Wildflowers – A Haibun

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Wildflowers

The Full Moon of May is known as Flower Moon to signify the flowers that bloom during this month.  It makes me think of Texas wildflowers.  The beautiful gifts of nature that come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

I lived in Dallas, Texas for 14 years and will never forget the miles and miles of brightly colored wildflowers that would grow along the side of the highways and in fields.  It was a sight difficult to describe to anyone who had not seen it for themselves.  It was as if nature had laid down a multi-colored wall to wall carpet stretching for miles.   You would see Indian Blanket, Pink Ladies, Black Eyed Susan, Indian Paintbrush. Mexican Hat, Milkweed, Texas Bluebonnet, Blackfoot Daisy and many more.

The Texas wildflowers was as inspiration of Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of President Lyndon Johnson. Both were nature-loving Texans.  Johnson’s crowning achievement was the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, or “Lady Bird’s Bill,” which not only promoted the planting of wildflowers and other fauna along the growing Interstate Highway System but also limited billboard advertisements and other roadside eyesores such as junkyards.  To this day, Springtime in Texas is a magnificent sight.  The flower fields have become popular settings for family photographs and weddings.

Texas Bluebonnets
Black-eyed Susan and Milkweed
Colorful carpet 
 
 
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Frank Tassone is hosting Haibun Monday at D'Verse Poets and has prompted us
to write a haibun about The Flower Moon of May.

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

33 thoughts on “Wildflowers – A Haibun”

    1. Aww, thank you Jen. PS Were you watching the Jays and the Rays games the last 4 nights?
      Pretty exciting ☺️👍 (For the Rays anyway! Sorry)

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      1. Unfortunately I was listening. LOL I want the Jays to win of course. BUT my second pick would be the Rays! Looking forward to the Championship Game between us 🤞😊
        Lisa Coleman is a Major follower of the Rays too.

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      2. Yes I knows she is. I just thought of you because I remember last year when they were in the race for the division ☺️ Love the Rays 💕

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  3. I love this Christine! The flowers along the highway are wonderful. We have them here as well, planted in long strips of the median. So beautiful. A colorful carpet indeed!

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  5. I love the listing of all of these wildflower names. Even though I don’t know all these flowers, I love the sounds of their names. Interesting bit of history about Ladybird Johnson too. 🙂

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    1. Thank you. Yes the names are pretty too ☺️🌺 Yes Lady Bird Johnson did a wonderful thing. It is a magnificent sight in Spring

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  10. This is a fascinating write, and many flower names I hadn’t come across before. What a fabulous experience that must be to drive along those roads. Great Haibun.

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  11. Wow those are amazing. I’m a little breathless.
    hey Christine, if it’s not too much to ask, here’s the link to post a review and rating for the book on goodreads.
    i hope you are well.

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    1. Of course Jude, but you did not include the link. Please send and I will happily do that for you ☺️💕

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  12. This is so beautiful–prose and haiku!
    It paints Dallas in such a different light than my memories there. I lived there as a child in a suburban neighborhood. I don’t remember fields of wildflowers–just lots of dry grass. 😀 And I so did not fit in there.

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  13. I have not see such wildflowers in Texas, but some of them I recognize from other places… those flowers must be breathtaking especially since I guess it can be rather colorless and dry later in the season.

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    1. Yes, you’d be right about that! The flowers follow winter where everything is pretty blah! Then in the summer it’s quite burnt from the heat 😅

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