23 Sept 2010

Magpie Tales # 33


A Parma Violet Memory

An
ancient
pottery
flagon adorned
 Auntie's mantelpiece,
hand painted violets
flaunting their precious petals
to remind us of their perfume,
whose aroma lingered on, wraith-like,
long after the container was empty.

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19 comments:

  1. Kristen Haskell23 September 2010 at 21:35

    Nice I have bottles too that are empty but still full of scent. Little rememberences of a past time.

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  2. jabblog23 September 2010 at 22:02

    Sweet memories!

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  3. signed...bkm23 September 2010 at 22:03

    Oh beautiful and delicate memories....lovely...bkm

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  4. Tumblewords:23 September 2010 at 23:37

    The scent does linger, indeed. I can see this adorable perfume container.

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  5. Lyn24 September 2010 at 01:35

    This is so complete, from top to bottom, and lovely!

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  6. Fireblossom24 September 2010 at 02:41

    Sweet, my friend.

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  7. Kathe W.24 September 2010 at 05:13

    remembrance in an empty but still slightly fragrant bottle...nice magpie.

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  8. Tess Kincaid24 September 2010 at 13:02

    I have a few empty bottles in my drawer I can't bear to part with. I'm such a die hard romantic.

    (fixed your link, btw, no worries!)

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  9. kathi harris24 September 2010 at 19:29

    Very nice. Memories do linger in perfume bottles.

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  10. Paul Andrew Russell24 September 2010 at 20:07

    Lovely. :-)

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  11. Brian Miller25 September 2010 at 02:01

    ah...and what a nice linger...smiles...i do still have that old bottle of obsesion...nice magpie!

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  12. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall25 September 2010 at 02:33

    this is very elegant post.
    your words are perfect,
    lovely flower.

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  13. Brigid O'Connor25 September 2010 at 09:15

    Very evocative piece, scent does tend to linger and awaken memories, lovely Magpie.

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  14. Anonymous25 September 2010 at 19:14

    Such meaning particularly to those departed loved ones, when the purposely leave their scent for all to remember.

    CJ xx

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  15. Carrie Van Horn25 September 2010 at 20:39

    Beautifully said! :-)

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  16. Coloring Outside the Lines27 September 2010 at 04:46

    Scents evoke the kindest memories, especially perfumes. Nice magpie~

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  17. Reflections27 September 2010 at 19:56

    perfumes do evoke the slightest scent of a memory....

    Nice magpie

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  18. Words A Day27 September 2010 at 20:02

    I love that the fragance lingered "wraith-like", its unexpected. And the poem shape fits so well to the idea of a flask. lovely

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  19. Doctor FTSE28 September 2010 at 07:49

    Jinksy . . . Parma violets ARE "purple", so that's two syllables wasted. Repeat for all the other adjectives. All writers . . when are you going to learn that the so-called "descriptive" parts of speech do not make your writing more descriptive.

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