Peacock garden

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Sue Vincent

919px-Marie_Spartali_Stillman_-_A_lady_with_peacocks_in_a_garden,_an_Italianate_landscape_beyond

Indigo child,

Seeking forbidden fruit

In a garden of eyes.

Knowledge grown on trees,

Showy flowers plucked

Before maturity…

Fleeting bouquets

That wither when admired

Leaving no seed.

The search is blind,

The tree of life untasted

A night bird cries…

For Jane Dougherty’s poetry challenge #30: Peacock garden

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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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22 Responses to Peacock garden

  1. Jane Dougherty's avatar Jane Dougherty says:
    May 13, 2016 at 08:05

    Dreamlike words. I like how everything is so elusive and happiness unattainable, just like a dream that brings exotic or long-for elements almost within reach then whisks them away.

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  3. vronlacroix's avatar vronlacroix says:
    May 13, 2016 at 10:46

    A beautiful interpretation of this painting.

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  4. Steve Tanham's avatar stevetanham says:
    May 13, 2016 at 11:10

    Hauntingly lovely x

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  5. dermotthayes's avatar Dermott Hayes says:
    May 13, 2016 at 13:07

    Smashing verse, Sue, laden (ahem) with fruit, bursting with hidden, even harsh, meaning. Superficiality appears to be the order of the day, until I read this

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  6. jazzytower's avatar jazzytower says:
    May 13, 2016 at 15:40

    I really like this Sue. I got some good deeper meanings.
    Pat

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  7. patriciaruthsusan's avatar patriciaruthsusan says:
    May 14, 2016 at 09:51

    A lovely description of a child’s experience with flowers, Sue. 🙂 — Suzanne

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  8. dgkaye's avatar dgkaye says:
    May 14, 2016 at 21:26

    Beautiful Sue. ❤

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  9. Adele Marie's avatar adeleulnais says:
    May 15, 2016 at 10:14

    Beautiful and haunting I love it.

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