TRIUMPH OF SPIRIT IN LOVE, NATURE & ART

Ode to a Lily

Lily of the Valley (digital photo)

Oh gentle

Lily of the Valley,

bowed down in quiet prayer

 to your Creator,

your humility,

your simplicity

is your beauty.

 ~

How like the trees art thou

who, unlike you,

reach skywards,

while you kneel

with sensuous spirituality

in deference to the Almighty.

~

Oh beauteous

Lily of the Valley,

would that we all were like thee

in thy hushed humility.

This entry was posted on May 23, 2013 by . It was filed under Meditations, Nature Photography, Poetry and was tagged with , , , , , .

16 responses

  1. maximtylor

    “your simplicity

    is your beauty.” – Yep.

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    May 23, 2013 at 11:07 AM

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  2. Caddo-Jael

    This is so lovely, Ellen–reminds me of my grandma… God bless you today–love, Caddo

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    May 23, 2013 at 1:16 PM

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    • stockdalewolfe

      I am curious… why does it remind you of your Grandma? Thanks for writing and blessings to you. xx ellen

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      May 23, 2013 at 3:34 PM

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      • Caddo-Jael

        Because she loved Lily of the Valley, and was the one who gave me my first Bible–I miss her, and hope she’s waiting for me to join her.

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        May 23, 2013 at 3:39 PM

      • stockdalewolfe

        A very important person in your life then. I’m sure she’ll be waiting for you but I hope you are not going anywhere soon!

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        May 23, 2013 at 3:43 PM

  3. Larry

    Oh, if only I could have written such humble perfection I’d feel my destiny met. I truly love this poem, picture, and sentiment. Bravo!

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    May 23, 2013 at 1:59 PM

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    • stockdalewolfe

      Thank you so much for your lovely, if somewhat self-deprecating, comment on my poem, “Ode to a Lily,” and for visiting other times! I would love to see your work but find no blog after looking a few times.  Thanks so much for your encouragement– it means a lot!!

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      May 23, 2013 at 3:32 PM

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  4. stinam

    Oh my goodness, so lovely!

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    May 23, 2013 at 9:43 PM

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  5. arjun bagga

    Reading your poem, it makes me ponder over every creation of god with human like qualities is intact but us invariably gone astray. Not everyone, i guess. He has his appointed people doing their little bit each moment, everyday…

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    May 25, 2013 at 2:26 AM

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    • stockdalewolfe

      A very profound and poetic comment. Thanks for stopping by. xx Ellen

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      May 25, 2013 at 10:14 AM

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  6. 2embracethelight

    Humble simple beauty.
    Yisraela

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    May 26, 2013 at 12:13 AM

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  7. bert0001

    Too much growth killed almost all the lilly of the valley in the local woods. So they went elsewhere. The primroses got scarce too. I only saw 25 of them, but didn’t have to look. The forest evolves all the time. When I was small, there were no foxes or no buzzards, but they have now come back because we care al ot better for nature these days …

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    May 27, 2013 at 6:41 PM

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