Even if what inspired it was something totally superficial and benign, like bleaching your beautiful black hair? I gave a hand-calligraphed copy of this to the person who made me think of it. It was just her hair that inspired me, not like her whole personality or anything.
The poem is below in the Added Details. Here goes:
2006-10-10 15:44:30 · 8 answers · asked by A Box of Signs 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
The Lily of the Mountains
A tragedy written by Ian Montgomery
In lands of emerald valleys and cascading crystal fountains,
Up from a meadow carpeted by gold Arnica stands,
—Just as you, lovely blossom, grace the parched Sonoran sands—
Bloomed one lone Mariposa — the Lily of the Mountains.
“What gorgeous fields of wildflowers!” commented passers-by.
With naught but Arnica to fill her humble field of view,
She drooped her pretty petals and lamented, “So, it’s true:
These flowers that surround me are more beautiful than I.
“More beautiful,” she thought, “as far as petals go, means more,”
And so resolved, now taking hold with all her sepals’ strength,
She rent each delicate petal three times along its length,
And sported now a dozen, having turned each one to four.
2006-10-10 15:45:18 · update #1
The Mariposa racked her mind for methods not yet tried.
Beholding pine tree pollen fallen freshly all around,
She slowly bowed, as flowers do, to the dew-dampened ground,
And three days spent thus wilted left her snowy petals dyed.
With twelve thin petals yellowed by the moistened pollen powder,
She popped her pistil forward; her corolla swept behind:
A simple, final step in metamorphosis designed
To make the Lily look like any Arnica about her.
A man with Lupine, Bitterroot, and Paintbrush in his hand
Hiked up, seeking a centerpiece to finish his bouquet.
He grieved, “Here’s not one flower worthy of my fiancée;
Oh, for a Mariposa, loveliest in all the land!”
Although the former Lily heard, she never came to see.
Her petals flushed in anger, and her nectar seethed and boiled:
“The nerve of him, to say such things! And after all I've toiled
To make myself the beauty that I've always longed to be.”
2006-10-10 15:45:35 · update #2
(c) 2005 Ian Sean Montgomery. All Rights Reserved.
2006-10-10 16:13:12 · update #3
Ye Olde English poems always impress the ladies! I like it very much. The lily just wants to fit in... wow. Great poem! It is a bit insulting, as she probably thought that her hair was her decision and she likes it that way.
2006-10-11 11:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by Leafy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I wouldn't be inspired because I would think that you tried too hard instead of letting it flow out naturally
2006-10-10 22:52:43 · answer #2 · answered by monkeycmonkeedo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a lovely poem.
2006-10-10 22:48:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are an amazing writer!! It was truly beautiful, you should publish it!!
2006-10-10 23:10:30 · answer #4 · answered by serendipity_siren 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not be insulted at all I would be flattered
2006-10-10 22:47:27 · answer #5 · answered by melthule 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No; nice poem :)
2006-10-10 22:53:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like it :)
2006-10-10 22:51:16 · answer #7 · answered by bbaabbygiirrl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
awwwwww....very good
2006-10-10 22:51:56 · answer #8 · answered by just2wild4ya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋