty.com/
3. Gin replies at 10th May 2006, 10:55 am :
Now, now, Sherry, let’s put the blame where it belongs. It’s Mother Nature’s design, not mine.
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