mayflowers
In spring it is always fun to put all your senses together and search out the elusive mayflower, also known as trailing arbutus. Epigaea repens grows in the open woods where I live. You usually have to search for the trailing leaves and lift them to find the flowers.
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touch: the leaves are furry on the underside and smooth above; the petals of the flower are waxy.
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smell: the flowers are fragrant with a sweet, almost heady perfume.
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sight: the flowers are white to faintly pink; leaves are green with coppery brown surfaces and edges.
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Trailing Arbutus
(Epigaea repens L.)
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on the slope, new leaves
Trientalis, Gaultheria
Star-flower, Wintergreen,
vines of Partridge-berry creep
Maianthemum unfurls
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beneath the din, a melody
weeps Epigaea, evergreen
pressed to the hillside
leather armour, thickened leaves
weather-beaten, worn
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waxy bloom resists
subtle shadow
predator
unrelenting rain
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all my best,
staying at home,
Jane
nichepoetryandprose 
I love to have the knowledge shared with the visual that you offer with your photography and then with your art…
Then when you put your words of poetry into the mix WoW…nature comes to life through you…
Thank you so very much for sharing…
I would love to be able to share this on my facebook page. Could that be done with your permission?
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ladydiannephillips
April 23, 2020 at 4:47 pm
yes, you have my permission. Mayflowers are blooming in lots of places. Glad you liked my post!
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jane tims
April 24, 2020 at 10:08 pm