Tag: flowers
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“If the Stars Were Not Out”
by Jade Nicole Beals A whispered line overheard in the night as I slept from through the open window that overlooks mostly unpopulated woods: I considered, half-dreaming, The line has been spoken protectively, ‘though I am safe, and I fell back to sleep. I think, in any case, you would still have come. A surgeon […]
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A Handmade Gift: Poetry and Preserved Flowers for May Ziadeh
(in the Christmas morning sun) complete Dec. 24th Christmas Eve 2022 I wrote the poem originally by hand on paper at the end of May 2021 on that month’s Full Flower Moon. The poem was published in March 2022 in Indelible’s The Feminine, and I’d read it live on video. I’d been collecting flowers and […]
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“Your Name”
(a prose poem) by Jade Nicole Beals I’d loved your name as soon as I’d seen it, like I knew it would be yours. One night I dreamed you, it was finally you, I see you were pretty envied for how beautiful you are, I wanted to be your friend, and let the jealous have […]
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My Books
November 12, 2022 I arranged them nicely and now I actually wish to read a book when I go in. And I have 2 books I gifted to myself on the way, soon…:) 💕Jade P.S. Oops 🙂 I have a couple of things to fix…The angel has no bookend next to her on one side […]
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Flowers These Keepsakes
It is a very dim, cool Monday morning, but these flowers are all ready, each with a little story, flowers from the summer… The first I’d gotten is the little white daisy with the bright gold center that Dan gave to me on a very hot, refreshing daytime walk at a park near where we […]
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New England Garden: Dahlia Day and Fairy Forest
It was Dahlia Day at the garden my husband Dan and I went to for the day. This New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill is in North Western MA. It is nice too that libraries around MA offer passes that discount the admission price greatly, and one pass covers two people for the day. […]
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Nature Plays The Same Notes
After I completed my painting the previous night, this afternoon, Friday, I went out for a celebratory walk in the bright sun. I found nature playing the same notes, blossoming with the colors that inspired my latest painting from imagination: Fresh Strawberries and a Flower Bouquet by the Window. In my art, the mood felt […]
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Good Morning! : Miss May’s Flower Art
I completed this flower art today I’d made for author and poet, Miss May Ziadeh. I’d collected flowers over the seasons, a couple fallen onto my path outside, and pressed them in a book for her… and then I’d made her a celebration memorium at my home where I’d read Miss May (as she was […]
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With My Hands: Flowers Found, Pressed, and Preserved, and A Little Ink Design from My Pen
this had been a great work in progress. This was just first stage, it’s complete. That is my reflection appearing in glass and this art is now up to date. Little changes made by clarifying the text in black ink, clear glue, background white, card pasted onto it with the little gathered pressed flowers, this […]
Blush of Dawn 