Campion #midnighthaiku

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Effusive springtime Exuberant expression Of nature's laughter

The first of the campions are already in flower. This photograph was taken last spring in the odd light that preceded an evening storm. The world was touched with gold, yet the roiling clouds added an unnatural depth to the colours. Though the shot wasn’t clear, I kept it for its vibrancy.

The red campion is not red at all, but flowers in many shades of pink. It has no current medicinal uses, though its seeds were once used against snake-bites and the saponins it contains made it useful as a rudimentary soap.

The bees and insects love it though and this patch of pink is always buzzing with flying creatures.

Perhaps that is why, on the Isle of Man, it is called blaa ny ferrishyn, the fairy flower and why I was always taught I should never pick the campions.

 

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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21 Responses to Campion #midnighthaiku

  1. reocochran's avatar reocochran says:
    April 17, 2016 at 00:25

    Flower names make me happy but colors are not always accurate as you mentioned. A fellow blogger mentioned a red breasted bird which had a red head, white chest, again the reference source called this like she wrote it. Nature along with naturalists sometimes are confusing! 🙂

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  2. elementhealing's avatar elementhealing says:
    April 17, 2016 at 01:11

    They are so pretty. I never pick my flowers for the same reason. I don’t want to make the garden fairies and gnomes sad.

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  3. Robert Matthew Goldstein's avatar Robert Matthew Goldstein says:
    April 17, 2016 at 02:10

    such a vividly beautiful photo!

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  6. Widdershins's avatar Widdershins says:
    April 18, 2016 at 00:49

    Fairies can get quite jealous sometimes. 🙂

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  7. patriciaruthsusan's avatar patriciaruthsusan says:
    April 18, 2016 at 10:36

    That’s a beautiful scene. I can see why we shouldn’t pick the campions. The bees need all the help they can get. —- Suzanne

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  8. dgkaye's avatar dgkaye says:
    April 19, 2016 at 04:54

    Such beauty here Sue – words and photo, and meaning. I dare not pick the companions. ❤

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