!! This is the CD Little Creatures episode of Saturday January 24th !!
Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
It my pleasure to present a new episode of our "Little Creatures" feature inwhich the little creatures of nature are playing the leading role. This time I have chosen for a beautiful little flower, the Daisy. And I love to tell you all a little bit more about this nice sweet little flower. There is so much to tell about Daisies so let's go:
If you’re thinking about white daisies,
there’s more to daisies than that. They
can also be bright and sunny yellow, purple, pink, red, and orange. Daisies look like cartwheels with petals as
spokes. In other ways, it also looks
like a star that’s shining brightly.Even if daisies are a very common name for
this flower, it’s also known in many other names. Names like ox eye, horse gowan, moon penny,
poverty weed and dog blow all pertain to the daisy.
Daisies are not poisonous. In fact, a lot of people add daisy leaves to
their bowl of fresh garden salad.
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| Daisies |
Victorian
Interpretation: Daisies have many
different meanings attached to them. In
the Victorian age, it meant innocence, purity, and loyal love. It also means that you’ll keep someone’s
secret. You’re saying that “I vow never
to tell anyone” - when you give someone a daisy.
Superstitions: Based on Scottish lore, daisies were referred
to as gools. For every farmer who owns a
wheat field, they have an employee called the gool rider. They had the task of removing the daisies
from the fields. For these farmers, if a
big crop of daisies was found in your field, you had to pay a fine in the form
of a castrated ram.
For the Celts, daisies were thought to be the
spirits of children who died when they were born. It’s God’s way of cheering them up when He
created the daisies and sprinkled them on the earth. This has a big connection to daisies
symbolizing innocence.
What's the
meaning of Daisies:
Daisies are
flowers that mean different things to different people. It can mean cheerfulness particularly for the
yellow colored blossoms and it can mean youthful beauty and gentleness. Some people look at the daisy to be a symbol
of good luck. However, the most popular
meanings attached to the daisy are - loyal love, innocence and purity. It’s also a taken to convey the message –
“I’ll never tell”.Apart from the Celtic legend that daisies were
the spirits of children, the symbol of innocence also comes from the story
about a dryad who oversaw meadows, forests and pastures. One of the nymphs, Belides danced around with
her nymph sister when the god of the orchards, Vertumnus saw her. To make sure that she escapes his attentions,
she turned herself into a daisy thus preserving her innocence.In terms of loyal love, daisies are used by
women particularly in the Victorian age to see which suitor loves them the
most. By picking on the flower’s petals,
a woman would know who loves her and who does not.
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| Daisies |
I found a few wonderful haiku on Daisies:
sitting
silent still
low to earth, resting old bones
the daisies still grow.
© Caroline Brown
Or what do you think of this one:
A misty
light fog
hiding spring daisies in bloom
lifts with dawns sunrise
© Travis Morgan
And I found another nicely written haiku with Daisies as theme:
poppies and
Daisies
among the swaying wheat sheaves
a field mouse nibbles
All wonderful haiku inspired on Daisies. Here are a few I wrote myself:
around the
mansion
daisies standing strong together
after the storm
miracles
happen
in the tiniest things
daisies blooming
thousand
daisies
around the farmer's house -
lowing of a cow
© Chèvrefeuille
The goal of this Little Creatures feature is to write an all new haiku inspired on the theme. The haiku can be classical or non-classical that's up to you. For this episode I have an extra rule ... you have to write a eight (\8) stanza renga with a twist. What does that mean "with a twist" you have to follow the following "line-structure" 3 lines 2 lines 3 lines 2 lines 2 lines 3 lines 2 lines 3 lines, but of course this is not an obligation. Feel free and inspired.
This "Little Creatures" episode is
open for your submissions Saturday January 24th at noon (CET) and will remain open until January 31st at noon (CET).
